For products with special finishes (gold embossed foil, silver embossed foil, or embossed gloss), the finish cannot be applied along cut lines. The cutting processes (which take place after the application of the polymer base) would make the finishes too fragile and prone to cracking and peeling.
Here's an example of a printed product with a special finish applied over the cut lines:
To avoid this outcome, always keep elements with special finishes at least 3 mm away from cut lines in your file.
Here’s a correctly created file and the corresponding print result:
If you select special finishes (gold embossed foil, silver embossed foil, or embossed gloss), always keep the elements you want to highlight at least 3 mm ((0,11") away from cut lines to ensure a high-quality result.
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