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8.15 NOTES WINDOW ............................................................................................................................................................................. 178
8.16 DESIGN CONTEST TUTORIALS ......................................................................................................................................................... 180
Designing a Whale by Brigit Mann .................................................................................................................................................. 180
Designing a Flower by Laury Vaden ............................................................................................................................................... 182

9. PRINT AND CUT ............................................................................................................................................................. 188
9.01 WHAT IS A PRINT AND CUT (PNC)? ................................................................................................................................................. 188
9.02 WHAT IS A PNC CALIBRATION? ....................................................................................................................................................... 188
9.03 PNC PROCEDURE PART 1: SETTING UP AND PRINTING .................................................................................................................... 189
Landscape Mode Option................................................................................................................................................................. 190
Portrait Mode Option....................................................................................................................................................................... 192
9.04 PNC PROCEDURE PART 2: ALIGNING AND CALIBRATING ................................................................................................................... 195
Aligning the Pin with the Registration Marks .................................................................................................................................. 195
Adjusting the Laser (Alignment Pin) Offset ..................................................................................................................................... 197
9.05 PRINT AND CUT TIPS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 198
9.06 PRINT AND CUT SCENARIOS ............................................................................................................................................................ 198
9.06.1 Cutting Multiple PNC Images on the Same Page ................................................................................................................ 198
9.06.2 PNC With a Contour Shape Larger Than the Printed Image ............................................................................................... 199
9.06.3 PNC With a Contour Shape Smaller Than the Printed Image ............................................................................................. 200
9.06.4 PNC With a Contour Shape Overlapping the Printed Image ............................................................................................... 202
9.06.5 PNC with an Inset Cut Line.................................................................................................................................................. 203
9.07 PRINT AND CUT WITHOUT PRINTING FROM MTC ............................................................................................................................... 205
9.07.1 Printing from another Program ............................................................................................................................................ 205
9.07.2 PNC Applications with Existing Images ............................................................................................................................... 205
10. APPLICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................................. 207

10.01 CARDSTOCK AND PAPER ............................................................................................................................................................... 207
Selecting Cardstock ........................................................................................................................................................................ 207
Settings ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 207
Troubleshooting .............................................................................................................................................................................. 207
10.02 CHIPBOARD .................................................................................................................................................................................. 208
Selecting Chipboard ....................................................................................................................................................................... 208
Settings ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 208
Troubleshooting .............................................................................................................................................................................. 208
10.03 VINYL .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 209
Types of Vinyl ................................................................................................................................................................................. 209
Settings ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 209
Applying Vinyl ................................................................................................................................................................................. 210
10.04 FABRIC AND FELT ......................................................................................................................................................................... 210
10.05 IRON-ON TRANSFER ..................................................................................................................................................................... 211
Types of Iron-On Transfer .............................................................................................................................................................. 211
Cutting Iron-On ............................................................................................................................................................................... 211
Adhering Iron-On ............................................................................................................................................................................ 211
10.06 RHINESTONE TEMPLATES ............................................................................................................................................................. 212
Designing Rhinestone Patterns ...................................................................................................................................................... 212
Cutting Rhinestone Template Material ........................................................................................................................................... 212
Weeding and Brushing in Rhinestones ........................................................................................................................................... 213
Heat Pressing Rhinestones ............................................................................................................................................................ 213
Extra tips on Rhinestone Applications ............................................................................................................................................ 214
10.07 DRAWING WITH A PEN OR GLUE PEN ............................................................................................................................................. 214
Adjusting for the Difference in Diameters of Tools and Blade Holders ........................................................................................... 215
10.08 EMBOSSING AND SCORING ............................................................................................................................................................ 217
10.09 ENGRAVING ................................................................................................................................................................................. 218
Project: Engraving a Dog Tag......................................................................................................................................................... 218
10.10 USING THE PUNCH TOOL .............................................................................................................................................................. 220
10.11 CAKE DECORATING ...................................................................................................................................................................... 220
10.12 ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 221
Wood .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 221
Craft Plastic .................................................................................................................................................................................... 221
APPENDIX A KEY BOARD SHORTCUTS ......................................................................................................................... 222

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