Fotoba Cutmarks

Fotoba Cutmarks

Fotoba Cut Marks are marks printed together with an image to facilitate cutting on Fotoba Cut Devices. The marks are detected by the cutter to determine the position of the image and where to cut. The Fotoba Cutmarks appear as a double line around the images in a job. Adding the Fotoba Cut Mark Element to a Job will cause the Fotoba Cut marks to be printed around every image, enabling later cutting with Fotoba Devices.

To use Fotoba Cutmarks insert the <PrintMarks> tag and all relevant parameters at the beginning of the job.

Format: <PrintMarks></PrintMarks>


Parameter

Description

Possible Values

FotobaEnable=

Turns Fotoba CutMarks on or off

0=Cutmarks Off

1=Cutmarks On

FotobaWidthWhiteOuterMm=

Sets the Width of the white area outside the Fotoba cut marks .

Any measurement in mm, e.g. 1 for 1 mm.

FotobaWidthWhiteInnerMm=

Sets the Width of the white area inside the Fotoba cut marks i.e. the distance between the two cut mark lines.

Any measurement in mm, e.g. 1 for 1 mm.

FotobaWidthBlackMm=

Sets the Width of the Black lines of the Fotoba cut marks.

Any measurement in mm, e.g. 1 for 1 mm.

FotobaMode=

Sets which Fotoba mode should be used, the mode determines how many sets of lines will be used per image.

0= 4 sets of Fotoba marks (Double lines on all 4 sides of an image. Make sure to consider media width for side marks)

1= 2 sets of Fotoba marks (Double line above and below images)

2= 1 set of Fotoba marks (Simple double line above images)

FotobaExcessLeftMm=

Sets a margin on the left side of the image. Only available when using FotobaMode 1 or 2.

Any measurement in mm, e.g. 1 for 1 mm.

FotobaExcessRightMm=

Sets a margin on the left side of the image. Only available when using FotobaMode 1 or 2.

Any measurement in mm, e.g. 1 for 1 mm.

FotobaCmyk=

Sets the color for the Fotoba CutMarks in CMYK

Any CMYK value separated by spaces, e.g. 0 0 0 100 for black.



Sample Code for Fotoba CutMarks
Quote
<HotFile>      
<Job Name = “Job Name” Flags = 1 >
  <PrintMarks>
   FotobaEnable=1
   FotobaWidthWhiteOuterMm=1.000000
   FotobaWidthWhiteInnerMm=0.500000
   FotobaWidthBlackMm=0.500000
   FotobaMode=1
   FotobaExcessLeftMm=20.000000
   FotobaExcessRightMm=60.000000
   FotobaCmyk=0 0 0 100
  </PrintMarks>
    <Image FileName="C:\images\Lizard.tif">                  
            </Image>                                           
</Job>
</HotFile>

    • Related Articles

    • Job Fotoba

      Controls the use of Fotoba Cut Marks for the Job. This type of cutmarks is used specifically for Fotoba cut machines. Enabling Fotoba Cut Marks will automatically add the respective marks (2 bold black lines along each edge) to every image in the ...

    • Generate Image Elements

      Generate lets you dynamically create elements for a job such as text, barcodes, solid color blocks, gradients, etc. By using the generate tag, these elements are created during rastering and can then be handled like regular images, positioning them, ...

    • About Jobs

      Open / Save Jobs in ErgoSoft RIPs In ErgoSoft RIPs, Jobs are a visual representation of your print material where you place your image files and position them according to your requirements. Job compositions can be saved and reopened any time, but ...

    • About Application Defaults

      Application Defaults deals with the standard settings of Ergosoft RIP. These are the settings that are automatically applied whenever nothing else is set. You can use these to configure automatic operations done to every image when it is imported, ...

    • Introduction to Contour Cut

      In ErgoSoft RIPs, contour cut integrates seamlessly into the production workflow. For Jobs intended to be Cut, the RIP automatically constrains Job space to the width of the cutter to make sure the Job fits. It reserves space around the images and ...