Akiles CardMac Electric Business Card Slitter Non-Bleed

Welcome to MyBinding video. This is the Akiles CardMac Electric Business Card Non-Bleed Slitter. This is actually just a combination of the manual CardMac machine and the CardMac power pack. In the box is a power adaptor and even two manual control handles. To use, slide the power pack under the right side of the machine so that the two knobs fit together. They may not initially connect. If so, turn the wheel a small amount and try again. It should snap into place and I will admit that in this demo the piece never completely snapped into place but it still worked. Then plug in the adaptor and plug that into the wall circuit. It only works while you’re holding down the power button. On the back, pinch the metal wires slightly towards each other and snap it into its upward position. Then, open the front cover. The machine comes with a guide sheet to help you understand how to design and print your cards and cut them. The next step is to slide the paper guide on the right between the two marks. You can adjust these as needed later. Then insert your sheet of business cards into the first cutting position and bring the left guide lightly against the sheet. Push the power button to make your first cut. The first sheets will go under the catch tray. Next, line up the left guide for the second cut gently against one of the strips of the cards you’ve just cut. Make sure that the strip is in place properly. Push the power button and make your final cut. Repeat this for the other two strips to finish off your sheet of cards. There is a safety latch that should secure the power pack to the machine. Pushing the tab releases the latch, allowing you to slide the piece out if need be. For more demos, review and how-to’s, check out MyBinding.com.

This is understanding the difference between bleed and non-bleed when printing and cutting business cards!

This is a card cut with a bleed cutter, and this is a non-bleed card—they are the same.

However, if you look closer you will see that with the non-bleed card the ink does not go all the way to the edge—that’s actually because it’s from the other card that was printed next to it.

If this happens with the bleed, it takes from the extra space, and not the neighboring card on the page. So if you print your cards with the design larger than a card, it will always come to the edge.

With non-bleed your cut has to be perfect as to not cut into another card.

When you cut Non-Bleed pages you get 12 cards per page, and only 10 per Bleed page.

Also, when cutting bleed pages, you have more scraps to clean up because of the extra space to extend your design.

So in some ways that makes non-bleed more simple especially if you don’t know how to design custom cards, but with bleed can bring about better results.

Of course that is dependent on the custom design you or a graphic designer creates for your business cards.