If tab printing is supported by the Fiery server, you can insert tabs and
specify text and media settings for them. In the Tab Media
window you can save media settings as a preset. You can define custom tabs and those
settings are included in the preset.
You can specify two tab styles in a single
document. This allows you to identify chapters and sub-chapters in long documents. See Add multiple tab styles to a document.
The Tab Media
window displays an image of the tab ear with measurements. When you change the number of tabs in a
set, the measurements shown in the displayed tab change. You can specify up to 50 tabs in a set.
To convert a normal page to a tabbed page, select
the page’s Convert to tab option.
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Right-click a spooled job in Command WorkStation, and choose JobMaster.
- To insert a tab, select a page or pages in the
Page View pane, and click .
- To edit a tab, right-click it in the
Page View or Sheet View pane, and click Edit Tab.
- Specify settings in the Edit
Tab window.
Text -
If you have more than one tab in your document, select the tab to
specify settings for it. When you add text to a tab, you can select the
next or previous tab by pressing ctrl+right arrow (Windows) or
cmd+right
arrow (macOS).
Background Color -
Click the Disabled button
to enable.
Background
Image - A background image can be a BMP, JPEG (JPG),
PNG, TIFF (TIF), or GIF file. When you select a background image to
place on the tab, you can specify opacity, scale, and rotation, and set
margins relative to the tab size.
- To specify media settings, click the
Edit button beside the Media Preset field, and specify
settings:
Tab sequence -
Indicates the order in which the tabs are printed.
Output tray to kick out
unused tabs - Use this setting if you are printing a
job that does not use all the tabs in the set. For instance, if
you are using only three tabs of a five-tab set, the two unused
tabs will be output to the tray you select.
Tab shift (Convert
to Tab) - Use for tabs that have been converted from an existing page.
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(Optional) To save the media
settings as a preset, click the Save
Preset icon next to the Media Preset menu
and name the preset.
Presets are displayed in the
Tab Media window and the Edit Tab window.
Note: By default, custom media
presets in the Tab Media window are sorted
in alphanumeric ascending order.
- Click OK in the Tab Media window.
- Click OK in the Edit Tab window.
When tabs have been added to a document, you can use the Filter Tabs
icon in the Page View tool bar to display only those pages with tabs.
