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An Official Welcome to the Unofficial K6 Engraver Blog

 Welcome to this unofficial blog on how to get the most from your Wainlux K6 Engraver. It's less of a blog, and more of an organic instruction manual, curating what we know in one place.

At the time of starting this blog, the Kickstarter early adopters are starting to receive their machines and working through that interesting time of a Kickstarter project, where things aren't always perfect!

This is a living blog where the information will change over time. Make sure you take note of software and app versions, and platforms for software.

Good luck, enjoy the journey and not just the destination!


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  1. mxbag1990December 28, 2020 at 5:52 PM

    Hi-just receive my K6 yesterday. Installed the Mac Software and driver on MacBook Air running Mojave (OSX 10.14). I did the install 1 and install 2 and was prompted to download install 3 and install that.

    I was not able to connect to the K6. When I click on the "connect" icon-nothing. I then tried it on an older Mac Pro running High Sierra-nothing. Then tried other USB cords-still nothing. Has anyone had this experience and, more important, has anyone found a work-around for this?

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  2. MarkeMarch 21, 2021 at 1:55 AM

    You're probably using the wrong software version.
    I found that the older version is way better

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  3. DorairFebruary 14, 2022 at 5:25 AM

    Hola In my case I occupy to see if it has the original calibration template in mine did not come and is printing half of the design.

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