Step & Repeat

Drop a single-label PDF — inks are detected automatically. Set the web layout and the tool steps the label and adds tracker bars, registration targets, ink slug and control strip on every plate.

Single Label PDF
Drop your single-label PDF here
One label, with bleed and dieline — size and ink separations are read automatically
Label — from PDF
Dieline Width
— mm
Dieline Height
— mm
Ink Plates
—
Inks — press order (top = first down)
Drop a PDF to detect ink separations.

Tick = include in slug, dots and control strip. Use ▲▼ to match your press station order. Technical separations (Die etc.) are unticked automatically.

Web Layout
Labels across the web
Rows around the cylinder
Between labels across the web
Between rows around the cylinder
Print repeat / circumference. Leave blank to size the page automatically (no distortion).
K factor method: distortion = (repeat − K) ÷ repeat
Drop a label PDF to calculate the layout.
Press Marks
Generic = 3 mm side bars / FA slug bar with reg targets, ink slug, ID dots, control strip. Basewrap = corner registration L-marks 0.1 mm off the die, edge centre crosses, and a top + bottom colour-code line in each ink.
Standard 1.5 mm from the dieline
Bleed beyond the dieline. 1.5 + 1.5 = tracker at the bleed edge.
Which way labels travel around the cylinder. Tracker lines appear on the edges perpendicular to the repeat direction.
Tracker lines + registration targets
Always 3 mm thick, at the start and end of the repeat, with circle-cross targets at both ends and centre.
Job slug + ink names
Job name in the top bar, plus each ink's name printed in its own ink.
Ink identification dots
One dot per ink, knocked out of both bar ends, in press order.
Control strip
One solid 100% patch per ink below the bottom bar.
Result
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