3.98 Remove Print Marks

Updated on Mar 12, 2025

In this article, you will learn,

which requirements have to be met for this Fixup, and
how to apply this Fixup.

1. Introduction

The Fixup Remove Print Marks is available in the Workflow. It´s purpose is to remove all Print Marks from the document. The user can also select whether to delete print marks located outside the final TrimBox or BleedBox.

2. General

The Fixup Remove Print Marks can be used to remove Bleed Marks, Crop Marks and Color Bars located outside the TrimBox. This Fixup requires a defined TrimBox or BleedBox. The user can also choose whether to delete print marks outside the final TrimBox or BleedBox.

You can find the Fixup in the Data Preparation tab of an Article, Order or Production Job by:

Entering the name of the Fixup in the Filter area,
Activating the Option Object in the Category area,
Activating the Option Delete in the Action area and by
Activating the Option Registration Marks in the Search area.

3. Description

The Fixup Remove Print Marks removes all Print Marks from the document. However, the Fixup requires that the TrimBox or BleedBox is set. Additionally, after the Fixup has been executed, the BleedBox is defined based on the TrimBox. The desired Offset of the BleedBox from the TrimBox can be set separately for all four pages. However, the sizes of the ArtBox, CropBox and MediaBox remain unchanged when this Fixup is applied.

3.1. Requirements and Functionality

For the Fixup to perform as expected, 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

To remove Print Marks, please refer to the following options:

Templates [1] – settings selected in the dialog can be saved as a template and applied to other Articles/Print Items, as well as used in the operation Apply Fixups.
Remove Objects outside [2] – use the drop-down menu to select the Page Box outside of which the Print Marks should be removed. The following options are available:
- TrimBox – all Print Marks that are completely outside of the TrimBox will be deleted.
- BleedBox – all Print Marks that are completely outside of the BleedBox will be deleted.
- Variable Content [4] – select the desired placeholder – database field or user-defined field – from which the value for selecting the Page Box should be retrieved. The following values must be present in the selected field in order for the selection to be generated:
  - All
  - AllTrim
Set BleedBox [3] – enter the Offset for Top, Bottom, Left and/or Right for the BleedBox. This Offset is defined based on the TrimBox. Select the desired placeholder – database field or user-defined field – for the Variable Content [5], from which the value for Top, Bottom, Left or Right should be retrieved.

Figure 2: Values in the selected field for the Option Remove Objects outside

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 Fixup, the file "Sample_Druckmarken_End.pdf" is created. The values are taken from Figure 1, and the Bleed remains at 3 mm.

Figure 3: Left: Initial file; Right: Edited file where the Print Marks were removed