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Image Position

The Image Position feature allows the placement of raster image of an imposition surface precisely on the printing sustrate in order to allow for mechanical press requirements such as gripper margin and also to have sheets that will work properly in finishing workflows for folding, cutting, and binding.

Fiery ImageViewer allows the you to precisely place jobs on the substrate with numeric offset values or visual positioning. Fiery ImageViewer shows the edges of the substrate, as well as the boundaries of the printable area on the substate for the press.

The benefits of the Image Position feature are:
  • See placement of raster image on the substrate without trial and error.
  • See imageable area on the sheet so that the imposition can be moved to the edge of the imageable area or the imposition can be clipped, if desired.
  • Accurately position the imposition to allow for the press gripper margin or to produce sheets that are ready for finishing.

The page border is highlighted in black by default. You can edit the page border (color) in the Preferences window.

The imageable area of the substrate is highlighted in green.

To use the Image Position feature:
  1. Origin - substrate location from which offset is calculated. The choices are Center of substrate, Center of printable area, Center of custom printable area, and Bottom center to leading edge. 
  2. Offset (can be turned on or off) - lets you set X and Y offsets to position the raster image on the substrate. For duplex presses, back offset control is also available if Front and Back Overlay is not set to Off.
  3. Offset unit - set the units that offsets are adjusted in (mm or inches).
  4. Align front and back images - locks the alignment of the front and back surface so that the offset of the front is inversely applied to the back.
Keep in mind the following when using the Image Position feature:
  • On a duplex press, the back image position controls are only available if Front and Back Overlay is turned on.
  • Align front and back images is turned on only if Front and Back Overlay is turned on.
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