What is Print & Cutting?

Print & Cutting projects involve sending a project to exist printed from the Silhouette Studio® program then cut from your Silhouette automobile. You will use the registration marks feature to add marks to your file, print your project to your dwelling house printer, identify your printed material onto a Silhouette brand cutting mat, and then load information technology into the Silhouette automobile. The Silhouette's optic scanner will notice the registration marks on your printed cloth and know accordingly exactly where to cut your divers lines around the printed content. All electric current Silhouette models take the optical sensor to arrange the print & cut characteristic.

What tin can I brand using the Print & Cutting characteristic?

The Print & Cut characteristic is ideal for:

  • Cutting custom stickers
  • Organizing with custom lablels for the office
  • Designing tags for gifts
  • Creating temporary tattoos
  • Personalizing political party invitations
  • Making gift cards
  • Creating printables
  • Customizing clothes
  • And more!

Bank check out this tutorial for detailed instructions on how to work with Impress & Cutting designs.

Supplies Needed:

  • Silhouette CAMEO® or Silhouette Portrait® or Silhouette Curio™
  • Silhouette Cut Mat
  • Silhouette Cutting Blade
  • Printer
  • Silhouette Printable Material (nosotros used Silhouette White Sticker Paper)
  • Design ID #146633

ane. Open up your Impress & Cutting design in Silhouette Studio®. Make sure your workspace matches the size of paper you volition be printing on.

2. To add registration marks, click on the Page Setup icon located forth the correct-manus toolbar and select the fashion of registration marks. Type i is standard (which is what you volition most probable apply), and Type 2 is for older machine models.

3. You lot volition annotation that in that location are now crosshatched areas on three corners of your workspace. Make sure that your design does not overlap into the crosshatched surface area or else your Silhouette will have problem reading your registration marks.

4. One time your design is ready to go, print your task to your regular printer by clicking on the Print icon in Silhouette Studio®. Brand sure you lot accept loaded your material, whether it is cardstock or a specialty cloth, into your home printer correctly. Hither we are using white sticker paper.

5. Load your printed material into your Silhouette using a cutting mat. Select the advisable textile from media list in the Send tab and accommodate your blade accordingly (unless you lot use a motorcar with an AutoBlade).

6. Click "Send," and your Silhouette volition begin scanning the page for the printed registration marks. After the registration marks are constitute, the Silhouette will keep to cutting as usual.

vii. Unload your textile and complete your project.

A Impress & Cut image has two parts: a blueprint you volition print with your abode printer and respective cut lines y'all will cut with your Silhouette. Though the cut lines will prove in Silhouette Studio®, they will not be printed. In addition to regular printer paper and cardstock, there is a large selection of Silhouette materials that tin can be used with the Print & Cut feature, including printable heat transfer fabric, printable foil, printable sticker paper, printable magnet newspaper, printable tattoo paper, and printable adhesive kraft newspaper.

Are you using metal materials for a Impress & Cut? We suggest leaving the registration marks at the default settings and increasing the thickness to the max.

If your car fails to read your registration marks, y'all can choose to "retry manually" in the Send panel. Use the arrows to position the carriage above the marks and select "Annals." Later the car registers the marker, it will cut like usual.