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Usually a 'CutContour' custom spot color swatch has to be re-created in an upgraded install of Illustrator (unless the swatch was saved and baked up). If contour cutting isn't working from files created in your copy of Illustrator then there could be something wrong with the contour cut spot color settings.

The only thing that has changed in Illustrator related to spot color is the removal of Pantone spot color books (I saved backups and added those back into appropriate color books folders). On my own setup I have no problem with the current version of Illustrator allowing the creation of custom spot colors to apply to objects for contour cutting. The computers I use at work and at home are just a couple years old and have pretty stout hardware.

I use the current version of Illustrator to do all sorts of large format work, such as designing vehicle wraps, billboard ads, etc.

The current version of Illustrator has somewhat higher performance requirements than the immediate past versions due to some of the new 3D features. What kind of system specs does the computer have and how old is the machine? When outputting print jobs are you using a separate large format RIP application or are you trying to print directly from Illustrator?

Download the new version for ios Adobe Illustrator 2024 v28.1.0.141