Any shape. Every sheet different if you want.
Cutting used to mean a steel die: a fixed shape, a setup cost and a minimum to justify it. We cut with a laser instead. No die, no minimum, and the shape can change from sheet to sheet in the same run.
Four things it does.
Cut
Straight through. Any outline you can draw.
Kiss-cut
Through the printed face but not the backing — how a sticker sheet works.
Engrave
Burned into the surface rather than through it. A different texture and tone in the stock itself.
Perforate & score
Tear-off sections, and folds that fold where you meant them to.
The bit most people don’t expect.
- Every sheet can be different. It’s driven by a file, so personalised, numbered, one-of-a-kind shapes run at production speed.
- Complexity is free in tooling terms. An intricate path costs nothing extra to make. It just takes longer to run.
- No die to store. A shape change costs a file, not a fortnight and a new tool.
“12 hours on the Futurecutter is the same output as two staff running a flatbed digital die cutter and rotary cutter for an entire week each.”
Leon Wilson · Sprinter, 2024Setting up the file
Finishing page last
Every cut, score and perf line on its own page at the end of the PDF — no artwork on it.
0.5pt, colour-coded
Cut M100 Y100, kiss-cut M70 Y100, engrave M30 Y100, perforate C100.
Scores: two lines
Two solid parallel lines 1mm apart — never dashed.
Bleed past the cut
Extend artwork 2mm beyond any cut edge; keep critical content 2mm inside it.
How we do it
The machine we call the Futurecutter is the only one of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Leon went to Germany to meet its inventor and learn to service it himself before it shipped. No die means no tooling to make, store, modify or throw away.
