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Open your Print & Cut design in Silhouette Studio®. Make sure your workspace matches the size of paper you will be printing on. A Print & Cut image has two parts: a design you will print with your home printer and corresponding cut lines you will cut with your Silhouette.

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To add registration marks, click on the Page Setup icon located along the right-hand toolbar and select the style of registration marks. Type 1 is standard (which is what you will most likely use), and Type 2 is for older machine models.

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You will note that there are now crosshatched areas on three corners of your workspace. Make sure that your design does not overlap into the crosshatched area or else your Silhouette will have trouble reading your registration marks.

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Once your design is ready to go, print your job to your regular printer by clicking on the Print icon in Silhouette Studio®. Make sure you have loaded your material, whether it is cardstock or a specialty material, into your home printer correctly. Here we are using white sticker paper.

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Load your printed material into your Silhouette using a cutting mat. Select the appropriate material from media list in the Send tab and adjust your blade accordingly (unless you use a machine with an AutoBlade).

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Click “Send,” and your Silhouette will begin scanning the page for the printed registration marks. After the registration marks are found, the Silhouette will proceed to cut as usual.

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Unload your material and complete your project.

If your machine fails to read your registration marks, you can choose to “retry manually” in the Send panel. Use the arrows to position the carriage above the marks and select “Register.” After the machine registers the mark, it will cut like usual.