Learn in this article,
- which requirements have to be met for this Fixup and
- how to apply this Fixup.
1. Introduction
In the Workflow the Fixup Remove Print Marks is available. The aim of this Fixup is to remove all Print Marks from the document.
2. General
The Fixup Remove Print Marks can be used to remove Bleed marks, Crop Marks and Color Bars that are outside the TrimBox. This Fixup requires that a TrimBox or BleedBox is available.
You can find the Fixup in the Data Preparation tab of an Article, Order or Production Job:
- Entering the name of the Fixup in the Filter area,
- Activating the Object option in the Category area,
- Activating the Delete option in the Action area and by
- Activating the Registration Marks option in the Search area.
3. Description
This Fixups removes all print marks from the document. The Fixup however requires that the TrimBox or BleedBox is set. In addition, the BleedBox is set based on the TrimBox after the Fixup has been executed. The desired offset of the BleedBox from the TrimBox can be set separately for all four pages. However, the size of the ArtBox, CropBox and MediaBox does not change when this Fixup is applied.
3.1. Requirements and Functionality
For the Fixup to do what it promises, the following conditions must be met:
- The TrimBox or BleedBox must be present.
- There are print marks, crop marks or bleed marks in the document
Figure 1: The dialog of the Fixup Remove Print Marks
Use the following options to remove print marks:
- Template [1] - Settings selected in the dialog can be saved as a template and thus applied to other Articles/Print Items.
- BleedBox (Set BleedBox) [2] - enter the Offset for Top, Bottom, Left and/or Right for the BleedBox here. This is set based on the TrimBox. For the Variable Content [3], select the desired placeholder - database field or user-defined field - from which the value for top, bottom, left or right should be retrieved.
3.2. Before/After
To experiment with this function, refer to the sample file "Sample_Druckmarken.pdf". The print marks are located in the file outside the BleedBox and inside the ArtBox.
After applying the Fixups, the file "Sample_Druckmarken_End.pdf" is created. The values were taken from Figure 1. The Bleed is still at 3 mm.
Figure 2: Left: initial file; Right: edited file where the print marks were removed
Article update: Workflow 1.17.1 – 04/2024