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Cutting not aligned to print.
I wanted to print and cut 1000 stickers but when i cut them the cutter was not aligned correctly altougth it did read the registration marks before cutting.
The time before when i had a cut to print alignment problem it was caused by me selecting the "centre on media" option in Wasatch and i was later told by someone on here that is a known issue in wasatch.this artwork was created by customer and the only thing different that i did was rotate it 90 degrees, do not know if this can cause a problem in wasatch ??
Also next question am i better off laying out 1000 stickers and sending them to print or is it better to create 1 sticker send it to the rip and ask for 1000 copies ? is any way more reliable or no difference.
I have a Roland printer and Graphtec cutter both running of Wasatch.
Many thanks
Russell.
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7 Replies
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russell is the first cut off and by how much. or does it just get worse the more it does.
in colourrip old cut down wasatch multiples off one is fine.
chris
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Russell I have the exact same problem twice, on two seperate clients work, but its never happened on any other jobs.
I’ve done everything to get it to work but it is off centre every time.
The conclusion I’ve come to is that it is a problem with a vector in the file. I’ll have t check, but as I’m typing this, I think I used the same font in each file, but converted to curves
I’m using wasatch 6.3 print and cut.
I have found that if I print and cut in the one action its fine, but if I print and then use the reg marks to cut, its always out by a few mil.
Frustrating to the max.
I’d RIP the one sticker, then duplicate it 999 times when it comes to print.
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quote :I have found that if I print and cut in the one action its fine, but if I print and then use the reg marks to cut, its always out by a few mil.
shane is this a general problem or just one of, if general it can be cured
chris
oh and is it on the 540
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Thanks for responses I think Monday morning I will try creating the customers artwork from scratch, just a one off of each then try ripping and create copys with the RIP.
Shane I can not print and cut in one operation as I have the 1.9M soljet II which is a print only machine, hence the Graphtec cutter, so operation for me is always like the way you have to do it if print needs laminate.
Many thanks
Russell.
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quote Chris Wool:quote :I have found that if I print and cut in the one action its fine, but if I print and then use the reg marks to cut, its always out by a few mil.
shane is this a general problem or just one of, if general it can be cured
chris
oh and is it on the 540
Chris, yes mate 540sc. Both of them, only on the same two files so far. I’d be interested in the fix..
Russell, hope you get it sorted mate
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shane have you got a workshop manual?
some problem files with a cut path shift can be cured by using a page to export from corel rather than selected only.
place the graphic with in a defined page with around a 5mm boarder. the file boundary is now the page size not the graphic. if you see what i mean.on the original roland disks was a real PS printer driver that you used in stead of export as PS. this cured several.
chris
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Thanks Chris, I know exactly what you mean.
I’ll give that a try next time.
Cheers
Shane
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