Why Does My Project Have a Black Box Around it when I click Make it? Because it is a print then cut image. If you do not want to Print then Cut, change it to a cut image. If you want to Print, Then Cut, you want the black box [currently it's 4 brackets, previously a box surrounded the entire image] to be there.
The black box is the "registration marks". Cricut will scan the image, then line up the design to cut based on where those black lines are.
Sometimes if your machine is not reading the registration marks, and closing the lid didn't help, nor did changing the lighting, you can go over the black box with a black marker, to make it darker, and that may help the machine to cut.
For more Tips For Solving Simple Print Then Cut Problems:
If you did not want to print the image, but only cut it, you can switch the operation to Cut/Basic
HOWEVER, that could just give you an outline shape to cut, if you uploaded an image that is not an svg file. When uploading the svg, look for the image that looks like a website, or html file:
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I’ve successfully created and printed print and cut stickers before. Now when I go to make new stickers, the registration or black box is not printing. I’ve even pulled up previous projects and the black box is not there when I go to create the stickers. Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteDesign Space has been making a lot of updates to Print then Cut this year - currently I think it's just 4 corners again, instead of a full box - but I haven't actually used it in a few weeks...
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