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Mutoh's contour cut workflow

 

Full automated workflow :

  • Automatic bar code generation for each individual sign
  • Automatic bar code registration system : Mutoh's Epos ® electronic positioning technology
  • Automatic transmission of contour-cut data to the Mutoh workflow controller (CutServer)
  • Automatic job retrieval via the Mutoh CutServer
 

Mutoh's contour cut workflow : step-by-step

workflow

Here is how it works:

  • Sticker design comes in from a foreign (CorelDRAW®, Illustrator®, …) design package or is created in Mutoh's workflow software.
     
  • The printing and cutting data are created simultaneously and every single job gets its own, unique BAR CODE.
    (All contour-cut data of the stickers are collected in a hot folder that is monitored by the cut server. The cut server continuously is in "listening mode" until the cutting plotter collects the job.)
     
  • Print the stickers. 
     
  • After printing, the operator can choose to build-in a drying time, to laminate or to immediately cut the stickers.
     
  • The printed stickers (roll or sheet) (front or backside first) are loaded into the Kona and the signal is given to start the job.
    • The Kona will read the BAR CODE and recall the contour-cut data from the CUT SERVER which will pick the corresponding job from the hot folder and send it to the Kona cutting plotter.
    • The Kona uses the preprinted reference box to exactly position, scale and skew the vector data and accurately contour-cuts the stickers.