This is a considerable cost factor, especially when short runs are involved. Frequent job changes mean that more time is spent on programming. To make more efficient use of both high-speed cutters and cutting systems, such downtime must be eliminated.
Programming is transferred.
Cutting programs are generated on a personal computer that works independently from the cutting process and then sent to the cutter. As a consequence, the new cutting program is ready to go while the previous one is working. The high-speed cutter can be permanently employed for cutting. Using software expansion Data transfer from prepress the cutter can accept CIP3 files directly from the various prepress systems.