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</head><body><p>Peter Nermander sent<br></p><p>><br>><br>> My idea was to use some kind of mask drawn with Scribus vector line tool<br>> or by another program. The mask would be transparent where the cards are,<br>> and colored in between them.<br>><br>> The mask could be placed in a layer above the cards to be able to switch<br>> it on or off, and when you export this document to a pdf, the cutter RIP<br>> should be able to extract the mask's curves and use them for cutting.<br>><br>><br>>I think that could work, if you put the mask on a separate layer it can be<br>>toggled both for visibility and for print.<br><br>>Give it a try.<br><br>>It might however be better to place a layer with the shaped “paper” behind<br>>everything (instead of putting a mask in front of everything).<br><br>>But it depends a lot on what capabilites the RIP has.<br><br>>/Peter</p><p>I used to be a print broker arranging printing of clients projects back in the 1990's.<br></p><p>One suggestion I might make would be to think of the old adage of using 'horses for courses'. I would suggest that SVG might be a better vehicle for<br></p><p>this rather than PDF. I seem to remember that Inkscape has various tools to generate 'clipping paths' which are fully editable node by node. These tools generate <br></p><p>files of co-ordinates compatable with industry standard cutters.<br></p><p>HTH<br></p><p>Ivan Winters<br></p></body></html>