You can exactly define the Border Mark settings: the mark type and the exact location of the mark on the page or sheet.

Select the Mark type (for output devices only):

In the Text field, you can specify which text is to be used as a mark. You have three options:

Select a font and a point size for the text mark.

Click the variable button, and select one or more options to determine on which plate(s) the mark will be printed:

Click the associated variable button, and select one or more options to determine on which plate(s) the text mark will be printed:

Specify the rotation angle for the mark (0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees).

A stripping text mark serves as a placeholder for a StripMark. The main difference with the normal text mark is that the content of the stripping text mark is set by JDF. The JDF also specifies the stripping element to which the mark refers: The object whose edges are to be used as positioning references are set by JDF, but the offsets themselves are specified in the stripping text mark.

Crop marks indicate where to crop the page or image. A crop mark sets crop marks around pages or around the image. They are dynamically imaged according to the specified properties.

Specifies the distance between the marks center and the images or pages corner.

Specifies the length of the mark.

Specify the width of the marks lines.

Print crop marks that appear inside the imposed area (i.e. in between the pages). You should disable this option if you want the crop marks to appear only on the outside of the imposition (Imposition Borders only).

Fold marks indicate where to fold the sheet. A fold mark sets several marks to indicate where the sheet is to be folded. They are dynamically imaged according to the specified settings.

Specifies the distance between the marks center and the page edges.

Specifies the length of the mark.

Specifies the width of the marks lines.

Signature/Section Collation marks offer a way to quickly inspect the correct collation order of folded sheets.

The mark is the actual marking on the spine or fold. It is printed in black, and may optionally contain an index number.

The step area is the area in which the mark travels. The mark starts at the top (or bottom) of the step area, and advances one step with each section/signature.

The pattern defines the position of the first mark, the direction in which the mark is stepped (normal or reverse), and what to do when arriving at the end of the step area (sawtooth or zigzag). Amfortis graphically represents the four possibilities. The default is to use normal direction with the sawtooth movement.

Select whether to print the collation mark number (should correspond with the signature/section) inside the mark, and with which orientation (0, 90, 180 or 270). Amfortis graphically represents the five possibilities. The default is to print no index.

Use this option, if you want to use a specific EPS or PDF file as a mark.

Click the File list and select one of the available EPS or PDF files. The file is selected as the mark to be used.

Select the check boxes to apply the Linearization, Calibration or Simulation curves to the content of the file. By default, all curves are selected.

Specify the rotation angle for the mark (0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees).

You can manage the Marks in the Marks Resource category. See “Marks”.

You can specify the exact position of the mark. This position is defined by a horizontal and a vertical distance from different parts of the sheet or plate.

For the horizontal position, select:

For the vertical position, select:

You can set Amfortis to notify you, if the Mark or part of the mark area runs in or out the sheet or plate:

For each option, there is a check box. Amfortis will send a message to the Message Board according to the selected options.

Select this option if you want Amfortis to remove a mark when it would otherwise run into a pages content area. The default setting is not to print marks that run into a Page Content.