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The function of this tab is straightforward: send your Inkscape drawing to your WaterColorBot.  Once you've adjusted the Inkscape control values with the other tabs, you will mostly use this tab and the "Setup" tab in order to set up the robot and paint your drawings.
 
The function of this tab is straightforward: send your Inkscape drawing to your WaterColorBot.  Once you've adjusted the Inkscape control values with the other tabs, you will mostly use this tab and the "Setup" tab in order to set up the robot and paint your drawings.
  
Simply click the "Apply" button, and plotting will begin (assuming, of course, that your WaterColorBot is powered, connected via USB to your computer, and that the carriage is already in the upper-left START corner).  If you wish to close the extension, click the "Close" button.  To select another tab, click on the desired tab.
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Simply click the "Apply" button, and plotting will begin (assuming, of course, that your WaterColorBot is powered, connected via USB to your computer, and that the carriage is in the upper-left START corner).  If you wish to close the extension, click the "Close" button.  To select another tab, just click on the desired tab.
  
  
=== Painting with Automatic Paint Color Changes ===
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=== Modes with Automatic Paint Color Changes ===
  
To paint with multiple colors, and have Inkscape automatically change the paint color as it goes, you need to do three things:
 
* Prepare a file with named layers that represent the colors that you want to print with ([http://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/Inkscape_and_WaterColorBot#Preparing_layers_for_automatic_paint_color_changes see here] for how to do so).
 
* Select a painting mode in the "Modes" tab that has "AutoChange" enabled (e.g., Watercolor, Tempera, or manual with AutoChange selected),
 
* Start your painting by clicking "Apply" with the "Paint" tab selected
 
  
  
=== Painting without Color Changes ===
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=== Modes Without Color Changes ===
  
 
To turn off automatic paint color changes, make sure that none of the "AutoChange" modes (e.g., Watercolor, Tempera, or manual with AutoChange selected) is enabled in the "Modes" tab.
 
To turn off automatic paint color changes, make sure that none of the "AutoChange" modes (e.g., Watercolor, Tempera, or manual with AutoChange selected) is enabled in the "Modes" tab.
  
Then, start your painting by clicking "Apply" with the "Paint" tab selected.  All paths, in every layer of your drawing will be plotted, regardless of which layer(s) they appear upon.
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Then, every layer of your drawing will be plotted when you click "Apply."
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=== Manual Paint Color Changes ===
  
=== Painting with Manual Paint Color Changes ===
 
  
For use with media that require manual paint color changes-- for example colored pencils or permanent markers -- do not use the "Paint" tab.  Instead, use the "Layers" tab.  (And, make sure to select a painting mode in the "Modes" tab that does not have "AutoChange" enabled.
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If you wish to plot only a portion of your drawing, consider instead using the "Layers" tab.  To resume a paused plot, use the "Resume" tab.
  
  

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