Short, practical write-ups of the setup problems that cost production time — written from the shop floor, with the defaults PSD Pro Suite uses.
How to draw a cut profile so it separates onto the cutter file instead of printing — spot naming, stroke weight, overprint and layer names.
Read the guideWhy thru-cut, kiss-cut, crease and drill end up on one layer in cutting software, and how a layered .ai export keeps each process apart.
Read the guideWhere joins land on a 1220 x 2440 panel run, why full sheets need no cutter file, and how cumulative rise and drop follows the ground.
Read the guideWorking the cut size back from the hem, why eyelets sit 20mm inside the finished edge, and how to space them for exposed sites.
Read the guide