LIVE MASTER BOXES - QA REPORT - 2026-09-21

LIVE-Regular_GEN5 / OUTSIDE: page 50.375 x 15.125 in = 15113 x 4538 px @ 300 dpi · max TAC 173.7 % · coverage C 0.34 M 0.03 Y 0.35 K 5.24 % · white ink 0.3 %
    glue tab ink pixels (must be 0): 0
    tape guide dots measured 34.59 mm from the bottom-flap cut edge (expected 34.92 mm = half the 2.75 in tape)
LIVE-Regular_GEN5 / INSIDE: page 50.375 x 15.125 in = 15113 x 4538 px @ 300 dpi · max TAC 298.0 % · coverage C 96.92 M 96.26 Y 96.92 K 96.49 % · white ink 4.54 %
    files: PRINT 10.7 MB · DIELINE-CHECK 10.7 MB · WHITE PLATE 0.24 MB

LIVE-Candy_GEN1 / OUTSIDE: page 50.375 x 15.125 in = 15113 x 4538 px @ 300 dpi · max TAC 291.8 % · coverage C 0.16 M 3.19 Y 3.31 K 1.95 % · white ink 3.15 %
    glue tab ink pixels (must be 0): 0
    tape guide dots measured 34.59 mm from the bottom-flap cut edge (expected 34.92 mm = half the 2.75 in tape)
LIVE-Candy_GEN1 / INSIDE: page 50.375 x 15.125 in = 15113 x 4538 px @ 300 dpi · max TAC 298.0 % · coverage C 95.91 M 95.51 Y 96.97 K 93.5 % · white ink 4.29 %
    files: PRINT 1.6 MB · DIELINE-CHECK 1.6 MB · WHITE PLATE 0.25 MB

CHECKS DONE ON THE FINISHED PDFs
  - page sizes = the vendor's template pages; TrimBox/BleedBox set; images DeviceCMYK 8-bit, Flate (lossless), 300 dpi
  - every crease/cut position taken from the vendor PDF's own paths (nothing redrawn); art placed by those coordinates
  - 100 % crops of every text block, the slots, the glue tab, the tape dots and the free edges read from the PRINT PDF (previews/*_QA-crops-from-PDF.png)
  - the candy script vector overlaid on the sleeve photograph: fit measured 99.2 % overlap (reference/brand-marks/candy-script_fit-to-sleeve.png)
  - page labels OUTSIDE / INSIDE set in every box PDF; a K-only outline slug in the left 1/4 in bleed strip names line, page and side (trimmed off)
  - 3D fold check: the flats cut back into the box model, opened and closed (previews/3D-*.jpg)
  - tape: page 12.25 x 3.0 in, trim 12 x 2.75 in, vector only, no images, no fonts