I am planning on reproducing some of my wifes and customers art as greeting cards and would like to set up a template (if possible),to print them on roll paper on my Epson 7900 since individual sheet feeding is slow.
Since the folded over back page is essentially blank is there a way to include registration marks for cutting the cards apart with a trimmer.
Can this be done in QI, or can I or should I do it in CS5 and just print through QI?

Thanks Ernst!
 "The conventional cut marks" are what I need.how does one go about doing that?
I plan on making a jig to register the score and fold, so do not need a center mark for the fold per say.
 David

Under edges. Sorry, I didn't check the right terms in Qimage. Crop Marks are the conventional ones (the ones used in the printing industry), Mark Corners are the ones that fall within the image edges. I usually take the last as you waste less paper and the mark lines stay till the last cut is done. With 0.5 mm border added I cut just within them so they are cut off too. To waste less time and paper I select a lighter color for the Corner Marks and cut once between stacked images exactly on the lines, they hardly show then. Saves 50% of cutting time. It all depends a bit on the work I do, I have a smaller rotary cutter, a 5 feet board cutter that is quite accurate and a 3.5' wide quillotine for paper reams etc, 50's model made in the DDR . Hardly use it anymore though.

Yes a rig with some tabs on it for the sheet and the ruler, a ruler and a flat bone for the crease is what I use for things like that. There is always transparent polycarbonate around here (leftover from silkscreen jobs) for making more sophisticated rigs.

I didn't read the PS workflow thoroughly. Bit late for that here and in the end everyone gets it done one way or another :-)


met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst



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A follow up...
 I finally finished the layouts for 4 of my wifes art cards using the 1 pixel lines layout I described.Sized a 24" by 36" page in QU
and loaded 16 cards in 'compact placement', and printed on Epson Enhanced Matte.  Worked a charm!
I was able to cut the rows apart first on my Mat cutter, and using a bone burnisher to score the fold across 4 cards at a time before I cut them apart.
I found an online supplier for clear card presentation boxes, (http://www.theboxdepot.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?search=action&searchstart=55&keywords=clear1pc&template=Templates/clear1pc.html) and purchased the envelopes at Office Max.Total cost to print and package a set of 4 cards and envelopes about $2.60.
Wound up with a very professionally finished product to sell at our store, or market elsewhere.
I have the 16 card page setup saved as a job, and all I have to do is recall it to print more on demand almost instantly.



I saved the card template as a PSD doc and all I have to do for new cards is load a new pic and text, save, and load into QU to print