This is just a link that one of my friend posted, seems cool it could replace die cutters and make Print and play games easier to build.
http://www.cricut.com/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
A cutting machine!?
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 23:16
Sun, 11/16/2008 - 11:09
#1
The Klic-N-Kut has a better
The Klic-N-Kut has a better tolerance for cutting thick materials. For cutting pre-printed materials on these types of machines, you have to be very careful or you'll have some cut tolerance problems.
http://www.scrapbookdiecutter.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Cod...
Lee
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 14:37
#3
You print out stuff. You put
You print out stuff. You put it down on the cutter at what you think the alignment should be and then the cut proceeds. Usually there are alignment pins or something (depends on the machine type and model), but if those aren't perfectly aligned, or if they are and your cutting program instructions are off a little, then all that could add up with the cut being slightly off.
On the flip side, let's say the cutting machine has perfect registration, if the traction feed on your inkjet or laser printer are off slightly then that can be the source of the cutting-to-printing registration error. When you have a double-sided sheet to print, now you have front-to-back registration and print-to-cutter registration to contend with. It can work, but without high end printers and cutters registration will be an art.
Usually with some experience with a given machine you can probably figure out if it's off slightly and compensate for it for most future cuts. But these things aren't multi-million dollar machines with digital registration.
High end cutters have you print a special barcode or pattern on the corner of each press sheet, and then align their cuts based on the position of the barcode, to adjust for slippage during the printing process.
What this means is that your safe margin is likely a little further away from the edge of the card/component than it would be on a professionally offset and die cut component.
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 03:01
#4
Its a nice machine and it can
Its a nice machine and it can cut some fairlu nice stuff. That said, its best used when cutting material but not necessarily trying to get a close registration on printed shapes. We initially began our POD card service using one of the larger KNK models but had to switch away from it because it was too slow to use as a production method.
Be great for making prototypes. But bit expensive for doing just that.
Ryan S. Johnson
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Mon, 11/24/2008 - 23:45
#5
Anyone have any experience
Anyone have any experience with the iMARK?
Link to iMARK
What do you mean by cuttiong tolerance. Is it like double sided printing that does not match exactly together. So the cut could not match exactly the print.