HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Contour cutting Application: Adobe InDesign CS2 Printer: HP Designjet 9000s printer series Software: PosterShop 6.
Contour cutting allows you to print an image and then use a specialized device to cut portions of that image. To do this, you prepare a file with a specialized spot color which acts as a cut path to determine where the image needs to be cut. The RIP will recognize this spot color and will draw a barcode and a number with the instructions for the cutting device about how to cut it. PosterShop 6.5: 1. Launch PosterShop. 2. Configure the printer settings, highlight the printer and click Change...
• Click OK until the RIP-Queue window. Adobe InDesign CS2: 4. Open the application and define the cut path of the document, it may be as simple or complex as you desire. Once the cut path is created, you must assign a spot color to it, the name of this spot color must have a unique prefix which matches the prefix assigned in the RIP-Queue, it is CutContour. The following steps are specific to Adobe InDesign CS2: • Open Adobe InDesign CS2.
o Click Add. • Draw your cut path using the shape you want and assign the new spot color (CutContour) to it. • Printer settings, File menu > Print… > Setup... button: • Select Printer...: Select the printer. o Preferences button > Advanced... button: • Under Paper/Output: • • Paper Size: Select PostScript Custom Paper Size, configure the dimensions to match the image dimensions and select the Paper Feed Direction you want (be careful because it can rotate the job on the printer).
• o o • Click OK. Layout tab > Orientation: Select the orientation which matches the image on the paper. Click OK until the InDesign Print window. Adobe InDesign Print… settings: o o Setup (left hand menu): • Paper Size: Defined by Driver. • Options: Select the scaling option you need. Output and Color Management (left hand menu): configure them for the other objects or images you have in the document (do not select Separations).
• Click Print. 5. Return to the RIP-Queue and check the preview, you can modify the job settings in the Change... or in the Preflight button. Print the job if the preview is correct. 6. Once the RIP-Queue finishes printing the file, use the CUT-Server to cut the print.
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