Die Cutting

Creating a die cut shape or window involves cutting a substrate – usually one sheet at a time – with a die. This process can cut an entire sheet into a shape, put slits in a folder, or cut a window into a page.
Creating a die cut shape or window involves cutting a substrate – usually one sheet at a time – with a die. This process can cut an entire sheet into a shape, put slits in a folder, or cut a window into a page.
Creating a die cut shape or window involves cutting a substrate – usually one sheet at a time – with a die. This process can cut an entire sheet into a shape, put slits in a folder, or cut a window into a page.
Creating a die cut shape or window involves cutting a substrate – usually one sheet at a time – with a die. This process can cut an entire sheet into a shape, put slits in a folder, or cut a window into a page.
Creating a die cut shape or window involves cutting a substrate – usually one sheet at a time – with a die. This process can cut an entire sheet into a shape, put slits in a folder, or cut a window into a page.

What Is Die Cutting?

Die cutting is a printing process that involves using a specialized tool called a die to cut or form materials into specific shapes. It’s often used in conjunction with other printing methods like offset printing or digital printing to create intricate designs and patterns on various substrates, such as paper, cardboard, and textiles.

How Die Cutting Works

Creating a die cut shape or window involves cutting a substrate – usually one sheet at a time – with a die. This process, known as die cutting, can cut an entire sheet into a shape, put slits in a folder, or cut a window into a page.

Dies

We use a steel rule-die for most jobs, which has a wood base onto which has been traced the exact silhouette of the shape to be cut. The silhouette is cut into the wood, either with a jigsaw or a laser tool. Then, a length of steel (the rule) with a super-sharp edge is bent and set into the groove carved into the base. Score lines and/or perf lines can be built into the die. A rule-die can also be used to kiss-cut label stock so that the label peels away cleanly from its adhesive backing.

A laser die is a rule-die whose wood base has been carved with a laser tool capable of capturing fine details in the shape or silhouette to be cut. Laser cutting is a completely different process that uses coherent light to vaporize the image areas.

Why We Love Die Cutting

It opens up the world of paper engineering, enabling us to create puzzles, party favors, point-of-sale packaging and other 3-D constructions. We are big fans of rounded corners and we love to make coasters.

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