Auto Fit Rules Overview
The Auto Fit Rules dialog box lists all available resources in the left column.
Click a rule in the left column to display its settings.Strategy
The auto fit strategy helps you find a balance between keeping the number of plate sets to a minimum and printing extra copies. You can choose between two strategies that affect the copy counts of the parts by allowing extra copies of a part to be printed if this enables more elements to be combined on a sheet.
NOTE: Elements are the instances of parts placed on a Press Sheet.
•Fewer sheet layouts: checks the dirty waste, i.e. the area of the Press Sheet that contains extra copies. When you select this strategy, you can set the amount of dirty waste with the ‘Allow extra printed material’ slider.
•Less waste: this strategy checks the total waste which is the sum of extra copies and the blank paper. This strategy will generally create more Press Sheets. When you choose this strategy you can specify a percentage of acceptable waste in the ‘Keep waste below’ box.
Sheet Layout
These settings control how the elements are organized on the sheet.
Arrange Parts
Keeping the elements that relate to a particular part together or in a certain arrangement may be a requirement for cutting, reducing color variations across a sheet, or for other reasons. You have the following options:
•Stack elements one by one: Stacks all elements on top of each other or next to each other until it reaches the end of the sheet, then starts a new column/row and repeats stacking elements.
•Pack elements in blocks: All the elements of a part are grouped together in the smallest possible rectangular block.
•Pack elements in blocks, vertically only: Elements of a part are grouped to produce a vertical layout with no color variation in the direction of the Press Sheet movement.
•Pack elements in blocks, horizontally only: Elements of a part are grouped to produce a horizontal layout with no color variation in the direction of the Press Sheet movement.
•Stack elements in separate columns: A new column is created for the elements of each part.
Rotate Elements
Here you can choose when and how elements are rotated in order to maximize the available space on the Press Sheet. You have the following options:
When
•Never: the orientation is left as defined in the parts
•Always: you may have a preference for rotation that you always want to apply; in this case you can also select the rotation direction
•When it produces a better fit: elements will be rotated if more elements can be placed on a single Press Sheet; in this case you can also select how to rotate and the rotation direction.
How
•Rotate all elements in the same way: all the elements of all parts are rotated in the same direction if possible; otherwise no elements are rotated.
•Rotate all elements of the same part in the same way: (default) all the elements of the part are rotated in the same direction if possible; otherwise none of the elements of the part are rotated; part A elements may be rotated while part B elements are not rotated.
•Rotate all elements of the same size in the same way: all the elements of the same size (dimension) are rotated in the same direction.
When you select the check box Arrange all elements of the same size in the same direction, parts that have the same dimensions but different orientation are rotated and they get the same orientation in the end. If the check box is not selected (default), parts that have the same dimensions but different orientation can be rotated independently of each other.
•Rotate elements individually: elements may be rotated differently to produce the tightest fit but possibly a layout which is difficult to cut.
When rotating elements, rotate by:
When rotating elements, you must specify in which direction you want to rotate the elements.
•90 degrees: Turn all elements counter-clockwise by 90 degrees
•270 degrees: Turn all elements clockwise by 90 degrees
Lowest folio
This option determines on which side of the press sheet the lowest folio of a part is placed.
Place
Select one of the options:
•On Front
•On Back
NOTE: When printing a folded unbound work, the lowest folio page can be on the either side of the product, depending on the pagination scheme.
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