Versaworks doesn't see my cut contour stroke

[SCPdude76]

Hey all,
I'm printing some hard hat decals and after I designed the decal (in indesign) I made a pdf of it and added a clipping path in photoshop then added the cut contour line in illustrator and saved it as an .eps. However, versa works does not see the cutting path at all. It just shows the pink outline of where it should be cutting.

Any Ideas?

[DaveC]

I have this sometimes when ive got 2 cut lines on the file!

From what youve said im assuming you've used the Mask tool to get an outline, then converted that to a Path, then exported the path as an AI file for Illustrator, then opened your image and also the cut path, then placed the path over where you want the cut line to be yes?

If so the original file might have a cut path already there (possibly done by accident). Personally i wouldve saved the file as a TIFF not PDF. Ive also found that Illustrator doesnt like PSD files with cut lines.

When you open the job in Versaworks, do you see the dotted red moving lines where the cut should be? If not then Id definately convert your work to TIFF in photoshop then do it that way.

Hope that helps, and if i missed the pint totally - sorry for wasting your time reading all that lol.

Let us know yeh!?

cheers
Dave.

[tdgraphics]

I have had the same problem. I found that they reason is that some of the colours are out of range (warning triangle in the colour breakdown where you specify the cmyk or RGB)

The way round it is to rasterize the image in Illustrator and then add the contour cut line. Then print the file throught VersaWorks and you will see the line dotted. You should then be OK.

[bpatrick3]

Originally Posted by tdgraphics

I have had the same problem. I found that they reason is that some of the colours are out of range (warning triangle in the colour breakdown where you specify the cmyk or RGB)

The way round it is to rasterize the image in Illustrator and then add the contour cut line. Then print the file throught VersaWorks and you will see the line dotted. You should then be OK.

I am not so sure that it is colors are out of range, I think that if you flatten tranparency you will find that it will get your cut lines to show, I do agree that raserizing the artwork also works but that is because rasterizing also flattens the transparency layers. I have had to flatten transparecy even when i haven't used any. This is all food for though because every time I think I have something solved I get a file from a customer that proves everthing wrong

[Photoguy]

I have been beating my head against the wall with the same issue,a cut line that wouldn't cut... rasterized the image layer,saved as an eps and all was great.

Thanks for the solution!

[Photoguy]

double post oops....

[slangsc]

Originally Posted by SCPdude76

Hey all,
I'm printing some hard hat decals and after I designed the decal (in indesign) I made a pdf of it and added a clipping path in photoshop then added the cut contour line in illustrator and saved it as an .eps. However, versa works does not see the cutting path at all. It just shows the pink outline of where it should be cutting.

Any Ideas?

If that was required to be my workflow, I'd go flip burgers. There's no reason for it to be that complex.

[SCPdude76]

Originally Posted by tdgraphics

I have had the same problem. I found that they reason is that some of the colours are out of range (warning triangle in the colour breakdown where you specify the cmyk or RGB)

The way round it is to rasterize the image in Illustrator and then add the contour cut line. Then print the file throught VersaWorks and you will see the line dotted. You should then be OK.

Worked like a charm! Thx!

[mwoodson44]

Originally Posted by slangsc

If that was required to be my workflow, I'd go flip burgers. There's no reason for it to be that complex.

That does sound like a complicated process. In Flexi, I just select the path and choose the contour cut option. Using the same program for designing and RIPing makes things much easier. But even images imported from other apps (such as Photoshop) only require the extra step of creating the cut path. If it's a vector file from another app (say Illustrator), then I don't even have to do that.

[tekstlogo]

I experiense it when there are other spotcolors in the file, close to the contour cut color. It helps by rasterising like you say.