Method for operating and controlling a laser device for engraving, marking, lettering and/or cutting a preferably flat workpiece

A method for creating a job from a central operator software for various laser types, in particular a laser plotter or a galvo marking laser, for engraving, marking, lettering and/or cutting of a flat workpiece, in which at least one beam source in the form of a laser is used in a housing of the laser device for processing the workpiece, wherein the workpiece is deposited in a defined manner in a processing chamber on a processing table, and a laser beam emitted by the beam source sent via deflecting elements to at least one focusing unit from which the laser beam is deflected in the direction of the workpiece and positioned accordingly, wherein control is effected by control software running in a control unit having a computer processor, in which the control software a so-called job is processed;

• wherein a graphic and/or text is created or imported in central operator software, whereupon in the central operator software, for the purpose of creating the job the parameters “material, material thickness, engraving depth or effect, and cutting effect” are set, whereupon a laser type—the laser plotter or the galvo marking laser—is suggested or determined, by the central operator software, or the user selects the desired laser type—the laser plotter or galvo marking laser—, whereupon, after selection of the laser type, the movement parameters of the selected laser type required for the generation of the graphics and/or text are determined or calculated and fixed by an analysis tool, whereupon the laser power and speed are calculated and fixed by the analysis tool.