diff --git a/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/PostVerificationAnalyzer.cs b/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/PostVerificationAnalyzer.cs
index 27548240..fbc43007 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/PostVerificationAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/PostVerificationAnalyzer.cs
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ public static class PostVerificationAnalyzer
                     if (part == null || !double.IsFinite(part.Rotation))
                         throw new ArgumentException("Missing part or invalid rotation.");
                     var moves = ExecutionMotionReader.Read(part.Program, part.Location, position, cancellationToken).Motions;
+                    // Executed reads stop at an applied program's display tail, so any display
+                    // perimeter left is an unplanned blank whose outline a post would refuse.
+                    if (moves.Any(move => move.Layer == LayerType.DisplayPerimeter))
+                        Incomplete("This part has a display perimeter (a supplied blank's outline that is never cut) "
+                            + "but no cutting plan; posts refuse it. Run Plan Cutting so only its cutouts are cut.");
                     if (expectsCuts && !moves.Any(move => !move.Rapid
                         && move.Layer is LayerType.Cut or LayerType.Display
                         && move.Curve.Length > PostVerificationGeometry.Epsilon))
diff --git a/OpenNest.Tests/CuttingPlanning/DisplayPerimeterPostTests.cs b/OpenNest.Tests/CuttingPlanning/DisplayPerimeterPostTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6080951a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenNest.Tests/CuttingPlanning/DisplayPerimeterPostTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+using System.Text;
+using OpenNest.CNC;
+using OpenNest.CNC.CuttingPlanning;
+using OpenNest.Diagnostics;
+using OpenNest.Engine.CuttingPlanning;
+using OpenNest.Geometry;
+using OpenNest.Posts.Cincinnati;
+using OpenNest.Posts.CincinnatiCIFiber;
+using OpenNest.Posts.GravographIS;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Tests.CuttingPlanning;
+
+/// <summary>No post may cut a supplied blank's display perimeter, planned or not.</summary>
+public class DisplayPerimeterPostTests
+{
+    public static IEnumerable<object[]> Posts() => [["cincinnati"], ["cifiber"], ["gravograph"]];
+
+    private static IPostProcessor Post(string name) => name switch
+    {
+        "cincinnati" => new CincinnatiPostProcessor(new CincinnatiPostConfig { ConfigurationName = "CL940", PostedAccuracy = 4 }),
+        "cifiber" => new CIFiberPostProcessor(new CIFiberPostConfig { ConfigurationName = "CI FIBER 8K" }),
+        _ => new GravographISPostProcessor(),
+    };
+
+    private static string Output(string post, Nest nest)
+    {
+        // The engraver's writer refuses this fixture's sheet for its work envelope, so compare the
+        // geometry its extractor hands the writer: the step that reads part programs.
+        if (post == "gravograph")
+            return string.Join("\n", new NestPolylineExtractor().ExtractLayered(nest).Select(poly =>
+                poly.Layer + ":" + string.Join(";", poly.Points.Select(v => FormattableString.Invariant($"{v.X:R},{v.Y:R}")))));
+        using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+        Post(post).Post(nest, stream);
+        return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stream.ToArray());
+    }
+
+    private static (Nest Nest, Part Part) DoorNest()
+    {
+        var nest = new Nest("Door") { Units = Units.Inches };
+        var drawing = new Drawing("door", DisplayPerimeterTests.Door());
+        nest.Drawings.Add(drawing);
+        var plate = new Plate(new Size(20, 30));
+        var part = new Part(drawing, Vector.Zero);
+        plate.Parts.Add(part);
+        nest.Plates.Add(plate);
+        return (nest, part);
+    }
+
+    private static (Nest Nest, Part Part) PlannedDoorNest()
+    {
+        var (nest, part) = DoorNest();
+        var proposal = CuttingPlanBatch.Capture([nest.Plates[0]], ExplicitContourTests.Parameters(), false).Plan();
+        Assert.Equal(CuttingCommitStatus.Applied, proposal.Apply(acceptWarnings: false).Status);
+        Assert.True(DisplayPerimeterTail.HasTail(part.Program));
+        return (nest, part);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [MemberData(nameof(Posts))]
+    public void PlannedDoor_PostsExactlyItsCutsAndNeverTheOutline(string post)
+    {
+        var (planned, _) = PlannedDoorNest();
+        var (stripped, part) = PlannedDoorNest();
+        // The same applied plan with its tail removed by hand: what the machine may run.
+        Assert.True(part.RestoreLeadInProgram(DisplayPerimeterTail.WithoutTail(part.Program), locked: true));
+
+        Assert.Equal(Output(post, stripped), Output(post, planned));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [MemberData(nameof(Posts))]
+    public void UnplannedDoor_IsRefusedByEveryPost(string post)
+    {
+        var (nest, _) = DoorNest();
+
+        var error = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => Output(post, nest));
+
+        Assert.Contains("display perimeter", error.Message);
+        Assert.Contains("Plan Cutting", error.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void UnplannedDoor_PrePostReviewNamesTheDisplayPerimeter()
+    {
+        var (nest, _) = DoorNest();
+
+        var report = PostVerificationAnalyzer.Analyze(nest);
+
+        Assert.Contains(report.Findings, f => f.Message.Contains("display perimeter", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        Assert.False(report.CanPost(false));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PlannedDoor_PrePostReviewIsClean()
+    {
+        var (nest, _) = PlannedDoorNest();
+
+        var report = PostVerificationAnalyzer.Analyze(nest);
+
+        Assert.DoesNotContain(report.Findings, f => f.Message.Contains("display perimeter", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.Cincinnati/CincinnatiPartSubprogramWriter.cs b/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.Cincinnati/CincinnatiPartSubprogramWriter.cs
index ac7275e4..299713ba 100644
--- a/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.Cincinnati/CincinnatiPartSubprogramWriter.cs
+++ b/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.Cincinnati/CincinnatiPartSubprogramWriter.cs
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public sealed class CincinnatiPartSubprogramWriter
                 if (part.BaseDrawing.IsCutOff)
                     continue;
 
-                var pgm = PostedCopy(part.Program);
+                var pgm = PostedCopy(FeatureUtils.PostedProgram(part));
                 var bbox = pgm.BoundingBox();
                 pgm.Offset(-bbox.Location.X, -bbox.Location.Y);
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public sealed class CincinnatiPartSubprogramWriter
             foreach (var part in plate.Parts)
             {
                 if (!part.BaseDrawing.IsCutOff)
-                    Register(part.Program);
+                    Register(FeatureUtils.PostedProgram(part));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.Cincinnati/FeatureUtils.cs b/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.Cincinnati/FeatureUtils.cs
index 516a389c..db452bf4 100644
--- a/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.Cincinnati/FeatureUtils.cs
+++ b/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.Cincinnati/FeatureUtils.cs
@@ -80,9 +80,16 @@ public static class FeatureUtils
     /// Splits a part's program into features by rapids, classifies each as etch or cut,
     /// and orders etch features before cut features. The part's program is not modified.
     /// </summary>
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The part program this post may write: a display perimeter's never-cut tail removed, and an
+    /// unplanned display perimeter refused (<see cref="DisplayPerimeterTail.ForPosting"/>).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static Program PostedProgram(Part part) =>
+        DisplayPerimeterTail.ForPosting(part.Program, $"Part '{part.BaseDrawing?.Name}'");
+
     public static List<(List<ICode> codes, bool isEtch)> SplitAndClassify(Part part)
     {
-        var codes = RemoveSuppressed(AbsoluteCodes(part.Program));
+        var codes = RemoveSuppressed(AbsoluteCodes(PostedProgram(part)));
         InsertLeadingRapid(codes);
 
         return ClassifyAndOrder(SplitByRapids(codes));
diff --git a/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.CincinnatiCIFiber/CIFiberContourExtractor.cs b/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.CincinnatiCIFiber/CIFiberContourExtractor.cs
index b931179f..7523e3d8 100644
--- a/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.CincinnatiCIFiber/CIFiberContourExtractor.cs
+++ b/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.CincinnatiCIFiber/CIFiberContourExtractor.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ namespace OpenNest.Posts.CincinnatiCIFiber
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(part));
 
             var contours = new List<CIFiberContour>();
-            Flatten(part.Program, part.Location, Vector.Zero, contours);
+            // A display perimeter's tail is never cut; an unplanned one is refused.
+            var program = DisplayPerimeterTail.ForPosting(part.Program, $"Part '{part.BaseDrawing?.Name}'");
+            Flatten(program, part.Location, Vector.Zero, contours);
             return contours;
         }
 
diff --git a/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.GravographIS/NestPolylineExtractor.cs b/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.GravographIS/NestPolylineExtractor.cs
index 577eec35..24074975 100644
--- a/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.GravographIS/NestPolylineExtractor.cs
+++ b/Posts/OpenNest.Posts.GravographIS/NestPolylineExtractor.cs
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ namespace OpenNest.Posts.GravographIS
             var program = part.Program;
             if (program == null)
                 return;
+            // A display perimeter's tail is never cut; an unplanned one is refused.
+            program = DisplayPerimeterTail.ForPosting(program, $"Part '{part.BaseDrawing?.Name}'");
 
             // The walk below treats Motion.EndPoint as absolute. Convert a working
             // copy to absolute mode so G91 programs (the form OpenNest's UI writes)