Adds Print Marks to the selected Image. Typically Print Marks consist of two header lines above the image, one footer line below the image and contains information on the image and settings it is being printed with and a crop mark in each corner of the image. Print Marks can be invaluable to easily identify printouts and the settings they were printed with.
Of course Print Marks are fully customizable and can be edited to exactly suit your needs. More information? Less information? You decide!
To add a set of existing Print Marks to an image, select the image in the Job and go to Properties & Actions > Print Marks. Select a Print Mark Preset from the dropdown menu that suits your requirements and click the Apply button. The preview will instantly reflect the Printmarks.
To customize the Print Marks, either select -Custom Settings- and then click the Edit button, or click the Add button to create a new Print Marks Preset.
This opens
the Print Marks settings dialog where you tailor the printmarks excatly to your
requirements. Simply check or uncheck the box next to one of the segments to
add or remove this module from the printmarks, e.g. unchecking Crop Marks will
remove the Crop Marks from this set of Print Marks.
The horizontal and vertical lines at the corners of the image are used for image cutout and are highly customizable.
Distance: Sets the distance of the lines from the image corner point.
Length: The length of each line.
Color (CMYK): The color of the lines in CMYK.
Thickness: Sets the line thickness.
Cut Off: Moves the cutlines inward inward towards each other to cut off part of the image. E.g. a Cut Off value of 1cm causes the marks to move so cutting along the marks would cut off 1 cm of the image on each side.
Directed to Image: Inverses the postion of marks to be directed towards the image. Note that all parameters such as distance and Cut Off still apply and can be adapted.
Cut Line: draws a cut line between the different crop marks. Possible types of lines are:
Solid: A solid line between the crop marks
Grey: A line between the crop marks
Dashed: A dashed line between the crop marks
Register Marks
Marks used for automatic image detection through some cutting devices, taking
the form of a crosshair.
Distance: Sets the distance of the lines from the image corner point.
Length: The length of each line.
Color (CMYK): The color of the lines in CMYK.
Thickness: Sets the line thickness.
Diameter: Sets the diameter of the crosshair circle, does not affect the cross.
Positioning: Sets the position of the Register Marks, either along each side of the image, At the Corners or Corners and sides.
Image Label
Adds dynamically generated text at the top and bottom the image file. The text
is fully customizable in font, size, color and content. Placeholders are used
in the text field to dynamically insert information into the Image Label. Want
to always know what resolution something was printed in? Easy to do with Image
Labels.
Note that regular characters, text and punctiation are also allowed in the text
field, so static information, labeling and structuring is also possible.
Font: Sets the font for the Image Label text.
Font Size: Sets font height.
Color CMYK: The color of the text in CMYK use the ... button to customize your color through CMYK sliders.
Allow Mirror: If unchecked, mirroring the image through one of the available mirror functions will not mirror the Image Label text. If checked, Image Label text will be mirrored along with the image.
Load and Save...: Loads or Saves an Image Label text field configuration. Easily swap between different sets of tags by saving and loading them when needed.
Dynamic Text
Use the {} tags in the text fields to set what information is included in the
Print Marks. Browse and add the available tags easily by clicking the Field
>> button for the Header or Footer area. The Print Marks will
automatically include the information as clear text in the in the marks. E.g.
adding the tag {PrintEnv} will include the name of the Print Environment used
to print the image.
Height: Sets the maximum height that his Header/Footer may take up:
Reserve: Sets empty buffer space to ensure that the image label can be fully printed and is not cut off.