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Printing printers’ marks lets you display information on a page about how a document should be printed. You can specify the position of the printers’ marks on the page.
The available printers’ marks are as follows:
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Crop/fold marks — represent the size of the paper and print at the corners of the
page. You can print crop/fold marks to use as guides to trim the paper. If you print
multiple pages per sheet (for example, two rows by two columns), you can choose
to print the crop/fold marks on the outside edge of the page so that all crop/fold
marks are removed after the cropping process, or you can choose to add crop marks
around each row and column. Crop/fold marks ensure that marks appear on each
plate of a separated CMYK file.
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Bleed limit — determines how far an image can extend beyond the crop marks.
When you use a bleed to extend the print job to the edge of the page, you must set
a bleed limit. A bleed requires that the paper you are printing on is larger than the
size of paper you ultimately want, and the print job must extend beyond the edge
of the final paper size.
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Registration marks — are required to line up film for proofing or printing plates
on a color press. They print on each sheet of a color separation.
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Color calibration bars — are color scales that print on each sheet of a color
separation and ensure accurate color reproduction. To see calibration bars, make
sure that the page size of the print job is larger than the page size of the work you
are printing.
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Densitometer scale — is a series of gray boxes ranging from light to dark. These
boxes are required to test the density of halftone images. You can position the
densitometer scale anywhere on the page. You can also customize the levels of gray
that appear in each of the seven squares on the densitometer scale.
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Page numbers — helps you collate pages of an image that do not include any
page numbers or do not contain page numbers that correspond to the actual
number of pages
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File information — prints file information, such as, the color profile; halftone
settings; name, date, and time the image was created; plate number; and job name
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To print crop and fold marks |
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Click File Print.
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Click the Prepress tab.
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In the Crop/folds marks area, enable the Crop/fold marks check box.
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If you want to print all crop/fold marks, disable the Exterior only check box. |
To print crop and fold marks, ensure that the paper on which you print is 0.5
inches larger on all sides than the page size of the image that you are printing.
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To set crop and fold marks, see To edit gutters.
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To print composite crop and fold marks |
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Click Tools Options.
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In the list of categories, double-click Global, and click Printing.
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Choose Composite crop marks (PS) from the Option list.
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Choose Output on all plates from the Setting list box.
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To set a bleed limit |
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Click File Print.
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Click the Layout tab.
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Enable the Bleed limit check box.
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Type a value in the Bleed limit box.
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Usually, a bleed limit of 0.125 to 0.25 inches is sufficient. Any object
extending beyond that uses memory needlessly and may cause problems when
you print multiple pages with bleeds on a single sheet of paper.
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To print registration marks |
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Click File Print.
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Click the Prepress tab.
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In the Registration marks area, enable the Print registration marks check box.
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Choose a registration mark style from the Style picker.
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To print registration marks, ensure that the paper on which you print is 0.5
inches larger on all sides than the page size of the image that you are printing.
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To print color calibration bars and densitometer scales |
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Click File Print.
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Click the Prepress tab.
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In the Calibration bars area, enable any of the following check boxes:
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Color calibration bar
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Densitometer scales
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If you want to customize the levels of gray in one of the densitometer scale squares, choose a number from the Densities list (lower values represent lighter squares), and type a new density for that square. |
To print page numbers |
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Click File Print.
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Click the Prepress tab.
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In the File information area, enable the Print page numbers check box.
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If you want to position the page number inside the page, enable the Position within page check box. |
To print file information |
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Click File Print.
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Click the Prepress tab.
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In the File information area, enable the Print file information check box.
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Type a job name in the Print file information box.
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If you want to position the file information inside the page, enable the Position within page check box. |
To position printers’ marks |
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Click File Print preview.
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Click the Marks placement tool
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Click the Auto-position marks rectangle button
on the property bar.
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Type values in the Marks alignment rectangle boxes.
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You can also change the position of printers’ marks by clicking a printers’ mark
icon in the print preview window and dragging the bounding box.
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If you want to affix printers’ marks to the object’s bounding box instead of to
the page bounding box, click File Print, click the Prepress tab, and enable
the Marks to objects check box.
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