Crop Marks/Tool Marks

Crop Marks

Crop marks are used for alignment when cutting the material, which is printed from your printer, on this machine. Having the machine remember the positions of the crop marks, which are printed together with the image, makes it possible to correct cutting positions.

Cropmark

Readable Crop Marks

The sensor of the machine is only able to read crop marks like the circle shown below.

  • Diameter: 10 mm
  • Color: Black
MEMO The machine may not be able to read printed crop marks correctly depending on the printer ink used.

When to Use Crop Marks 3 vs4

Normally use 4. As 3 has fewer crop marks to be read than 4, the time required for cutting is reduced. However, Tool Mode is unavailable with 3.

Tool Marks

Tool marks are used for manual alignment when it is not possible to perform automatic alignment using crop marks.

These can be printed around crop marks using CutStudio or plug-ins.

Toolmark