Summa DC5 - OPOS Cutting; Placement of the First (Origin) Mark; Placement of the Rest of the Marks

DC5 User’s Manual
Print&Cut 3-3
3.1.1.2 OPOS cutting
NOTE: The DC5(sx) cannot be used as a contour cutter. It is even advised not to
use it as a cutter (see section 6.1.4).
When the printed job has to be laminated before cutting , extra registration marks have to
be printed. This section explains how to set the marks so the design can be cut after
lamination with a Summa Cutter.
There exists a plug-in for CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator to set the marks automatically
around a design (see section 6.1.2).Otherwise use following procedure to set the marks.
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Put the OPOS marks around the drawing. In your design the top right corner is the
origin of the design that will be printed out.

Place the origin mark at the right side and above all contours that need to be cut.
Y-size
X-size
FIG 3-3
3-3 PLACEMENT OF THE FIRST (ORIGIN) MARK
NOTE: The mark must be a square. The advised size is 3mm and the line style of
the mark
is best set to none (line styles with a certain thickness affect the
precision).
NOTE: Make sure that around every mark a ‘white space’ which is 3-4 times the
size of the mark.
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Place the rest of the marks.
X-distance
Y-distance
FIG 3-4
3-4 PLACEMENT OF THE REST OF THE MARKS