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[tonywhittier]

When I print something with a blue outline or any color outline and then cut it, it leaves a little white line around some of the edges. If I cut something with a white border then some of the border is thicker then the others.

How can I fix this problem?

 

[qmr55]

Put a bleed on it!

 

[niksagkram]

Sounds like your print/cut alignment is off. Also, having a "bleed" around your file can help too.

Mark

 

[tonywhittier]

How do I fix the Print/Cut Alignment?

I put a offset path in AI around it, how would I put a bleed around it?

Sorry I'm new to this!

 

[weareryan]

Bleed

Bleed is just extra color around the edge to hide the fact that the cut is a little ways off one way or another. Just add a same color outline / stroke to the object.

Some software might have one or two button function to add it all automatically.

Every printer / cutter is going to be a little different. We have a Versacam, and doing an environmental match along with being careful with temperature changes and material gives us very good registration on short runs. Really long runs, we have the printer cut in batches - or make sure the design can handle a little bit of walk over the length.

It would help if we knew what group of software and printer you are using.

 

[weareryan]

I don't even manage the machine

Thanks!

We just learned how to force the printer to create registration marks at intervals so that no matter the number of decals, it will re-register every so often. It means we can do print cut on huge lengths without worrying about the cutting head getting off.

Only if it's a series of independent decals, though. If it was a die cut image 20 feet or so long we'd still have to design assuming a little bit of walk.

Apparently this was obvious to some people. It seems like I haven't stopped learning the obvious for 8 years.

That solution is probably specific to our software / printer combo and the specific job. We had to do a very different process back when we print on the (old) printer and moved over to the graphtec to die-cut.

 

[ucmj22]

Thanks!

We just learned how to force the printer to create registration marks at intervals so that no matter the number of decals, it will re-register every so often. It means we can do print cut on huge lengths without worrying about the cutting head getting off.

We just started doing this as well using the page size.

 

[tonywhittier]

Bleed is just extra color around the edge to hide the fact that the cut is a little ways off one way or another. Just add a same color outline / stroke to the object.

Some software might have one or two button function to add it all automatically.

Every printer / cutter is going to be a little different. We have a Versacam, and doing an environmental match along with being careful with temperature changes and material gives us very good registration on short runs. Really long runs, we have the printer cut in batches - or make sure the design can handle a little bit of walk over the length.

It would help if we knew what group of software and printer you are using.

:U Rock:

I have a 54" versacam and versaworks...is there a way to add a bleed in versaworks?

Designing in Photoshop and Illy

 

[tonywhittier]

When I print something with a blue outline or any color outline and then cut it, it leaves a little white line around some of the edges. If I cut something with a white border then some of the border is thicker then the others.

How can I fix this problem?

No bleed in VW....but it's fairly simple in Illustrator.

Select cutline, object/path/offset path, then assign the fill color to the new path, making sure your cutline is still on the original.

Voila!

I already use a offset path in Illy. Something tells me the print/cut alignment is off...but i dont know how to fix it.

 

[niksagkram]

I already use a offset path in Illy. Something tells me the print/cut alignment is off...but i dont know how to fix it.

Supplied manual shows a step by step procedure.