The [Cut] tab

[Workflow] 

[Print, Cut] 

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

[Input] tab

Choose a file or layer in the list as input for the cut path.

or

[Spot colors] tab

Choose a spot color in the list as input for the cut path. When the tab is greyed out, there are no spot colors defined.

[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] 

• [kisscut] 

[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.

• artBox

• bleedBox

• cropBox

• mediaBox

• trimBox

[Reduce ink on cut paths] 

[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)