Method and apparatus for producing a security document

The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for producing a security document (1), wherein the security document (1) is provided with at least one supernatant layer (6), at least an image of the supernatant layer (6) is generated at least one projection portion (7), wherein said function of the document-related spatial position of the supernatant portion (7), a document-related spatial position of at least one document feature of the security document (1), not shown, and a Beschneidungstrajektorie (11) in response to the document-related spatial position of the non-image based, a document-related spatial position of the supernatant portion (7) is determined, imaged documents feature of the security document (1) is determined and / or wherein an image-based document-related spatial position of an imaged document feature of the supernatant portion (7) and a Beschneidungstrajektorie (11) in response to the document-related spatial position of the imaged documents feature of the security document (1) is determined, wherein the security document (1) along the Beschneidungstrajektorie (11) is trimmed.