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Information about cutting in the [Cut] tab

In the [Cut] tab you can define what image information you want to use for cutting your application.

Overview of the available settings

Settings category

Setting

Description

[Cutter]

List of supported cutters

Select the type of cutter that you use for cutting your application.

IMPORTANT

Only the ProCut is supported. For other types of cutters operation is not guaranteed.

[Workflow]

[Cut, Print]

Select this option when you want to first cut your application and print it afterwards.

[Print, Cut]

Select this option when you want to first print your application and cut it afterwards.

[Skip cut submission]

Tick this checkbox when you use pre-cut pieces for your application.

[Input]

Overview of the layers in your design

Per layer you can define the following.

[Type]

Select one of the following cutting types.

  • [None]

    NOTE

    When you select [None] all other options for the selected layer will be greyed out.

  • [throughcut]

  • [engrave]

  • [vcut]

  • [crease]

[Cut side]

Select which side of your application must be cut.

  • [Front]

  • [Back]

Explanation:

Whether you need to choose [Front] or [Back] depends on the type of application. E.g. if you want to print a box, sometimes you need to [crease] or [vcut] on both sides of the media, depending on how you want to fold the media after it has been cut.

Also, even for [throughcut] it could make sense to choose on which side you want it cut (i.e. ink behaves differently if you cut on the printed side or on the back; or if you already need to [crease] on the back, it doesn't make sense to cut both from the front and from the back, so it could make sense to do both the [crease] and the [throughcut] on the back).

[Depth]

Enter the cutting depth in mm.

This option is not available when you select [Type] - [throughcut].

[Flip horizontal]

Tick this checkbox when you want the cutting information to be flipped horizontally.

[Flip vertical]

Tick this checkbox when you want the cutting information to be flipped vertically.

[Options]

This option is only available when you select [Type] - [engrave] or [Type] - [vcut].

For [Type] - [engrave] you have the following options.

  • [Auto]

  • [Path surface]

  • [Path outline]

[Spot colors]

Overview of the spot colors used in your design

Per spot color you can define the following.

[Type]

Select one of the following cutting types.

  • [None]

    NOTE

    When you select [None] all other options for the selected spot color will be greyed out.

  • [throughcut]

  • [engrave]

  • [vcut]

  • [crease]

[Cut side]

Select which side of your application must be cut.

  • [Front]

  • [Back]

Explanation:

Whether you need to choose [Front] or [Back] depends on the type of application. E.g. if you want to print a box, sometimes you need to [crease] or [vcut] on both sides of the media, depending on how you want to fold the media after it has been cut.

Also, even for [throughcut] it could make sense to choose on which side you want it cut (i.e. ink behaves differently if you cut on the printed side or on the back; or if you already need to [crease] on the back, it doesn't make sense to cut both from the front and from the back, so it could make sense to do both the [crease] and the [throughcut] on the back).

[Depth]

Enter the cutting depth in mm.

This option is not available when you select [Type] - [throughcut].

[Flip horizontal]

Tick this checkbox when you want the cutting information to be flipped horizontally.

[Flip vertical]

Tick this checkbox when you want the cutting information to be flipped vertically.

[Options]

This option is only available when you select [Type] - [engrave] or [Type] - [vcut].

For [Type] - [engrave] you have the following options.

  • [Auto]

  • [Path surface]

  • [Path outline]

[Use PDF boxes from input file]

List of PDF files or PDF pages defined as inputs for the application

This is useful if you want to cut a job that has no cut paths defined in a layer or a named spot color.

[Horizontal offset]

Negative or positive numeric value (mm)

These settings are related to the layers offsets. You only need to use these if you apply offsets to layers, and then you want to match the content of those layers with the cut path.

[Vertical offset]

Negative or positive numeric value (mm)