ReproElectroProspero
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Greetz everyone! Was wondering if I could pick your brain and learn a better way to do things.
We often use InDesign to mail merge numbered documents, easy peasy when they're just standard prints. However, we also do a fair number of jobs that are numbered cards of some kind. For these jobs, much like business cards, we've been attempting to optimize and automate our workflows using our Duplo 618 Slitter Cutter Creaser.
However when things are numbered, this creates an issue - the output stacks are all out of order. I have attached a graphic to demonstrate what I mean.
In the above graphic, you can see my print file - these cards are set 18up on a 12"x18" canvas. They are numbered using an excel list that looks like this. If we cut these on a guillotine, the order of the numbers is fine. But if we run them through the slitter, we get the ordering problem. The sitter puts the second row on top of the first row, so first the 3 numbers highlighted in yellow, then the three numbers highlighted in green, then the three numbers highlighted in blue, etc.
It makes sense that they are out of order because the way they're being trimmed is drastically different. What I'm wondering is what methods ya'll are using to create ordered/numbered prints that will be in order once cut through a slitter. Or do you just run all types of jobs like this through a guillotine instead?
We often use InDesign to mail merge numbered documents, easy peasy when they're just standard prints. However, we also do a fair number of jobs that are numbered cards of some kind. For these jobs, much like business cards, we've been attempting to optimize and automate our workflows using our Duplo 618 Slitter Cutter Creaser.
However when things are numbered, this creates an issue - the output stacks are all out of order. I have attached a graphic to demonstrate what I mean.
In the above graphic, you can see my print file - these cards are set 18up on a 12"x18" canvas. They are numbered using an excel list that looks like this. If we cut these on a guillotine, the order of the numbers is fine. But if we run them through the slitter, we get the ordering problem. The sitter puts the second row on top of the first row, so first the 3 numbers highlighted in yellow, then the three numbers highlighted in green, then the three numbers highlighted in blue, etc.
It makes sense that they are out of order because the way they're being trimmed is drastically different. What I'm wondering is what methods ya'll are using to create ordered/numbered prints that will be in order once cut through a slitter. Or do you just run all types of jobs like this through a guillotine instead?
