The dreaded double cut issue

What file extension are you using? I seen someone converting to EPS that had “convert all strokes to outlines” checked and that was their problem.

I’d probably just suggest PDF anyway

 

I'm confused by the "aligned each decal into the cut boxes." Did you not just add a contour cut to the decals?

 

if you’re doing anything painstakingly you’re probably not doing it the right way lol

 

Ahh, yeah, some times you have to do weird stuff like that. It's probably have taken just as long to setup a batch action in Illustrator or something.

Without having the file, I really don't know. I'd say to go into the Fill/Stroke editor and clear all strokes in the Pencil tab.

 

For multiple page PDF files I usually just make a contour cut Stroke in a pdf file then use acrobat to set that contour cut pdf as a watermark in the customers PDF. Voila.

That’s only for circles etc though. Onyx has the ability to create a cut line for any job you import quickly and easily so this would just be a case of checking a box lol

 

Check the width of the cut line. When I ran WinPlot anything over 0.25pt would tend to cut twice. Maybe Flexi does it intermittently too?

 

Is there a transparent image in the file? Such as a PNG? Transparencies cause double cuts... Rips don't like transparencies and It does weird things to them.

 

I set my cut contour paths in illustrator (CutContour/Spot Color) with a stroke of .0001, once you open the .ai file in flexi and you open up the job properties, navigate to the plot dialogue tab and go down to where it shows your color layers. There should be two layers, one being the image and the other the cutcontour layer. I always change the image color layers default plot to: none. ive found that doing those work arounds eliminates the double kiss. May not have worded this precisely, but im in my first cup of coffee this morning. lol

Another option is to use a FILL instead of stroke on your cuts for basic shapes, boxes, circles, etc.

 

maybe a stupid question but was the pdf imported with a mask?

 

Sounds like maybe you set the contour cut up correctly, but then maybe the RIP was set to cut a weed border that was .0" off?

 

My money is on the customer art already had white boxes, no outline on the file. More often than not I'll select everything and make sure it has a black hairline, so I can verify what I'm seeing is there. Anybody else ever cut vinyl that had an underline, only to discover it's 30 small lines?
But my first thought was, "why not turn the force half way down and leave it be?", glad I'm not the only one.

 

Second what Ikarasu said. But with transparancies the job will cut one way then cut along the same path going in the opposite direction.
Make sure the cut files are actual strokes with one path, it doesnt matter the thickness of the stroke because the rip will cut directly in the centre. Check the stroke has not been outlined. This will cause it to cut then cut again in the same direction but a fraction off the previous cut.
You can check this by selecting your cut path and zooming as far in as you can, with the cut path selected you will see 2 lines very close to one another.
Footnote, once strokes have been outlined (by mistake or otherwise) you cannot change them back. In illustrator anyway.

 

Clarify this for me, what are strokes called in Corel? Or do they even exist in Corel? And otherwise, what is the point of strokes?
As far as I know, Corel just has outlines with all objects created, and there is a function to 'convert outlines to object', which can't be undone, would this be the same function essentially?

 

A stroke in illustrator is what flexi will use to determine the cut path so you have fills and strokes but have a specific spot colour name for the stroke like "CutContour". Not sure what they are called in Corel, but yeah i presume it works the same way.