Set printer's marks in Fiery Impose

Fiery Impose lets you set printer’s marks. You can also turn on or turn off marks and individual elements of the job label.

The location of a fold on a layout is defined by a dotted line called a fold mark; the location of a cut is defined by a solid line called a trim mark. Specialized marks also define the size and locations of margins (space surrounding the page's content area); gutters (space between pages); and bleeds (extensions of content beyond a trim mark), used to ensure that the printed area extends to the very edges of a trimmed page. You can choose between standard style trim marks or Japanese style marks.

Use printer's marks to add trim, fold, and job information to all sheets in a job. The printer's marks option turns printer’s marks on globally throughout a job. Layouts display only the relevant printer's marks. If the layout does not require folding the sheet, fold marks are not displayed, even if you selected them.
Use the Marks dialog box to turn on or turn off trim marks, fold marks, and the individual elements of the job label.

Note: Printer's marks in the User Defined finish size workflow always align to the edge of the finish size.

About named sets of marks in the Marks menu

Named sets of marks can be saved to your local computer or can be a unique set of marks for a specific job.

Names in the Marks menu can be:

None - no marks to be applied.
A list of names that you used when saving sets of marks on your local computer.
Note: By default, names are sorted in alphanumeric ascending order.
Custom - marks that are unique to the job or have not been saved as a named set of marks on your local computer.

If you open a job with a named set of marks (called, for example, “Blue Marks”) and then you use the Marks menu to change one of the settings, the changed set of marks is no longer named “Blue Marks” and is instead named “Custom”. If you save this changed set of marks, you can give the set a new name. If you try to name it “Blue Marks”, Fiery Impose asks you whether you want to overwrite the existing set named “Blue Marks”.

If you change the settings in “Blue Marks” after saving a job, when you next opens that job, the name of the set of marks shows as “Custom”. If you delete a named set of marks after saving a job, when you next open that job, the name of the set of marks shows as “Custom” but the settings in the job are not lost.

Note: The named sets of marks that you create are saved on your local computer. Names of sets of marks do not transfer between user computers. For example, you can create a set of marks called “Blue Marks” on your local computer and assign it to a job. Another user opens that job on her local computer. Even if the other user also has a set of marks called “Blue Marks” on her computer, the set of marks in your job still shows as “Custom” in the Marks menu on her computer.

Name, save, and reuse sets of marks

You can apply mark settings and name, save, and reuse sets of marks, including style, horizontal length, vertical length, stroke type, stroke width, and stroke color.

Enter the context of your task here (optional).

Select Define in the Marks menu.
In the Marks window that appears, add printer marks or custom objects onto the sheet layout, and click Save.
A message appears asking you to name the set of marks.
Name the set of marks. This name will appear in the Marks menu in the future, allowing you to use the named set of marks for future jobs.
Click OK in the Marks window to apply the set of marks to the current job.
To delete a set of marks, select the set that you want to delete from the Marks menu, and click the trash can icon.

Define printer's marks

You use the Marks dialog box to set printer’s marks.

In the Settings pane, click the Marks dropdown and select Define....
Use the Trim, Fold, Job Label, Blank Page Text, and Registration and Barcode tabs to specify settings.

Note: The Job Label for VDP jobs displays different information than for non-VDP jobs.

Set Trim marks

Use the Trim tab to set trim marks.

Click the Trim tab.
Select the Print trim marks checkbox.
Select from the Style menu:
- Standard - Prints the marks in a standard western style format (single marks at the corners). This is the default setting.
- Japanese - Prints marks in a Japanese style format (marks at the corner and in the center of each side of the page).
  If the bleed value is 0, the Japanese marks are one line, similar to the standard style. If a bleed value is set, two corner marks are displayed, to indicate the trim and the bleed.
  
  Note: Jobs using Japanese marks can be saved only as flattened PDF jobs, not as .dbp format. Templates saved using Japanese marks can only be used within Fiery impose.
Set the following for the printed trim marks:
- Set the horizontal and vertical mark length from 1 to 216 points.
- Set dotted or solid for Stroke type.
- Set Stroke width from 1/4 to 3 points.
- Set Stroke color.
- In the horizontal and vertical Offset fields, enter values from –72 to +72 points, –1.0 to 1.0 inch, or –25.4 to 25.4 mm.

Set Fold marks

The Fold tab lets you set fold mark length and appearance, and disable individual marks.

In the Marks dialog box, click the Fold tab.
Select the Print fold marks checkbox.
Set any of the following:
- Set the horizontal and vertical lengths of marks from 1 to 216 points.
- Set Stroke type of Fold marks to either dotted or solid.
- Set Stroke width of Fold marks from 1/4 to 3 points.
- Set the Stroke color.

Set job label attributes

The Job Label tab lets you set job label content and location. (Job label content for VDP jobs differs from non-VDP jobs.)

Click the Job Label tab.
Click checkboxes (such as Job Name and Sheet Info) to display the associated information on the job label.
Sheet info for standard jobs includes the sheet number and the surface information (front/back).

For VDP jobs, you can also click the Output sheet number checkbox, which displays the absolute sheet number. If the total number of printed sheets is 500, the absolute sheet number is from 1 to 500.
Click the area where you want to place the label.
Click Horizontal or Vertical to set whether the job label is placed horizontal or vertical on the sheet.
If desired, enter offset X and Y values.
The offset is measured from the point of origin.

Set blank page text

Use the Blank Page Text tab to set what appears on implicit blank pages.

Click the Blank Page Text tab.
Enter text you want to appear on any implicit blank pages.
Select Print blank page text.

Set registration marks and barcode in Fiery Impose

Your imposed layout can include a registration mark, a barcode, or both. These options allow automatic drift compensation and machine setup for the Duplo offline finisher.

The registration mark position determines the leading edge of the sheet, as the Duplo finisher requires the mark to be on the right of the leading edge of the upper surface of the sheet.

In the Marks dialog box, click the Registration Mark and Barcode tab.
Click one of the following in the Device type field:
- Duplo DC-646 (2-digit barcode)
- Duplo DC-646 (3-digit barcode)
- Custom
- [User-installed device profile name]
Click one of the following in the Print field:
- Do not print, which is the default
- Registration mark only
- Barcode only
- Registration Mark and Barcode
The options in this dropdown are displayed or hidden based on the device capabilities.
If you set Registration mark only, set the following:
- Position - The location of the registration mark on the sheet.
- Mark length and Mark width - The possible length is from 5 to 10 mm. The possible width is from 0.4 to 1.6 mm.
- Mark Offset - Vertical and horizontal offset for the mark position. The default for both feed edge and right edge is 5 mm. The possible range is 3 to 15 mm for each.
- Layout Offset - Amount to move the layout away from the feed edge of the sheet to accommodate the registration mark and barcode. The possible range is 0 to 30 mm.
If you set Barcode only, set the following:
- Position - Barcode location on the sheet.
- The Barcode Text and Barcode Type values vary based on the value selected from the Device type drop-down menu
  - If you set Duplo DC-646 (2-digit barcode) in the Device type field, set the following:
    - Barcode Type – Default is Code 39
    - Barcode Text - A 2-digit number from 01 to 80
  - If you set Duplo DC-646 (3-digit barcode) in the Device type field, set the following:
    - Barcode Type – Default is Code 39
    - Barcode Text - A 3-digit number up to 250
  - If you set Custom in the Device type field, set the following:
    - Barcode Type – Code 39 or Code 128
    - Barcode Text - Supports a combination alphanumeric characters and special characters. The special characters allowed are '-', '.', '$', '/', '+', '%', and '[space]'.
  - If you select a [user-installed device profile name] in the Device type field, the Barcode Type and Barcode Text values must be set according to the device specification provided by the device manufacturer.
- Print Text - Prints the numerical representation of the barcode on the sheet.
- Mark Offset - Vertical and horizontal offset for the barcode position. The default for feed edge is 5 mm, and the possible range is 3 to 15 mm. The default for right edge is 25 mm, and the possible range is 25 mm to 42 mm.
- Layout Offset - Amount to move the layout away from the feed edge of the sheet to accommodate the registration mark and barcode. The possible range is 0 to 30 mm.
If you specified Registration Mark and Barcode, specify the settings in the Registration pane as described in steps 4 and 5.
The settings apply for both Registration marks and barcode. In the Barcode pane, specify the text and whether to print the text.
Set Print mark on front surface of sheet only, if required.