Read from the separations
The die is taken from the spot colours and layers the prepress house already uses, not redrawn.
Packaging in 3D · for brands and their estates
Packaging, folded in 3D before it is printed
The cutter guide is read straight out of the press file — the same separations your prepress house already writes — and the artwork is folded into a box you can turn on screen. Artwork sitting on last season’s die is found here, not at the machine.
The problem
Found at the cutting table
Artwork on last season’s die, a panel upside down, a barcode across a fold: packaging mistakes are expensive because they are found late — at the cutting table, or on the shelf.
How it works
Packaging in 3D, step by step
01
Drop the press file
The print-ready PDF you would send to press, cutter and all.
02
The die is read
Cut, crease and perforation lines read from the separations and layers they are drawn on — CutContour, Thru-cut, Crease and the like.
03
Folded in 3D
The artwork wrapped onto the carton and turned on screen, panel by panel.
04
Cut files out
The cutter downloaded for the table, from the same lines the preview folded.
What it does
Packaging in 3D: what it does
Cartons, sleeves and labels
Specified, previewed and kept with their artwork.
Turn it on screen
Every panel seen the way it will stand on the shelf, before a sheet is printed.
Creases and perforations
Each kind of line kept on its own, so the cutter file carries exactly what the table needs.
Cut files downloaded
The cutting file for the job, ready for the table.
Last season’s die caught
Artwork that does not sit on the die it is meant for shows up on screen rather than at the machine.
Questions
Packaging in 3D: what people ask
What file do we need?
The print-ready PDF you would send to press, with the cutter on its own spot colour or layer. Names such as CutContour, Thru-cut, Crease and Perforation are recognised.
Does it replace our structural designer?
No. It reads the die your designer made and shows your artwork on it, so mistakes are caught before anything is printed.
Can we download the cutter file?
Yes. The cut file for the job can be downloaded for the cutting table.
Which kinds of packaging does it cover?
Cartons, sleeves and labels — packaging cut from a die that is drawn in the press file, specified and previewed with its artwork.
Works with
Licensed on its own, better together
Every module shares one estate and one sign-in, so adding the next is a decision, not a migration.
Artwork approval
Versioned, preflighted artwork with comments on the proof and recorded sign-off.
Imposition and nesting
A print-ready PDF in; the sheet, the Kongsberg cutter file and the plan out.
Artwork versioning
A press-ready version of the artwork for every row of a spreadsheet, fonts untouched.
Print management
Approved lines become print orders, priced across trade printers and tracked to the door.
Request access
Get your estate on Inkari
Access is by invitation — tell us about your estate and we will set it up properly, with your stores, your products and your suppliers in place from day one. We reply within one working day.
- A guided walkthrough with your own campaign as the example
- Your estate structured before you first sign in
- Licence only the modules you need — add more when they earn their place
- No self-serve trial to fight with — a person, then a portal
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