To make my notebook I first designed my two covers in Illustrator. Then, I put them both on an art board the same size as the laser bed. Next, I saved them to my flash drive and loaded them in to the UCP. Finally, after aligning the laser, I put the mat board into the laser and watched them print after checking the ventilation.
To engrave my water bottle I first made an art board in Illustrator that was the same size as the water bottle. Then, I placed my images and text in Illustrator. When I was done, I rotated everything 270 degrees so it would be engraved right side up on my water bottle. After that, I took my file to the UCP and set it up so that after I put the bottle in the rotational jig, the laser was aligned with my bottle. I then secured the bottle in the jig, checked the laser alignment again, and started printing the bottle after making sure the ventilation was on.