Proofer Image Settings
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You can access these settings:
•When creating Parameter Sets (see “Managing Parameter Sets”). Here, you will see a ‘Lock in Production Plan’ check box (selected by default). If this check box is selected, the settings will be initially locked in the Settings pane. If this check box is deselected, the settings can be edited in the Settings pane.
•In the Settings pane, in the Plan tab of the Job Manager and the Ticket Editor. The settings may be initially locked, as indicated by the Lock icon. If you edit the job, you can unlock them as described in “Settings Pane (Ticket Editor)”.
When you create a Parameter Set, you should specify a Parameter Set name. You can always change this name later by editing the job, choosing the Parameter Set from the Task Processor in the Plan tab, and unlocking the settings in the Settings pane.
Separation Output and Order
Specify which separations should be output, and in which order. The initial sort order places the process colors on top, in the same order as specified by the job’s color space. Spot colors come after the process colors, sorted alphabetically. You can reorder the separation order with the Up and Down arrows or by dragging and dropping.
These check boxes are only accessible when the ‘Application Decides’ check box is deselected in the Separation settings (Hot Tickets only). If ‘Application Decides’ is selected, you can make no changes to the separation output and order: This is then controlled by the settings of the input document (as generated by a front end application, such as Quark).
NOTE: Process colors are not listed if there is no Press Task Processor in the Production Plan or if you are editing a Parameter Set.
Copies
Specify the number of copies to be printed. This option is not available for the Generic TIFF/PS/PDF Proofers.
Collated
This option is not available for the Generic TIFF/PS/PDF Proofers.
Image
The Image pane is similar to the one in the Image Settings of the imagesetter and the platesetter.
Reading
You need to set the Reading yourself because Apogee does not know what media is used for the print job. The preview icon on the right dynamically reflects the chosen state.
Reading
Determines the mirror setting of the image to be output:
•Right Reading
•Wrong Reading
Orientation
You can select one of the four standard orientations (0, 90, 180, 270). You can also select the Optimized option to have Apogee select a specific orientation to avoid as much medium waste as possible. If you selected the “Select Automatically” check box, the Orientation is automatically set to “From Output Size”, and you will need to specify horizontal and vertical positioning.
Border
Select the required predefined border from the drop-down list as defined in the Border Resource category.
You can enter text as a comment in the Slug Lines section. If the selected border contains the comment marks, the text will be printed. If not, it will be ignored.
Output Size
Select the appropriate output size from the drop-down list. This can be a fixed size (A4, Letter, etc.) or the size can be set to depend on the input, part or media (Manual from input, Manual from part, Manual from media). For example, Output from part is useful for WebApproval jobs.
Select Automatically
Select this check box to have Apogee automatically select the output size. In this case, the Orientation is automatically set to “From Output Size”, and you will need to specify horizontal and vertical positioning.
Fallback
Here, you can select a fallback output size (Width and Height) in case the input has no output size specified.
Position Image within Output Size
Horizontal
Choose Center, or specify an offset in mms.
Vertical
Choose Center, or specify an offset in mms.
Position Output on Device
Center output size horizontal on device
Select this check box for horizontal centering.
Apply Ganging
Select this check box if you want to apply ganging. This check box is only enabled when Manual is selected for Position.
Across Jobs
When switched off, Apogee starts a new row before and after a job, even if it wastes media. This option is only activated when Apply Ganging is selected.
Margins
The Left and Right margins specify how much extra white space Apogee should add to the device margins. Preferably, this should be 0. If you have selected the For Press option from the Position drop-down list, this is 0 and cannot be changed.
The margins before job and after job specifies an extra amount of media between two adjacent jobs.
Scale content
From the drop-down list, you can activate scaling to scale the page content. This does not scale the border, but marks that are relative to the sheet are repositioned and not scaled.
You can select different scaling modes from the drop-down list.
Off
If you do not want apply scaling, select Off from the drop-down list. The settings will be greyed out.
Size to fit
This option proportionally scales the images up or down to fit the media size.
Enlarge to fit
This option proportionally scales the image up to fit the media size. When the image is larger than the media size, it will not scale up.
Shrink to fit
This option proportionally scales the image down to fit the media size. When the image is smaller than the media size, it will not scale down.
NOTE: The automatic scaling options are only available when an output size or the <manual from media> option is selected. It is not available when the <manual from input> option is selected.
Manual
This option enables the Width and Height scale fields.
You can specify the scaling percentages for width and height scaling.
•For pages, Width and Height have their starting point in the lower left corner. Width goes along the bottom edge and Height along the left edge.
•For imposed flats, Width is along the gripper edge and Height along the side edge.
Constrain proportions
Select the Constrain Proportions option if you want to keep both values equal. Selecting this option will copy the horizontal scale value into the vertical scale field.
Clip
This option specifies what will happen if the image is bigger than the output size.
Clip image
Any areas of the image that fall outside the output size are clipped.
Notify
The job will fail with a user interaction notification. The notification specifies the image and output sizes, and provides a 'Clip and Continue' option.
Base imaging on
This option specifies how the image is clipped but does not influence the output result.
Trimbox
The image is clipped to the Trimbox size.
All content (page, content, marks, border, ...)
The image is clipped to the Mediabox size.
Rule-up
You can have a proofer print a rule-up. These are lines that correspond with the expected page positions on the template and the actual crop box from the pages.
Pages
You can print a rule-up for:
•Artbox
•Trimbox
•Bleedbox
•Mediabox
Imposition
You can print a rule-up for:
•Press Sheet
•Expected Page Size
Output
You can print a rule-up for:
•Output Size
Die/CAD
•Design lines: Select the check mark to choose a Line Appearance Set from the list or click the arrow to open the Line Appearance editor. See “Finishing Hub”.
For each of the above, you can select the color from the drop-down list (Red, Green, Blue, etc.), and a point size for the lines (0,25 pts, 0.50 pts, 0.75 pts or1.00 pts). You can also specify whether you want a dashed or a solid line.
NOTE: You can only print a rule-up if you use an Impose Task Processor in your Production Plan.
Slug Lines
In this pane you can enter up to four comments that can be part of a border. These comments are held in the variables $COMMENT1, $COMMENT2, $COMMENT3 and $COMMENT4.
Each comment can contain one or more variables such as $DATE or $COMPANY. The comment variables themselves, however, cannot be part of the comment.
For example: Comment 1: Printed by PrintRite on $DATE for $COMPANY.
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