Add Printer Marks

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• Category: Add

What it does

Adds trim marks, bleed marks, slug area text, color bars or the Ghent Workgroup overprint patch.

How to proceed

1. Select the marks you want to add to the PDF:
   • Trim marks, and/or
   • Bleed marks
2. To add registration marks as well, select the Style checkbox and choose the desired style:
   • InDesign
   • QuarkXPress
3. To add printing information in the Slug area, under Add Slug Area Info, select the Text checkbox.

   The slug area holds instructions and printing information. This information is shown on-screen and printed, but as it is positioned outside the trim box, it will disappear when the document is trimmed to its final size.

4. Enter the information to be contained in the Slug area. You can enter static or dynamic text (variables such as the date or time, the page box dimensions, ...).
   To use variables

   1. Click Use Variable.
   2. In the Use Variable dialog, select the appropriate variable, for example "%Current Document Name%" or "%Page Box Dimensions%". For an overview of all variables, refer to Variables.
      Note: At run-time, these variables will be replaced with the appropriate values. Below the list of variables, you can see what the current value is.
   3. Click Insert.

      The inserted variable is shown in the Text field (in the Global Change Editor).

      Note: You can combine static text and variables as required, for example: "Media box: %Page Dimensions%" will result in: "Media box: <actual dimensions>."
5. To add a color bar or a Ghent Workgroup overprint patch, select the appropriate checkboxes:
   • Gray color bar
   • Multi color bar
   • Ghent Workgroup overprint patch