Product supplied butted together on a release liner often provides the most economical and efficient use of raw material; no waste matrix is created. This method of supply, however, is limited to specific adhesive systems, those which don’t flow back together, and certain specialty-cut shapes, which must by rectangular or tessellating with no gaps between.

In some cases, laser cutting can expand the number of materials which can be supplied butted. Rather than cutting via steel rule blades which use intense pressure to cause a material to ‘burst,’ laser cutting ablates a material, creating a much wider gap between parts.