Adobe ACROBAT 3D Manual page 630

Embedding printer marks
When you prepare a document for print production, a number of marks are needed to help
the prepress service provider align separation films when producing proofs, measuring
film for correct calibration and ink density, trimming film to size, and so on. Printer marks
indicate the boundaries of document boxes supported by Adobe PDF, such as trim boxes
and bleed boxes.
You can add printer marks temporarily at print time using the Marks And Bleeds panel of
the Advanced Print Setup dialog box, or you can embed printer marks in the file (and
optionally in a layer) using the Add Printer Marks dialog box. For information about
adding printer marks to just the printed output, see
Note: A PDF file created from InDesign CS can include printer marks, either in a separate
layer or on the page. Acrobat detects these printer marks only if they were exported as a
separate layer. You can view these marks using the Layers tab in Acrobat. If the printer
marks were exported as a layer, any printer marks you create using the Acrobat Add
Printer Marks feature replace the InDesign printer marks. If the printer marks are not in a
layer, Acrobat printer marks overlay InDesign printer marks and might not align.
To embed printer marks in the file:
1. Do one of the following:
Select Tools > Print Production > Add Printer Marks.
Select the Add Printer Marks tool
2. Specify the pages to mark.
3. Specify the marks and settings using the following options:
All Marks
Creates all marks at once.
Trim Marks
Places a mark at each corner of the trim area to indicate the PDF trim box boundaries.
Bleed Marks
Places a mark at each corner of the bleed box to indicate the PDF bleed box boundaries. A
bleed box defines the amount of extra area to image outside the defined page size.
Registration Marks
Places marks outside the crop area for aligning the different separations in a color
document.
Color Bars
Adds a small square of color for each spot or process color. Spot colors converted to
process colors are represented using process colors. Your service provider uses these
marks to adjust ink density on the printing press.
Page Information
Places page information outside the crop area of the page. Page information includes the
file name, page number, current date and time, and color separation name.
Style
Lets you choose the appearance of the marks. You can choose default InDesign CS marks,
or marks from other applications as listed.
Line Weight
Determines the weight of the lines for trim, bleed, and registration marks.
Offset
Specifies how far from the edge of the page (not the bleed) Acrobat will draw printer
marks. To avoid drawing printer marks on a bleed, be sure to enter an Offset value greater
than the bleed box. You can adjust the size of the bleed box using the Crop Pages tool in
the Print Production toolbar. (See
Embed Printer Marks With Layers
Adds printer mark content to a layer, which you can turn on or off using the Layers tab. If
your workflow does not support layers, deselect this option to add printer marks to the
page content.
Warn If CropBox Too Small
Displays a warning message if the existing crop box is too small to accommodate the
printer marks you added. You can expand the crop box using the Crop Pages tool
the Print Production toolbar.
Specifying marks and
on the Print Production toolbar.
Adjusting page margins and page
bleeds.
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