Paper Cutters Honing a Competitive Edge

The programming features now offered on cutters are becoming increasingly sophisticated. The base level of computerization—a keypad or touchscreen and visual display—has become the standard, even for smaller cutters. The next step up is the ability to download job setups (from another cutter or central computer) via floppy disk or network connection. The current apex of cutter control technology is integration of the CIP4/JDF specification, which some cutter manufacturers have started offering.