Cut & Stack PDF
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Working Out Cut and Stack Blocks (With the Arithmetic)
How to calculate block size, sheet count and pile boundaries for a cut and stack job, including what to do when the page count does not divide evenly.
Read the guide FIELD NOTE / 02Cut and Stack Imposition Explained (With Visuals)
See exactly how cut and stack imposition puts sequential page blocks in each sheet position, worked through a 400-ticket example.
Read the guide FIELD NOTE / 03Cut and Stack vs Collated N-Up: Which Do You Need?
Compare cut and stack sequential imposition against collated N-up layouts, with a job-by-job table for tickets, NCR forms, flashcards, and invoices.
Read the guide FIELD NOTE / 04Guillotine Cutting: Marks, Gripper Edge, and Cut Order
Where cutter marks belong, why the gripper margin matters, how to plan cut order to keep register, and when bled items need a double cut.
Read the guide FIELD NOTE / 05Printing Numbered Tickets with Cut and Stack
How to combine variable numbering with cut and stack imposition so a 1,000-ticket run comes off the guillotine already in sequential order.
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