Oki ColorPainter E-64s - Manual (Page 109)

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Introduction
This document describes the workflow related to the contour cutting function of the ONYX 12 software.
What is contour cutting?
Contour cutting is a function used to cut a printout following the contour of an image or an object using a
cutter after an image file has been printed. (This can be used for example to cut stickers of manga
characters printed on adhesive media.)
The general workflow of contour cutting is as follows.
1.
Creation of an image file containing cut paths (lines for cutting) using spot colors in an application such
Adobe Illustrator.
2. Printing of the image file using RIP-Queue.
3. When the printing in RIP-Queue starts, a cut file is generated, and then the file is sent to and saved in
CUT-Server.
4. Installation of the printout in the cutter, and necessary operation and configuration of the cutter.
5. The cut file is sent from CUT-Server to the cutter, and the printout is cut.
Note: How does the ONYX RIP software identify (detect) cut paths?
 The ONYX RIP software identifies (detects) spot colors with a particular name in an image file as cut
paths.
These spot colors (the name of the spot colors) allow the cutter to identify the cutting locations.
The ONYX RIP software checks the presence and name of spot colors when a vector file, such as PDF,
EPS and PS, is opened in RIP-Queue.
 The name specified for the spot color must match the name of the cut path prefix specified in RIP-
Queue.
By default, the ONYX RIP software searches for spot colors beginning with the prefix “CutContour”.
This prefix can be customized by the user.
 When the name of the spot color begins with the cut path prefix, all the paths using the corresponding
color are extracted from the image and the color is used to define the contour cut file.
RIP-Queue processes the spot color as a cut path to generate the cut file for the cutter, and then sends
this file to CUT-Server.
 Multiple spot colors can be used to specify different cutting methods.
However, all the spot color names used must begin with the same prefix.
For example, with an image containing two spot colors named “CutContour A” and “CutContour B”, the
ONYX RIP software will identify both colors as cut paths. The two different names will be identified
separately in the cut file, as well as in CUT-Server.