Cartons are not made one at a time, but rather in large sheets or in a continuous stream called a web. Whether printing[printing?:printing cutting finishing solution] will be accomplished on a web-fed or sheet-fed press, the individual carton[carton?:carton box sample cutting machine] must laid out in a pattern that attains the best use of board (an abbreviated way of saying “paperboard”) and the least amount of waste. This raw material may easily account for 35% or more of the total cost of the carton, so efficient utilization is critical.
