Calling all Illustrator smartys, how do I get rid of this?

[TheSnowman]

The circle alone is what my design is supposed to look like, then if you look at the other one, you can see the original design that I made a clipping mask over. These are print and cut, and if I print them, it's going to see all that "data" out there, and want to leave blank space around that and waste media, even though I tell my cut line to only be around the outside of it. What am I missing here that will allow me to get rid of all that "crap" that I don't want anymore.

 

[Rick]

You will probably have to do release your mask and do some creative "PATHFINDER" tricks...

 

[iSign]

if you don't mind printing as raster, export as .tif & crop in photoshop, like I would do...

but, if you want/need to print as vector... then you get to brush up on all your pathfinder tools

 

[HaroldDesign]

select all but you path and group it, then mask the group at the size you want it to show.

 

[Letterbox Mike]

Depending on your RIP you might be able to leave the clipping mask. Onyx recognizes the image size as the size of the clipping mask, not what's outside it. If your RIP "sees" everything that is masked, then you'll have to follow Rick's advice and get to work with the pathfinder.

 

[TresL]

Versaworks will not see the extra hidden data, but you can also use the CROP funtion in the pathfider menu.

 

[TheSnowman]

I guess I never gave it much of a thought printing it raster, I may just do that...and keep the vector file for if it has to be blown up. I am using Onyx. I may give these tips a whirl and see where I get, but if I'm still stuck, try Doug's idea. Thanks!

 

[Letterbox Mike]

If you're in Onyx don't worry about it, it won't see the masked stuff.

 

[MachServTech]

If you're in Onyx don't worry about it, it won't see the masked stuff.

+1.....just make sure to preview in Preflight