Paper Cutters Honing a Competitive Edge

Even if job data isn't captured at the prepress stage, shops can benefit from centralization of cutter programming within the finishing department, Stow says.

"We are seeing a bit of a trend among larger companies with multiple machines to have a 'setup man' program jobs and then use lower-skilled—and paid—operators to make the cuts," he says. "Once a job is programmed, the display will show the operator how the job should be run on the machine."