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1. o Creep pu Standard folding outside a 9 a e sheet sheet Figure 63 Creep with Standard folding outside 5 4 1 2 Signature Folding You can only activate Signature folding in conjunction with Four up and Signatures When printing signatures you must usually make corrections to the printing area in two directions 78 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Creep Example Signature with 32 pages 32 1 4 29 28 5 al l lalals 17 16 13 20 2 12 8 5 f 4 d9 22 an 1 2 3 Page numbers on back rot visible Zig 2ag Folding at thre e edges 3 ER l Folding along center axis Folding 4 ib Si FU fogs Falding around lengthwise axis Folding 5 and trimming of edges Fotlags Figure 64 Folding of a signature sheet The last two folds are the ones that determine the printing area correction as they involve the folding of a stack of individual sheets around an axis You perform the printing area correction for the last fold by activating Standard folding For the printing area correction with the second last fold Fold 4 you additionally need to select Signature folding Standard folding Folding 4 Figure 65 Example for page positioning with Signature folding A29247
2. Sheet settings 1st sheet Front side Back side Repetition mode Rotation 90 be Sheet number Distance Image settings Rotation Rotation Distance Scheme name my scheme Cancel Figure 23 Window Impose Define user scheme 36 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Impose Create an impositioning scheme Preparation First decide how the pages are to be sequenced in the file you want to impose Example Document with 32 pages The pages are to be printed in two up duplex mode in the follow ing sequence Print sheet Front page Back page 1 1 17 18 2 2 3 19 20 4 3 5 21 22 6 4 7 23 24 8 5 9 25 26 10 6 11 27 28 12 7 13 29 30 14 8 15 31 32 16 Figure 24 Example file with 32 pages Two Up Duplex Next decide on the repetition mode i e the number of physical pages front and back pages after which the pattern is to be repeated The pattern defines how the logical pag es from the print file are arranged on the physical sheets In the above example the pattern is repeated after two physical pages This is one print sheet because the example application is duplex The repetition mode is therefore 2 The logical pages on the second and all following sheets ar
3. The paper sheets 2 through the second last sheet n 1 are not on the list and will therefore be taken by default from tray 1 without job offset Any list entries that relate to the same sheet numbers overwrite each other The last entry overwrites the first Example Sheets Input tray Output tray Job offset 1 n 1 A No n 2 B Yes Sheets 1 through n 1 are taken from tray 1 without job offset the last sheet from tray 2 with job offset Click Apply to confirm all settings and return to the Composer main window or click Dis card to disregard all changes and return to the Composer main window 72 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Job offset amp trays Functions of the window Use settings form in put file The setting are taken from the input file No further settings are possible in this window Sheets Input tray media In this input field you specify sheets for which a specific input tray is to be selected A valid entry can consist of individual sheets and ranges Individual sheets e g sheets 1 20 and the last sheet Pattern 1 20 n Ranges e g all sheets Pattern 1 n Range with interval increments e g each 3 d sheet Pattern 1 n 3 The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer Here you select the paper feed tray or the preferred print media
4. 2 If you want to modify the default squence 0000 for the fields 5 8 open the window Bar code Settings to change this value Close this window by clicking OK The modifica tion will be applied to the barcode Digistich 3 In the text field Pages insert the sequence 2 n 2 to ensure that the barcode will al ways be printed on the back of each sheet Select Digistich1 in the field Automatic Positioning Insert these settings in the List of settings Add the new item and close the window with OK Barcode2 mrk Proceed as described for barcode2 mrk Select Digistich2 instead of Digistich1 from the list Automatic Positioning 100 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Print Range 5 7 Print Range This parameter enables you to set the page limits of the output file Only pages within these limits are placed in the output file Print range accesses the already impositioned file Define the print range Print Range All Range From page image number 2 To page image number 15 Apply Discard Help Figure 71 Window Print Range A29247 X21 X 6 7670 101 Print Range The Assemble Menu and Section Example Front Back Front Back Front Back Front Back N c L I o N eo sisisiejsisisi Imposed file Print range from 4 to 10 3 sheets are printed Front Back Front Back Front Back a A a
5. 5 5 ule S CN fS 0 180 90 270 Figure 41 Positioning of marks with Two Up amp Identical copies Caution The mark will be positioned for all copies exactly between the 2 Two Up pages without considering user defined shifts see Positioning High Folio Low Folio Sheets are often not folded symmetrically during postprocessing resulting in high or low folios Therefore the gathering mark must not be placed symmetrically on the sheet but has to be shifted according to the width of the folio 1 1 n 1 Symmetrical Low Folio High Folio Folio Insert the width of the high or low folio in the Extent field 56 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section 5 The Assemble Menu and Section Ma Integrate E Positioning Impose m fn alos Assemble Blank sheets Marks 5 5 Print Range All functions in this menu refer to the physical pages of the document after the imposition ing Here you can for instance modify the page layout by changing the position of the logical pages images by inserting blank pages or by positioning marks on the sheets 57 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Positioning The Assemble Menu and Section 5 1 Positioning Depending on which impositioning mode has been selected under Impositioning the logi cal pages initially are automatically assigned a default positioning that is appropriately matched to the impositioning mode Define
6. Available Default Impositioning Schemes Appendix Imposition ing Scheme t e toopuu Hj 0rn u028nH cu Hj Bee a O9rFQ BHN ao arn 0rn 0 0U aon arn rTOoOrRrwWOO Uu aAauvd0aqndtrogek rh th Q Brb5bunrdB nHH 0 B PHBR o dagzoddum Q B p 5 Hp B n 0089 t 0 09 yy ce 0 0 i o Hopedh oH qe QoH oG826Bi mc Boctctow Order of the page se quence plus rotation four up 1 x lt n 4 n 2 3 4 180 n 2 2 4 180 n 2 4 180 n 2 1 4 180 n 2 3 4 180 n 2 4 4 180 n 2 2 4 180 n 2 1 4 180 t dup right track on left track four up 2 n 4 n 1 4 180 2 4 180 4 4 180 n 3 4 180 1 4 180 n 4 180 n 2 4 180 3 4 180 t dup right track on left track four up 3 n 4 n 2 1 4 180 n 2 2 4 180 n 2 4 4 180 n 2 3 4 180 n 2 1 4 180 n 2 4 180 n 2 2 4 180 n 2 3 4 180 t dup right track on left track turn double sheets four up 4 n 4 n 2 4 0 3 4 0 1 4 0 n 4 0 4 4 0 n 3 4 0 n 1 4 0 2 4 0 t dup right track on left track turn double sheets 120 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Appendix Available Default Impositioning Schemes H Order of the page se quence plus rotation Imposition C F F ing Scheme t e nj nj too pun t HOB Hn See q aoarn prid Bee aoan Oroecodrs rOoOrwAWO O Uu agvcvatog Bo n Bee ee PR o5rrFp Oo 3zogam 0 OQ 9 t 0 009 Qprapr
7. Target Pages Here the pages are set where the overlay is placed onto There are various possibilities to define a target page On single pages on page 8 and 10 8 10 on the last page n On pages within a range on page 1 to 20 1 20 on page 8 to the one before last 8 n 1 On pages within a range in steps on page 1 to 20 on every second page 1 20 2 14 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Overlays Position X Position Y The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer The selected overlays may be positioned freely on the print page by setting x and y values Valid formats are mm cm inches or Pels Without defining those values the overlay is put on the logical page origin up per left corner portrait 2up amp ldenticalCopies P L AO AO Figure 7 Positioning without offset values If positioning values are set the overlay is moved relatively to the logical page in x and y direction Attention The positioning starts at the logical page origin and not at the origin of the pysical page This is imortant if the images are rotated In this case the X and the Y axis for the overlay positioning is also rotated a a Y log ogical origin Y phys X log AO 2up amp ldenticalCopies AO Figure 8 Positioning with offse
8. Here you define the pages on which the variable data is to be placed e g page 1 page 5 page 9 pattern 1 5 9 The page numbers must be entered in increasing order In this example the first page of the variable data file address 1 was placed on page 1 of the static document the second address on page 5 of the static document and the third address on page 9 As a result the first copy of the output file contains 3 variable records on pages 1 5 and 9 The variable records 4 5 and 6 are inserted on the first fifth and ninth page of the second copy etc In this manner the entire variable data file is sequentially processed until all records have been inserted 28 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Variable Data The following expressions are valid n n integer n interger n integer integer n integer integer Integer n Interger n integer Interger n integer integer Interger n integer integer Exemplars Copies Here the selection of copies relating to data sets may be done The Default setting is 1 n all exemplars with all data sets will be used If a single exemplar is selected one print sheet is printed in the case of identical copies with the selected datasets in case of duplex we would have 4 data sets on a sheet with 4 logical pages In case of multiple exemplars the above single setting is used for the chosen range The following
9. aL LL ie v Separation 3 E Mustard v ied e Separation 4 E Cyan Turqoise M A 1 ie v Separation 5 Bil Magenta Pin M B Ad Apply Discard Help Figure 11 Highlight Color From input file From input file If the option From input file is activated the input file must be already in a format which supports multi color printing In these files the colors of the images are still separated i e each of the single pages contains the image information for one specific color Using this mode you can assign a specified color to each page color separation within the set The PDC then overlays all pages of one set which belong together to create one logical page of the output docu ment Consequently the number of pages of the output document re sults from the number of pages of the input document number of pages of one set or the number of active color separations The maximum number of pages per set is restricted to 5 3 4 1 List of settings The settings only become effective if you add them to the list of settings at the bottom of the window see chapter List of settings on page 8 Then click Apply to finally accept the settings A29247 X21 X 6 7670 21 Cropping The Integrate Menu and Section 3 5 Cropping The Cropping function enables you to trim IOCAs prior to imposition This is desirable
10. Number of Signatures Signature number No entry possible automatic calculation No entry possible automatic calculation Number of pages All signatures should have the length given here Create gt User defined Number of Signatures Define the total number of signatures calculated for the entire file Signature number Assign the calculated number of pages to each section You can choose among two different combinations for selecting the sections Specify the section range e g Section 1 through Section 3 Pat tern 1 3 Specify the individual sections e g Section 1 Section 5 Section 19 Pattern 1 5 19 Number of pages The signatures defined above contain the selected amount of pages A29247 X21 X 6 7670 49 Signatures The Impose Menu and Section 4 2 2 Options Signature selected by length Makes only sense with User defined If a print file contains different signature types e g 24 pages and 32 pages differ ent folding method and the post processing cannot handle mixed types the composer offers the posssibility to print the signatures separately depending on their length Meaning that similar signatures are bundled and printed in separate jobs Therefor you create two different parameter files The first set contains all 24 page signatures enter the value in the text field underneath in the second set enter accordingl
11. ai Center line 50mm 92 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Marks Barcode Function 5 6 4 Define Modify Barcode x Click this button if you have selected user defined in the field Select barcode to open a window which allows you to set all parameters for a user defined barcode and add it to the barcode list If you have selected an already defined barcode the same window opens to show the related settings In this case you can modify the settings Barcode settings Barcode name user defined Barcode type EAN 8 Number of fields Module Width WE NE Barcode lenght 20 8 E HRI text Field settings Field range 5 7 Data type Constant string Field content 0000 XE f j a v Field range Content type Content 1 Actual sheet number RE Total number of sheets 5 Constant string 0000 Figure 70 Window Define barcode 5 6 4 1 Barcode Settings Barcode Name Before clicking OK and returning to the main window you have to assign a name to the new barcode in this edit field Barcode type Select one of the three following barcode types e EAN8 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 93 Marks Barcode Function The Assemble Menu and Section e Code 39 e interleaved 2 of 5 e Data Matrix Oc Number of fields In this field enter the number of internal fields within the barcode E g if you want to code th
12. otherwise the data will be lost To modify this list use the icons on the top of this list Field range You have different possibilities to divide the barcode fields into groups e Indicate a range e g field 1 to 2 1 2 e Indicate a single field e g field 7 7 Data type This selection field forms together with the Field content the contents of the barcode fields You can select one of the following content types e Constant string allows you to insert a constant string in the text field Content e Variable string allows you to define via the text field Content variable fields e g counter in the barcode e Actual sheet nr Contains the number of the actual sheet on which the barcode is printed No entry in the text field Content is possible e Total number of sheets Contains the total number of sheets to be printed No entry in the text field Content is possible e Sheet number reverse Contains a counter which counts back beginning with the last highest number of sheets in the print file No entry in the text field Content is possible 96 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Marks Barcode Function Field contents Dependend on the Data type you have chosen you can insert the following into this text field Data type Contents Constant string The valid characters depend on the selected barcode type EAN 8 and Interleaved 2 of 5 0123456789
13. Code 39 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and blanks Data Matrix Oc EBCDIC Code 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ bcdefghijkImnopqrstuvwxyz lt gt I7 amp and blanks Variable string Definition of a variable counter Example 1 A barcode is to be printed on each page of a 100 pages file Within the barcode it should be counted from 1 to 100 The fol lowing has to be inserted into the field 1 1 starting number counter steps The following expressions are valid integer integer Integer integer count backwards n integer count backwards beginning from the last sheet number Example 2 Field range 1 2 Content 1 1 gt It is counted from 01 02 to 99 If there are more barcodes to be printed the next starts again with 01 In case of a counter overflow the counter will be reset to the start val ue and the counting starts again Actual sheet number No entries possible Total number of sheets No entries possible Sheet number reverse No entries possible After you have done all necessary entries and after you have transferred the field settings into the List of settings click OK to store the newly defined barcode and to return to the previous window The new barcode will now appear in the barcode selection list as the first entry If you choose Cancel nothing will be stored and you return to the previous
14. after a specified sheet Sheet Number 5 2 2 List of settings This function allows the exact selection of the sheet before or after which the blank sheets are to be inserted You can choose among these selections Absolute specification of the paper sheet e g before sheet 14 Pattern be fore 14 Relative specification of the second last paper sheet e g after the second last sheet Pattern after n 1 The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer n 1 with insert After To confirm these settings you must enter them in the List of selected blank pages see chapter List of settings on page 8 Then click Apply to finally accept the settings 70 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Job offset amp trays 5 3 Job offset amp trays This function is useful only with cut sheet printers By selecting different paper feed trays or output trays you can integrate different paper weights different paper colors or pre print ed sheets into the print material or you can output certain sheets separately Note If the PDC is called via the PJM the input and output trays of the currently selected printer are presented in this window If you start the PDC as standalone application only the trays of an default printer are shown The paper input can be controlled either directly by the selection of tray nu
15. 4 2 4 Type of Collating Marks on the Mark tab Manual Select manual or automatic see chapter Type of Collating Marks on the Mark tab Au tomatic on page 53 Manual generation allows you to select a stored IOCA mark and to position it You have to specify all parameters like position extent and offset of the mark Marks Define mark Type Manual IM Selection On physical pages n 241 Selection COMPOSER barcode1 mrk E Extend Width 20 Height 20 Position In x direction 0 In y direction 10 Offset d In x direction 0 SIUE In y direction 20 i p Units Unit for x mm 4 Unit for y Figure 33 Window Signature Marks gt Manual Generation A29247 X21 X 6 7670 51 Signatures The Impose Menu and Section 4 2 4 1 Selection On physical page Indicate on which physical page the gathering mark must be printed The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer Selection 4 2 4 2 Extent Width Hight To select the IOCA mark click File Selection which opens a File Selection Box or enter the fully qualified file name in the Selection text field Marks must have been previously created and saved with the Print Job Manager as resources in the COMPOSER directory This area defines the siz
16. Units Pe F Unit for x mm z Unit for y mm z ajeje s Source file Physical pages Width Height Position X Position Y Offset X Offset Y J COMPOSER 1 n 2 n 10mm 30mm 120mm omm omm 30mm Apply Cancel Help Figure 66 Window Marks Marks on a single page A29247 X21 X 6 7670 81 Marks The Assemble Menu and Section File Mapping Barcode Define the file mappings Selection Selection Pages Position In x direction In y direction COMPOSER service tmp map es 1 n Target Page 1 o mm 0 mm Z COMPOSER servicestt 1 n Target page Position x omm Position y Omm Figure 67 Window Maeks Filemapping Cancel 82 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Marks Post Collating process marks marks Figure 68 Inserting marks in the print file A29247 X21 X 6 7670 83 Marks The Assemble Menu and Section 5 5 1 Define marks On physical pages Specify the physical page s on which you want to print the marks Examples On single sheets onthe first and last sheet 1 n onthe sheet before th
17. gt Define page sequence 1 1 0 n 2 1 1 0 or N UP One Up Scheme user defined Layout duplex gt Define page sequence Position image 1 on the front side and image 3 on the back 7 6 OCT Interface You can set the parameter ft extra within the OCT Oc Custom Ticket See also PRIS MAproduction V3 02 POD Module User Guide This parameter overwrites the resource filename which is part of the PDC parameter for variable data Example part of the OCT ft setname u test twoup imp ft extra vdfile S COMPOSER kunde var Resource filename If the parameter file u test twoup imp contains a parameter for variable data the parameter t extra overwrites the resource filename which is part of the parameter for variable data This enables you to print different variable data using just one parameter file 110 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Appendix Command Line Interface 8 Appendix 8 1 Command Line Interface Besides the graphical user interface the Professional Document Composer also provides a command based interface which you can use to activate previously defined parameter sets As described in Chapter 2ff parameter sets are generated within the graphical user inter face where they are stored under user defined names Note Sets generated and saved with the graphical user interface are always given the suffix imp i e a file saved with the name set1 is stored by Composer as set1 imp To call
18. integer n integer integer integer if Insert pages before selection Examples Operation Target pages Delete page 8 Delete one or more pages 8 Delete pages 1 through 8 Delete one or more pages 1 8 Delete the second half of the print file Delete one or more pages n 241 n Delete the first half of the print file Delete one or more pages 1 n 2 Insert before the second last page Insert pages before selection n 1 Insert after the last page Insert pages after selection n Insert in the middle of the print file Insert pages before selection n 2 1 Insert before every page Insert pages before selection 1 n Insert before every second page Insert pages before selection 1 n 2 Replace pages 8 to the end of the file Replace one or more pages 8 n Replace second half of the print file Replace one or more pages n 2 1 n 3 2 2 Pages to insert If you have selected the functions Insert or Replace in the Define Operation section you can choose whether to insert or replace one or more blank logical page s Blank pages or whether pages from another file Pages from source file are to be integrated in the document The file must be in the IOCA format Set page range The number of pages or the range of pages to be inserted or replaced is defined in this field The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer interger A29247 X21 X 6 7
19. Ap ply to load the default scheme list or click Cancel to keep the list unchanged Comment current scheme Ly Copy current scheme th When you move the mouse pointer across the elements of the open scheme list in the Impositioning window a small blue bubble help box will be displayed for each scheme in turn In addition to in formation about page sequence layout and scheme type the box also contains a comment about the type of post processing You can edit this comment in the text field Comment or if the scheme is user defined regenerate it Click Comment current scheme to link the comment with the selected scheme By entering a new name in New name you are able to copy a select ed scheme to the new scheme Thus the newly created scheme gets the same properties layout type etc as the original except for the name A29247 X21 X 6 7670 35 Impose Create an impositioning scheme The Impose Menu and Section 4 1 1 3 Define User Scheme If none of the standard imposition schemes is suitable for your print job you can define a custom scheme To do this select user defined or command line in the list of schemes and click the Define page sequence button x The following dialog opens The title bar indicates for which n up setting and for which lay out the scheme will be created Image selection il Isl Is E Do To bola oo oa Settings
20. Identical Copies The following fields only become active if you select the layout Identical copies or Two up amp identical copies in the N Up list Here you can define the number and position of the copies of logical pages in X direction You need to define the number of images or logical pages you intend to have arranged on the physical page In this field enter the number of copies in the X direction in Y direction In this field enter the number of copies in the Y direction 4 1 4 Space between origins With Identical copies or Two up amp identical copies you also need to define the spacing between the images on the physical page You can enter this value manually or by actuat ing the Calculator button You may enter the measurements in the following units mm cm pel or inch Use a period to separate the decimal positions The spacing here always refer to the distance between the object origins of two objects Different spacing cannot be de fined within one object field The selected X and Y values relate to all objects on a physical page in X direction Spacing in the X direction in Y direction Spacing in the Y direction A29247 X21 X 6 7670 45 Impose Create an impositioning scheme The Impose Menu and Section Automatic calculation of spacing X Y Ly This function automatically calculates the spacing between the images after their number has been d
21. With cut sheet printers that have several paper input trays you can use the Composer to control the paper feed so that the paper for these blank sheets is drawn from a different tray This enables you to use heavier weight stock or even pre print ed paper r Options Number Before After z Aa Ag Sheet number 3 WEE Erau H im f List of settings XE 884 2 4 Nr Position Number Sheet number 1 Before 2 3 Apply Discard Help Figure 56 Window Blank Sheets Note The insertion of blank sheets increases the total number of printed pages of the print file Functions performed afterwards such as Input Trays and Marks will then work with the new print file with the larger number of phys ical pages Example A blank sheet is inserted before sheet 1 This increases the number of physical pages by 1 Blank sheet 13 n Figure 57 Blank Sheets Insert a blank sheet before page 1 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 69 Blank Sheets The Assemble Menu and Section Use the Input trays function to withdraw the second sheet from Tray C om Tray C Figure 58 In and output trays Inputtray C for the second sheet 5 2 1 Options Number Defines the number of paper sheets to be inserted into the already im positioned document Before After Blank sheets can be inserted before or
22. X21 X 6 7670 79 Creep The Assemble Menu and Section 5 4 2 Paper settings 5 4 2 1 Paper weight g The paper thickness determines the extent of the printing area correction You must there fore be sure to specify the paper weight in grams The larger the value you enter the larg er will be the correcting shift from one sheet to the next 5 4 2 2 Volume Additionally to the weight the paper volume is considered for the creeping The default set ting is 1 with rising values the creeping increases 80 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Marks 5 5 Marks Apart from the signature marks you can also define and position marks which relate to the physical pages i e cut marks page numbering etc Like the overlays which relate to logical pages single page marks select the Marks tab or multipage mapping files select the File mapping tab can be processed In contrast to Overlays Integrate section the Marks Assemble section are positioned on the physical pages A possible application would be to create a consecutive numbering of the print sheets Marks File Mapping Barcode Define marks Selection On physical pages 1 n 2 n Selection COMPOSER blacksheet mrk m Extend Width 10 Height 30 Position Y In x direction 120 In y direction 0 Offset In x direction 0 In y direction 30
23. Y direction are determined as follows X dimension Measure the distance from the left edge of the image to the left crop mark Diagram X1 Measure the distance between 2 crop marks in the X direction Diagram X2 New X di mension 2 X1 X2 Y dimension Measure the distance from the lower crop mark to the lower image edge Diagram Y1 Measure the distance between 2 crop marks in the Y direction Diagram Y2 New Y di mension 2 Y1 Y2 After converting the data file with this variable paper format you get an IOCA file whose crop marks are positioned concentric within the image A29247 X21 X 6 7670 23 Cropping The Integrate Menu and Section X1 X2 X1 Original PS or TIFF page IOCA page after passing the converter Y1 Figure 14 Conversion with variable paper size Set centred cropping in the Composer with the extent of the cropping area selected small enough to hide the crop marks Cropping area Cropping area final needed page area Figure 15 Centred position of the cropping area 24 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Variable Data 3 6 Variable Data The Professional Document Composer let s you do personalized printing the easy way Using the overlay technique you can include variable data e g addresses in documents The formatting of the variable data is an upstream process performed using
24. You de fine the desired mode tray numbers or media based tray selection using the corresponding radio buttons Use Tray numbers The drop down list Input tray media shows the tray number of the printer which is currently selected in the PJM You can select one of these trays Use Media based Tray selection The drop down list Input tray media now shows all printer medias avail able in the database of the PRISMAproduction system see the PRIS MAproduction user manual on how to configure user defined print media The list indicates the name of the print media All other attributes e g color weight or size are shown as a tooltip for every entry Read from database If you open a PDC parameter file imp the original media list will also be restored for Input tray media Reading the currently defined media from the database using the button Read from database deletes outdated entries from the list and replaces them by newly defined media definitions A29247 X21 X 6 7670 73 Job offset amp trays The Assemble Menu and Section Output tray Output tray Here the output tray is selected cut sheet printers The presented trays depend on the printer which is currently selected in the PUM Job Offset The default setting no deactivates the job offset while the setting yes in serts a job offset command before the sheets selected in the sheets text field This command is then transmitted v
25. and clicking the Define page sequence button E When you move the mouse pointer to a scheme entry on the open list a bubble help box opens which contains a brief comment about the scheme type and the related post pro cessing workflow This will help you to find a suitable scheme quickly in the list You can define your own schemes in addition to the ones provided Modify the scheme list The scheme list isn t static You can modify it to suit your requirements For example you can enter or delete entries or change the name and the bubble help comments Just click the Modify button i d A29247 X21 X 6 7670 33 Impose Create an impositioning scheme The Impose Menu and Section The scheme list pertaining to the selected impositioning method opens e g the scheme list for Two Up amp Identical Copies Scheme list Two Up amp Identical Copies List of schemes Scheme Type Schemel Default Scheme2 Default Scheme3 Default Scheme4 Default Schemes Default Scheme6 Default Scheme Default ele lt le yin Layout Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Duplex Modify selected scheme properties Selection ew name Comment Cancel Figure 22 Window Impose Modify the scheme list Each scheme on the list is displayed with name scheme type default user defined or command line and layout simplex duplex tumble The scheme types
26. command line and user defined indicate that the corresponding schemes have been defined by the user through Define page sequence see below Rename the scheme a If you wish to rename one of your schemes highlight it with the mouse pointer The existing name is displayed in the text field Se lection Type in the new name in the box underneath Click the Re name the scheme button to confirm the new name Remove selected items from the list To remove one or more elements from the list select them with the mouse pointer and then click the Delete the current scheme but ton Caution Once user defined schemes have been deleted they can not be restored Move selected items up down Click Move selected items up or Move selected items down to move any one or any group of selected elements up or down on the list one notch at a time In this manner you can change the se quence of the schemes to suit 34 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Impose Create an impositioning scheme Restore the default list of schemes Click Restore the current default schemes to load the default scheme list The sequence of entries keeps the same If the com ments of the default schemes differ to the default comments they will be saved During this action you will therefore be asked by the program if you are sure you want to load the default scheme list Confirm with
27. databases and publishing programs For example the mail merge function in WORD can be used to gen erate the PostScript address file Static Data DAT 1 Variable Data DAT 2 Address 1 Address 3 Address 4 Address 5 Dae Date Date Date Ted Ted Text sas Text y technique PostScript File PS1 PS2 I I d Res ourc e Lib rary DAT 1 DAT2 T Pers onalized Do cum ent Address 2 Date Tet Mass personalized prints Figure 16 Window Variable Data A29247 X21 X 6 7670 25 Variable Data The Integrate Menu and Section This file must then be converted and made available as a resource for the Variable Data function PJM gt Store as Resource gt Variable You use the Variable data window to se lect the file with the variable data and define the target pages of the static data file Figure 17 Generating personalized documents rFile Selection Jujprismapro resources composer address var Target pages inc order Mec T n E Exemplars 10 agaaa 3 x 30 mr gt i v 40 mm List of settings SEA Nr File Target pages Position X Position Y 1 Ju prismaprojr 1 n 30mm 40mm Ok canc Clear Help 26 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Variable Data The function Var
28. for example when the crop marks present in the data file must not be printed You can choose any size of cropping area There are two ways of positioning the area cen tered to the image Center or originating from the object origin Standard r Object Area center standard r Extent in direction B x 12o mm Bl v 250 mmn Figure 12 Window Cropping Original image Original image Origin LU Origin e y extent New image New image Y extent X extent Centered Cropping Standard Cropping Figure 13 Comparison between centred cropping and standard cropping 22 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Cropping Object area You have two ways of cutting an image out of the document center The new image is cut out concentrically from the original image standard The new image is cut out in relation to the origin of the original image in the left upper corner Extent in direction The extent of the cropped image is defined by the X Extent and Y Ex tent Click OK to confirm all settings or click Cancel to disregard all changes 3 5 1 Tips amp Tricks How to position the cropping area with any desired offset from the image origin in the event the desired page area is not concentric with the image Convert the data file e g PS or TIFF file specifying variable paper size The values for the correct paper size in the X and
29. function of the Professional Document Composer which you can con trol from the Print Job Manager see PRISMAproduction V3 0 POD Module User s Guide This function assigns overlays containing a coordinate system to the pages of the selected print file These overlays serve you as positioning aids when are moving logical pages 7 4 Sheet Copies You also have the option of selecting Sheet Copies to approximately simulate the workflow of offset printing In this process the system does not print collated copies Instead each individual sheet in turn is printed in a large print run Offline post processors can then continue to print sheet by sheet and therefore post pro cess as usual This too is a function of the Professional Document Composer that you must set in the Print Job Manager see PRISMAproduction V3 0 POD Module User s Guide You can select up to 16 320 sheet copies 7 5 Printing on two parallel webs with the DS 6060 The print file may be printed on the two webs of the DS 6000 like Identical copies on 2 physical pages N c Paper strip 1 Front pages ES c Paper strip 2 Back pages Figure 76 Printing on two webs To prepare the print file accordingly the following steps in the POD Module must be fol lowed First of all the file contents must be duplicated to print everything twice on each web There are two ways to reach the goal here Put the print file twice in the List of files in
30. main function groups Integrate Impose and Assemble on the left side of the PDC main window Navigation Area All applications which belong to these components are then displayed in a second row of the Navigation Area Clicking on one of the components opens the corresponding application in the Workspace Area on the right side of the PDC Here you can insert and modify the corresponding parameters If pa rameters have been inserted or modified the color of the corresponding symbol gets dark er If the changes have been applied a green check mark is added to the symbol The File menu contains functions for managing saving and organizing parameter sets The Options menu contains the possibility to generate internal page segments to fully use the Enhanced Page Segment Support function of the Demandstream 8090 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Main Window The fields Integrate Impose and Assemble as a group serve to define the logical workflow within the Professional Document Composer Integrate This group contains all logical operations i e all functions that manipulate the print file on the logical page level prior to the actual imposition This includes multi color processing Highlight color the insertion and deletion of pages Merge page cropping Cropping and the insertion of Overlays and of Variable data Impose Once prepared in this manner the file can then be imposed i e the page sequence and page layout can be cha
31. n 4 90 n 1 4 90 n 3 4 90 t tum left track on right track two up 17 two up 18 n 2 n 1 4 90 n 3 4 90 n 2 4 90 n 4 90 t tum left track on right track turn double sheets n 2 3 4 90 1 4 90 2 4 90 4 4 90 t tum left track on right track turn double sheets two up 19 n 2 n 4 90 n 2 4 90 n 3 4 90 n 1 4 90 t tum right track on left track 118 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Appendix Available Default Impositioning Schemes Imposition ing Scheme cg toorn j OrQ SBrHD Hj SHS t HOBEAN QaQo0arun oroc OU ao arn rOoOrwAWOO Uu tu mg oq ct Ok Fh ipo uen m Bee ee 0 Br mnB o o Q pe P Nn PB HP 009 t gBzom 00 9 yy Qprapr os 00 H BOctdtow Q o Hemdeg Order of the page se quence plus rotation two up 20 x n 2 4 4 90 2 4 90 1 4 90 3 4 90 t tum right track on left track two up 21 n 2 n 3 4 90 n 1 4 90 n 4 90 n 2 4 90 t tum right track on left track turn double sheets two up 22 n 2 1 4 90 3 4 90 4 4 90 2 4 90 t tum right track on left track turn double sheets three up 1 n 3 2 2 90 n 3 2 2 90 2n 3 2 2 90 1 2 90 n 3 1 2 90 2n 34 1 2 90 t dup cut stack three up 2 n 3 2 0 180 3 0 180 4 0 180 1 0 180 6 0 180 5 0 180 t dup accordion fold A29247 X21 X 6 7670 119
32. of the data on the sheets The gathering mark is always located on the gutter edge i e exactly on the visible edge of the fold The location of the gathering mark is shifted progressively lower on the page You create those marks manually or automatically Title Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5 Sheet 6 Sheet 7 Figure 31 Sequential marks on seven signatures 4 2 1 Create Signatures on the Signature tab Signatures Marks Create Signatures Create User defined Ir Number of signatures 10 Signature number 6 10 Number of pages 24 Options Signature selected by lenght Signature selected by number 32 Lj Sort signatures in reverse order Fill up tail with blank pages Cut off tail eeel s Signature number Number o f pages 1 5 32 6 10 24 Apply Discard Help Open an imp set File IMPSETS service POD_Guide imp Figure 32 Window Signature 48 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Signatures In this menu you can select either the User defined mode where all the signatures have to be defined manually or the automatic mode Create maximum number where the cal culation is done by the PDC In the first case the number of signatures must be known Create gt None No signatures will be created all options in this dialog are greyed out Create gt Max Numbers
33. os 0 0 O dsrasreos Bodccdcow QBrRAMES ee x x x n 4 n 2 3 4 180 n 2 4 4 180 n 2 2 4 180 n 2 1 4 180 n 2 3 4 180 n 2 2 4 180 n 2 4 180 n 2 1 4 180 t dup left track on right track turn double sheets four up 5 x x x four up 6 x Xx Xx X n 4 n 4 0 1 4 0 3 4 0 n 2 4 0 2 4 0 n 1 4 0 n 3 4 0 4 4 0 t dup right track on left track turn double sheets four up 7 x x x x x x n 4 n 2 1 4 180 n 2 4 180 n 2 2 4 180 n 2 3 4 180 n 2 1 4 180 n 2 2 4 180 n 2 4 4 180 n 2 3 4 180 t dup four up 8 x Xx Xx X n 4 n 3 4 180 4 4 180 2 4 180 n 1 4 180 3 4 180 n 2 4 180 n 4 180 1 4 180 t dup left track on right track four up 9 X X x x X n 4 2 2 0 n 1 2 0 3n 4 1 2 0 n 442 2 0 n 2 0 1 2 0 n 441 2 0 3n 4 2 0 t dup document division left stack on right stack A29247 X21 X 6 7670 121 Available Default Impositioning Schemes Appendix Imposition ing Scheme t e toopuu j OrQ pr Hj Bee ct OrQ Br N aod aru 0rn 0C 0U aod arn rTOoOrRrwWOO Uu Qv 0onocdcodZg Fh th Qpbprrue BS Bm 0 B rrFpS O 58 200 Q B pE 5 HEB HH 00 9 ty 0 0 9 yy ce 0 0 i o Hopedh cn ge Qprastro Boctctow Order of the page se quence plus rotation four up 10 x lt n 4 3n 4 2 2 0 n 4 1 2 0 n 2 1 2 0 n 2 2 2 0 n 4 2 0 3n 4 1 2 0 n 2 1 2 0 n 2 2 0 t dup document d
34. portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x Xx X X x n 02 n 2 2 2 0 n 2 1 2 0 tical copy 5 n 2 2 0 n 2 1 2 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x x Xx X X n 02 1 4 0 2 4 0 3 4 0 tical copy 6 4 4 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x X x X Xx n 02 n 3 4 0 n 2 4 0 tical copy 7 n 1 4 0 n 4 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x X x X X X n 02 3 4 0 4 4 0 1 4 0 tical copy 8 2 4 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 124 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Available Default Impositioning Schemes Imposition C F F S D B N O O F F T B Order of the page se ing Scheme u F F i o o o n al al o o quence plus rotation t n u of t 1 c c p t s t gl b k e ij ele t s i w 1 1 1 p n b o hi n i e e e a i e d l i m ej g n t dj n ol pln e 1 s s i fiw d b t e ij i s i n i i d d h n n n e e i g d d d n s i g h n i g n g two up amp iden x X X x x n 02 2 2 0 n 242 2 0 tical copy 9 n 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x X X Xx n 02 n 2 1 2 0 n 1 2 0 tical copy 10 n 2 0 n 2 2 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p
35. the Settings field and can be assigned logical pages Rotation Use this option to specify the rotation of the logical page that is the focus in the Settings field You cannot assign angles of rotation until you have completed your selec tion of logical pages i e all fields in the repetition mode range must be as signed logical pages The possible angles of rotation are 0 90 180 and 270 Proceed as follows Select the required page in the Settings field Then choose the angle of ro tation from the Rotation list The angle is displayed above the page in the Settings field Distance Use this option to assign a distance The distance is the spacing between a given logical page in the repetition group and the corresponding logical page in the next group You cannot assign distance values until you have completed your selection of logical pages i e all fields in the repetition mode group must be assigned logical pages If there is only one pair of distance values suitable for the se lected page sequence this pair of values is displayed If there are several possibilities you can select the one you wish to use from a list The correct prefix is assigned automatically you need not set it yourself Delete all settings Use this option to delete the settings you have made for Image selection Rotation and Distance Scheme name Before you exit the window you must assign a name to your new scheme Enter
36. the name in the input field Filter and clicking the Filter Button once You can select a parameter set in the Files list You can also enter the fully qualified name of the pa rameter in the Selection input field Click the OK button to load the selected file and return to the previ ous window Cancel aborts the file selection and returns to the PDC main window Save the parameter set Clicking this button displays the Save file selection box along with LJ the listof the parameter sets already stored in the Home directory The Professional Document Composer always automatically adds the suffix imp tothe set name if you haven t already done so Please be aware that the Composer will add a suffix if such a suffix has already been inadvertently entered in capital letters IMP since the Composer would identify these as part of the name e g xxx IMP imp Save the parameter set as Allows you to save the parameter set under a different name TET iT Comment This command opens a window in which you can edit a description y of your current parameter set A29247 X21 X 6 7670 7 Common Controls Main Window 2 2 Common Controls 2 2 1 List of settings To accept settings made in the input fields they must be stored in the list of settings before pressing Apply These lists appear in most of the applications of the Professional Docu ment Composer The following icons are used to m
37. the name in the text field Click Cancel to return to the previous window without saving your parameters or OK to confirm your entries and return to the previous window The new scheme appears as a new entry in the list of schemes 40 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Impose Create an impositioning scheme 4 1 1 4 Define Command line The impositioning scheme can also be defined by entering a command line To do this select Command line in the list of schemes and click Define page sequence x This opens the Define command line window Command line sequence for scheme Scheme3 Scheme name my_new_scheme Command line sequence 2 2 90 n 1 2 90 n 2 90 1 2 90 Example page number distance rotation page number distance Ok Cancel Help Figure 28 Window Impose Command line Example of a command string n 2 90 1 2 90 2 2 90 n 1 2 90 The string consists of sets of triplets Each triplet contains the following definitions e The start page of the page sequence e An absolute value for computing the following page s distance e The rotation of the page 0 90 180 or 270 All entries are separated by commas The page number can be either a relative or absolute number The character n is always the final page number and this number includes any blank pages which the Professional Document Comp
38. the parameter Image Positioning Front side Error in the parameter Image Positioning Back side Error in the parameter Signatures Error when opening the Variable Data file The file either doesn t exist or is located in the wrong directory or your access rights are insufficient The input file has already been impositioned previously with one or more of the following parameters Impositioning scheme z n 1 1 1 0 Signatures Variable data In these cases impositioning cannot be repeated The temporary file u prismapro composer tmp pufferxxx xxx inte ger can t be opened Error when opening the overlays The file either doesn t exist or is locat ed in the wrong directory or your access rights are insufficient Error in the parameter Variable Data Syntax error or Incorrect value The size of a mark lies outside the valid range 0 1mm lt X lt 30cm 0 1mm lt y lt 40cm Error in the parameter Cropping Syntax error or the defined cropping range exceeds the image size or is smaller than 1 cm A29247 X21 X 6 7670 113 Return Codes Appendix Error ID 142 Error ID 143 Error ID 144 Error ID 145 Error ID 146 Error ID 147 Error ID 148 Error ID 149 Error ID 150 Error ID 151 Error ID 152 Error ID 153 Error ID 154 Error ID 155 Error in the parameter Spacing between object origins in Identical copies or 2up amp identic
39. the positioning E us Options Center Standard Position Sheets 1 100 2 Position on X 2 0 mm MA Position on Y 2 0 mm z Side Front Back Image sequence Define your sequence hastasi e em e 5 Sheets Side Image order Position X Position Y n 3 front 1 22 0mm 6 0mm 1 100 2 il 2 0mm 2 0mm Apply Discard Help Figure 42 Window Positioning The following diagrams illustrate object positioning with the different impositioning meth ods 58 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Positioning One up Example A5 object on A3 target paper Physical Pa Object origin 0 0 Figure 43 Positioning of an A5 object on A3 paper with different rotations In One up impositioning mode the image is rotated about the front edge of the sheet if so specified and then moved to the physical origin of the page left upper corner Two up Example 2 A5 objects on A3 target paper Rotation of objects 0 90 180 270 Figure 44 Positioning of 2 A5 object on A3 paper with different rotations In Two up mode the sheet is halved parallel to the X edge of the sheet and the objects rotated within their respective half of the page A29247 X21 X 6 7670 59 Positioning The Assemble Menu and Section Three up Example 3 29 7cm 14cm objects on A3 target paper b Figure 45 Posit
40. this set with a command line you would enter a pdc f setl imp input file output file ii Setname Input file Output name file name b pdc fa setl imp input file output file fully qualified set name A parameter set can only be started from the command line with f if it is stored in the u prismapro lib composer COMMAND directory Input file and output file must be fully qualified file names A29247 X21 X 6 7670 111 Return Codes Appendix 8 2 Return Codes All return codes from 100 to 199 indicate specific errors The return codes 100 to 109 have been reserved as general codes for PRISMAproduction and assigned to specific error con ditions They apply to PostScript Converter PCL Converter TIFF Converter and the Pro fessional Document Composer Return codes 100 109 Internal errors 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 Error ID 120 Error ID 121 Error ID 122 Error ID 123 Error ID 124 Error ID 125 Error ID 126 Core Dump Lapsed or invalid license Insufficient memory Error in the input or resource file overlay mark insert file The file is not available in the AFPDS format Read error of the input file Write error of the output file Read error of the parameter file Error in the Proof Print parameter set Incorrect value or syntax error Error in the parameter Define number of copy objects in Identical cop ies or Two u
41. window A29247 X21 X 6 7670 97 Marks Barcode Function The Assemble Menu and Section 5 6 5 Modify the barcode list List of barcodes alel DD Barcode name Type Number of fields digistich Interleaved 3 revDigistich Interleaved 3 Modify selected barcode Selection digistich New name Comment Ok Cancel Help Window Marks Barcode Modify the barcode list The list of barcodes is not static and can be modified at will l e you can add or delete en tries modify names and tooltip comments A click on the icon Modify scheme list opens the window above Ly The actual list of barcode with barcode name type and number of fields ist displayed Rename a barcode Mark the entry of the barcode you want to rename by clicking on it The actual name is dis played in the Selection field Type in the new name in the New name field and click Re name current barcode a 98 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Marks Barcode Function Delete selected List Item To delete one or more elements from the list mark the entries and click the Icon Delete current barcode et Caution Deleted barcodes cannot be restored Move selected List Irem up down Pe ye Use these buttons to move a selcted item or a group of items one step up or down This allows you to organize the order of the l
42. with Two Up and centred print A29247 X21 X 6 7670 63 Positioning The Assemble Menu and Section Three Up Example 3 10 5cm 20 0cm Objects on A3 target paper Rotation of objects 0 90 180 270 Figure 51 Positioning at Three Up with centred print Four Up Example 4 A6 objects on A3 target paper Rotation of objects 0 90 180 270 Figure 52 Positioning at Four Up with centred print 64 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Positioning Identical Copies Example 2 A5 objects on A3 target paper e Number of objects in x y dire ction 90 180 270 e 2 1 e 1 2 e 2 1 e 1 2 Distance between objects in x y direction a 148 5 mm a 0mm a 148 5 mm a 0 mm 0mm 148 5 mm 0 mm 148 5 mm Rotation of objects 0 90 180 270 Figure 53 Positioning with Identical copies and centred print In duplex and tumble mode the objects placed on the back of the sheet are aligned exactly with the objects on the front i e the registration of the front and back images is the same Two up amp ldentical Copy Example 2 A6 objects on A3 target paper Number of objects in x y direction e1 2 e 1 2 e 1 2 e1 2 Distance of objects in x y direction a 0 mm a 0 mm a 0 mm a 0 mm 148 5 mm 210 mm 148 5 mm 210 mm Rdation of objects 0 90 180 270 Fig
43. 2 90 t tum two up 4 X X x x x x n 2 n 1 4 90 n 4 90 n 3 4 90 n 2 4 90 t tum two up 5 x x x x x x n 2 n 2 2 2 90 n 2 1 2 90 n 2 2 90 n 24 1 2 90 t tum two up 6 x x X x X X n 2 1 4 90 2 4 90 3 4 90 4 4 90 t tum two up 7 X X X X x x n 2 n 3 4 90 n 2 4 90 n 1 4 90 n 4 90 t tum two up 8 X X X x X x n 2 3 4 90 4 4 90 1 4 90 2 4 90 t tum two up 9 x X X x X n 2 2 2 90 n 2 2 2 90 n 2 1 2 90 1 2 90 t tum document division two up 10 x x x X x n 2 n 2 1 2 90 n 1 2 90 n 2 90 n 2 2 90 t tum document division two up 11 X X X x x n 2 n 2 1 90 n 1 90 t sim document division left stack on right stack A29247 X21 X 6 7670 117 Available Default Impositioning Schemes Appendix Imposition ing Scheme t e toopuu j OrQ pr Hj pee a OrQ Br N aod aru 0rn 0C 0U aod arn rTOoOrRrwWOO Uu Qv 0onocdcodZg Fh th QBrb5burHdmB HH 0 B rrFpS O 58 200 Q B pE 5 HE BS HH 00 9 ty 0 0 9 yy ce 0 0 i o Hopedh cn ge Qsprapspreoae Boctctow Order of the page se quence plus rotation two up 12 n 2 n 2 1 1 90 1 1 90 t sim document division left stack on right stack two up 13 n 2 n 2 2 90 n 2 1 2 90 n 2 2 2 90 n 2 1 2 90 t tum two up 14 n 2 n 2 90 1 2 90 2 2 90 n 1 2 90 t tum two up 15 n 2 2 4 90 4 4 90 3 4 90 1 4 90 t tum left track on right track two up 16 n 2 n 2 4 90
44. 21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Highlight Color 3 4 Highlight Color This option allows you to use colors to highlight graphical e g a company logo or text in formation The 2 color print merges two or more pages with different colors applied These pages may be part of the print file itself See From mapping file or come from two different files See From input file This function works with IOCA files only HighLightColor Tone Settings Li From input file File Mapping Selection COMPOSER service ocelogo map E Pages 1 g H Target page 8 Wa Position Position X 20 0 mm PositionY 30 0 mm Options Bl rea X x ia v File Pages Target Page Position x Position Y Color COMPOSER service ocelogo map 1 8 20 0mm 30 0mm Red File Mapping Apply Discard Help Figure 10 Highlight Color File mapping File Mapping If File Mapping is selected Tone Settings gt From input file is deac tivated a resource file is printed as colored overlay on the print file Selection The selection of a mapping file may be done by entering the fully qual ified file name in the field Selection or by pressing the folder icon which opens a File Selection Box Mapping resource files for Highlight Color have to be saved with the ending hlc in the directory SCOMPOSER A2924
45. 6 7670 85 Marks Barcode Function The Assemble Menu and Section 5 6 Marks Barcode Function In the Marks dialog you are also able to define barcodes and to position them on any sheet in the print file Marks File Mapping Barcode Define barcode Selection Select barcode digistich z On pages n ay Settings Height 20 0 mm Position on x 160 0 mm Position on y 240 0 mm Y Rotation o M Automatic positioning Set automatic positioning No bes e e 5 Name Pages Height Rotation Position x Position y n 20 0mm 0 160 0mm 240 0mm Apply Diseara Help Figure 69 The barcode tab in the Marks dialog Today you find barcodes in nearly all industrial commercial and medical fields Depending on the requirements different codes are being used Within the PDC you can now use the following Codes e EAN 8 e Code 39 e Interleaved 2 of 5 e Data Matrix Oc 86 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Marks Barcode Function EAN 8 Formerly European Article Number today trademark of the Identification and Barcode System administered by the International Article Numbering Association EAN EAN is a wordwide standard allowing to perform unique identifications With this number articles lo gistic units and adresses of partner can be labelled uniquly The EAN 8 barcode is 8 characters long an
46. 670 11 Merge The Integrate Menu and Section Pages from source If pages from another file are to be inserted in the document you can se file lect the file by clicking the folder icon or by entering the fully qualified file name in the text field The source files must be stored previously in the directory COMPOSER in IOCA format This is done with the PJM Store option Store as re source Merge Blank pages Inserts blank pages at the given position Examples Pages Source file Number Insert 3 blank pages Blank 3 Insert page 3 from file SCOMPOSER from file SCOMPOSER 3 source mrg source mrg Insert pages 3 through the last page from from file SCOMPOSER 3 n file SCOMPOSER source mrg source mrg 3 2 3 List of settings The settings only become effective if you add them to the list of settings at the bottom of the window see chapter List of settings on page 8 Then click Apply to finally accept the settings 12 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Overlays 3 3 Overlays Overlays are useful for inserting a static element e g a corporate logo in an otherwise completed page The Professional Document Composer features options for inserting your own overlays on any desired page s in the document An overlay is always inserted at the origin of the logical page and remains permanently linked with the logical page You c
47. 7 X21 X 6 7670 19 Highlight Color The Integrate Menu and Section Pages If a mapping file is used single or multiple pages may be selected to be used for custom tone printing The following entries are allowed Selection of a single page Page 8 last page n Selection of a page range page 8 to the page before last 8 n 1 The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n interger integer n integer interger Target page Here the target page is defined from where the mapping file is to be used Only a single page entry is allowed because the mapping file is always merged as block The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n interger integer n integer interger Position X The mapping file may be positioned freely on the print file always relat Position Y ing to the print origin of the print file itself the X and Y values may be entered in mm cm inches or Pels Options You can use this combo box to select a specific spot color apart from Brown Alternate Colour or Printer default usually Black Note The selected printer must support this feature e g VS9000 20 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Highlight Color HighLightColor Tone Settings v From input file Separation 1 Printer Default Y m UE 2 E Separation 2 Bl brown Alternate Colour Z HS di
48. F F S D B NI O O F F T B Order of the page se ing Scheme u F F i o o o f n a al o o quence plus rotation t n u ojl t 1 c c pl t s t g b k e il ele t s i w l l l p f n b o h n i e e e a i e d u i m e gln t d n o p n e 1 s s qi fw d b t e i i S iln i i did h n n n ele i i g d d d n s i g h n i g n g one up 1 X X X X X n 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 t dup one up 2 x X X Xx n 1 n 1 0 t dup one up 3 x x X X x n 1 1 1 0 t dup one up 4 x X X Xx n 1 n 1 2 0 n 2 0 t dup one up 5 X x X X X x n 1 1 1 0 t sim one up 6 x x x X x x n 1 n 1 0 t sim two up 1 x X x x X n 2 1 2 90 n 2 1 2 90 n 2 2 2 90 2 2 90 t tum document division two up2 x X x x x n 2 n 2 90 n 2 2 90 n 2 1 2 90 n 1 2 90 t tum document division 116 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Appendix Available Default Impositioning Schemes Imposition C F F S D BI N O O F F T B Order of the page se ing Scheme u F F i o o o n al al o o quence plus rotation t n u ojl t 1 c c pl t s t gl b k e ij ele t s i w 1 1 1 p n b o h n i e e ef al i e d u i m ej g n t dj n o pln e 1 s s a fw d b t e a a s iln ili did h n n n ejl e 3 i gid did n S i g h n i g n g two up 3 X x x X X x n 2 2 2 90 n 1 2 90 n 2 90 1
49. N A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden X X Xx n 02 n 1 4 180 n 3 4 180 tical copy 17 n 2 4 180 n 4 180 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden X x x x n 02 3 4 180 1 4 180 2 4 180 tical copy 18 4 4 180 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden X X Xx n 02 n 4 180 n 2 4 180 tical copy 19 n 3 4 180 n 1 4 180 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden X x x x n 02 4 4 180 2 4 180 1 4 180 tical copy 20 3 4 180 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden X X Xx n 02 n 3 4 180 n 1 4 180 tical copy 21 n 4 180 n 2 4 180 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 126 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Appendix Available Default Impositioning Schemes Imposition C F F S D BI N O O F F T B Order of the page se ing Scheme u F F i o o o n al al o o quence plus rotation t n u of t 1 c c p t s t gl b k e ij ele t s i w 1 1 1 p n b o h n i e e ef al i e d l i m ej g n t dj n o pln e 1 s s i fiw d b t e a a s ijn ij i did h n n n ejl e 3 i g d d d n s i g h n i g n g two up amp iden x Xx X n 02 1 4 180 3 4 180 4 4 180 tical copy 22 2 4 180 e1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 p
50. Oc User Guide Oc Professional Document Composer V3 10 and Training For this product we also offer seminars at our Training Center in Poing Information Phone 49 8121 72 3940 Fax 49 8121 72 3950 Oc Printing Systems GmbH Postfach 1260 85581 Poing Germany January 2007 Edition A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Copyright Oc Printing Systems GmbH 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 All rights reserved including rights of translation reprinting reproduction by copying or any other method Offenders will be liable for damages All rights including rights created by patent grant or registration of a utility model or design are reserverd Delivery subject to availability right of technical modification reserved All hardwware and software names used are trademarks of their respective owners Introduction Main Window The Integrate Window and Section The Impose Menu and Section The Assemble Menu and Section The Options Menu Additional Functions Appendix Index A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Contents Contents 1 Introduction eret 1 REO VI PT ET 1 1 2 Requirements for Operation and Use of PDC sssssssssseeeeeeennnee 2 1 3 Start up of PDC V3 xx on the Basis of PDC V2 0 ssssssseseeeeeeenenne 3 2 Main WindOW cour cc ec cecece acc ccce cocco ce ze zoe co a R aa criie cde i a 5 2 1 The File Menu uere ee tetendit tt eiiis 7 2 2 Commo
51. Repositioning of the mark Figure 34 Repositioning the mark from the origin ae MEME D 1 Signature 2 Signature 3 Signature 4 Signature Figure 35 Positioning of signature marks A29247 X21 X 6 7670 53 Signatures The Impose Menu and Section Example Signature marks two up Upper edge after folding e Y T 0 180 90 270 Figure 36 Mark within the first signature with different rotation of logical pages If folding is not possible due to the chosen impositioning the composer will give an error if automatic marks are selected 54 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Signatures Example Positioning of a four up mark The arrow shows the starting position of the first mark and the direction of the following marks The star points out the last mark of the sequence I O Rotation 4 i i Figure 37 Mark positioning at 0 rotation u 180 Rotation L Figure 38 Mark positioning at 180 rotation E i una S aS Figure 39 Mark positioning at 90 rotation l p gt Sem S Figure 40 Mark positioning at 270 rotation 90 Rotation 270 Rotation A29247 X21 X 6 7670 55 Signatures The Impose Menu and Section Example Mark positioning with Two Up amp Identical copies
52. a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x x X X Xx n 02 n 2 1 0 n 1 0 e 1 2 a tical copy 11 Omm 148 5mm t sim p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x x X x x x n 02 n 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 e 1 2 a tical copy 12 Omm 148 5mm t sim p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x x x x x n 02 n 2 2 0 n 2 1 2 0 tical copy 13 n 2 2 2 0 n 2 1 2 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x x x X x n 02 n 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 tical copy 14 n 1 2 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x Xx X n 2 2 4 180 4 4 180 3 4 180 tical copy 15 1 4 180 e 1 2 a 0mm 148 5mm tdup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 125 Available Default Impositioning Schemes Appendix Imposition C F F S D BI N O O F F T B Order of the page se ing Scheme u F F i o o o f n a al o o quence plus rotation t n u ojl t 1 c c pl t s t g b k e ij ele t s i w 1 1 1 pl f n b o h n i e e e a i e d u i m ej gln t d n o pln e 1 s s i fw d b t e ij i s ijn ij i d d h n n n ele i i g d d d n s i g h n i g n g two up amp iden X X Xx n 02 n 2 4 180 n 4 180 tical copy 16 n 1 4 180 n 3 4 180 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DI
53. ages especially in duplex and folded printed materials with a front cover printed on one side only doesn t result in incon sistencies between the printed page number and the actual page 1 3 Start up of PDC V3 xx on the Basis of PDC V2 0 With the Professional Document Composer PDC version 3 0 the directories for the re source files of the composer have been modified The old directories 8MERGE OVERLAYS VARIABLE and MARKS and COM POSER in u prismapro composer resource have merged into one directory COM POSER in u prismapro resources composer You have to copy all resource files stored in the old directories under u prismapro com poser resource into the new directory COMPOSER in u prismapro resources composer If you start the PDC V3 0 with a parameter file from the graphical user interface or from the command line which still uses the old names of the resource files the resources will au tomatically be taken from the COMPOSER directory Therefore you don t have to modify anything A29247 X21 X 6 7670 3 Start up of PDC V3 xx on the Basis of PDC V2 0 Introduction 4 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Main Window 2 Main Window x es m Dy Af Integrate Impose eo fe b A Assemble C Highlight Color alos Cropping Sx Variable data Ready Figure 2 Composer Main Window You can select one of the three
54. al copies Syntax error or the specified value lies outside the valid range 0 distance 18 25 inches Error in the parameter delete pages Syntax error or one specified page lies outside the input file Error in the parameter insert replace pages Syntax error or incorrect value Error when opening the Insert file The file either doesn t exist or is lo cated in the wrong directory or your access rights are insufficient Error in the parameter insert blank sheets Syntax error or incorrect value Error in the parameter insert Signature marks Syntax error or incor rect value Error in the parameter target paper size Syntax error or the specified paper size lies outside of the valid range 0 inch size lt 18 25 inches The parameter Variable Data cannot be combined with identical cop ies or 2up amp identical copies Error in the parameter input trays Syntax error or incorrect value Error in the parameter overlays Syntax error or incorrect value The Creep function must only be used with one the following imposi tioning methods 2up 4up 2up amp identical copies Signature folding of the Creep function is only permissible in conjunc tion with the settings 4up Signatures and Duplex or Tumble layout Parameter Signature folding With the current distribution of the logical pages on the selected page sequence no valid folding of the signature can be performed No auto
55. an insert either single page overlays or multi page overlays File mapping A free positioning is possible for both possibilities Origin SSS O Logo E i Overlay Logical page gt Composer workflow Logical md e g two up imposition Oo page A Logicd 2 page ra Physical page Figure 5 Static linking of the overlay with a logical page A29247 X21 X 6 7670 13 Overlays The Integrate Menu and Section 3 3 1 Single Overlays Single overlays File mapping Single Overlays File Selection COMPOSER service ocelogo ow A Target pages 2 AWW Position X 4 0 mm gt Position Y 4 0 mm gt Color Selection e Set color E Red Y x e e File Color of overlay Target pages Position X Position COMPOSER service ocelogo ovi Red 2 4 0mm 4 0mm Apply Discard Help Figure 6 Window Overlays Single overlays File Selection You can select an overlay file by entering the fully qualified file name in the Se lection text field or by clicking the folder button which opens a File Selection Box Overlay resource files must reside as 1 page IOCA files suffix ovl or as mul tipage IOCA files suffix map in the SCOMPOSER directory The resource generation must be performed with the Print Job Manager PJM
56. ange from 7 to 10 Print Range From 7 To 11 8 2 20 18 ee 12 logical pages XY Gu lt Front pages m a c Back pages Hr 1 18 HE uei logical pages Figure 75 Printed sheets at a range 7 to 11 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 103 Print Range The Assemble Menu and Section Functions of this window Print Range You can choose among the following functions All default setting prints the entire document Range lets you define the print range From page image number Start of the print range this window is only activated after the Range function has been selected in the Print window To page image number End of the print range this window is only activated after the Range function has been selected in the Print window The following expressions are valid n n integer 104 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Options Menu Create page segments 6 Options Menu Create Page segments Load Page Segments before print Stitch 6 1 Create page segments For the POD Printing system DS 8090 a new function Enhanced Page Segment Support was implemented This allows the Load of more than 127 page segments max 32000 Such the print file is transferred as resource page segments which are stored inn the RAM of the printer itself If the RAM is too small the page segments will be stored on the printer hard disk Complex data may be printed
57. anipulate the list of settings Add new Item Inserts settings from the input fields into the list EH Remove selected items Removes a previously selected line from the list from the list A nmm Modify the item Select the line which should be modified Now you can modify the entries in the input fields Then click the icon to change the setting in the list accordingly Move selected items up Moves a selected entry up in the list Move selected items down Moves a selected entry down in the list 2 2 2 Buttons Apply Accepts all modified settings Cancel Discards all modifications Clear Clears all text fields Help Opens the context sensitive help file for the active application 8 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Introduction 3 The Integrate Menu and Section Highlight Color As Cropping a4 9 Variable data Figure 3 Integrate section 3 1 Introduction Here the document is manipulated on the logical page level You may define custom tone printing insert replace and delete pages cut out printable areas place overlays or variable data The respective functions are Merge page 10 Overlays page 13 Highlight Color page 19 Cropping page 22 and Variable data page 25 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 9 Merge The Integrate Menu and Section 3 2 Merge The functions available in this window enable you to directly manipulate
58. d contains only numerals no letters and other characters are accepted 7 characters are reserved for the data the last is a control digit which results from a testcalculation over the contents of the barcode This control digit is used by the barcode scanner to verify that the correct barcode is used Example of an EAN 8 barcode Data 0123456 automatically generated control digit 5 D123 45265 Code 39 Code 39 is a alphanumeric barcode which represents digits from O to 9 26 capital letters A Z and 6 special characters and blancs Up to 50 characters can be displayed Every character consists of 9 elements 5 bars and 4 gaps 3 of them wide and 6 narrow Code 39 has no additinal control digit Code 39 example representing the word CODE 39 CODE 38 Interleaved 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 is a numeric barcode where the coded data must consist of an even number of digits Up to 50 characters can be displayed Interleaved means that one digit is coded in the bars of the barcode and the successing digit is coded in the gaps of the barcode Therefore the coded digits interleave Each digit consists of 5 elements 5 bars or 5 gaps 2 of them wide and 3 narrow 12345678 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 87 Marks Barcode Function The Assemble Menu and Section Data Matrix Oc Barcodes like EAN 8 Code 39 and Interleaved 2 o
59. de list If you click the icon B you can modify the list of user and predefined barcodes 5 6 1 5 Predefined Barcodes The predesigned barcodes digistich and revDigistitch are already installed on the system These barcodes correspond to position and hight settings of the barcodes Barcode1 mrk and Barcode2 mrk distributed with the special release of the PDC V2 10 15 for the IBIS DS2000 application They have the following preset parameter values A29247 X21 X 6 7670 89 Marks Barcode Function The Assemble Menu and Section digistitch Number of digits 8 Module width 13 mils Barcode Typ 2 of 5 Int HRI Text no WE NE 2 5 1 Field settings Fields Content Type Contents 1 2 Actual Sheet number 3 4 Total sheets 5 8 constant string 0000 revDigistitch Number of digits 8 Module width 13 mils Barcode Typ 2 of 5 Int HRI Text no WE NE 2 5 1 Field settings Fields Content Type Contents 1 2 Sheet number reverse 3 4 Total sheets 5 8 constant string 0000 If you move the mousepointer over a barcode entry in the list a small help window opens with a short info on the type of the barcode This makes it easier for you select the correct barcode from the list 90 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Marks Barcode Function 5 6 2 Settings 5 6 2 1 Hight In this field you define the hight of the barcode Value from 6mm to 100mm ar
60. e WE NE 2 00 1 Barcode length Clicking this button calculates the length of the barcode dependent on the number of fields the module width and the WE NE ratio The value is then inserted in the barcode length field The calculated length refers to the left margin of the first bar to the right margin of the right bar HRI text HRI means Human Readable Interpretation If you activate the box the contents of the barcode will additionally be printed as a readable string latin characters and arabic digits Deactivated is the default setting HRI text is not available for Data Matrix Oc 5 6 4 2 Field settings You can now divide the number defined in the Number of fields field into groups which can be filled with different contents Example The barcode should have 8 fields The first two fields should each contain the actual sheet number on which the barcode is to be printed Fields 3 4 shoud contain the total number of sheets in the print file and the last 4 fields should represent the constant number 4711 To do this you have to insert the following values into the text fields Field range Content and Content typ Field range Content type Content 1 2 Actual sheet number 3 4 Total number of sheets 5 8 Constant String 4711 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 95 Marks Barcode Function The Assemble Menu and Section These values have to be transferred into the List of settings
61. e allowed You can select mm cm pel or inch 12345678 5 6 2 2 Position on X Y You can place the barcode on any position of the physical page To do this you define the position of the barcode origin the left upper corner via the X and Y coordinates You can choose mm cm pel or inch x Barcode Origin X position 5 6 2 3 Rotation Choose from the list either 0 90 180 or 270 Barcode origin Rotation 0 90 180 270 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 91 Marks Barcode Function The Assemble Menu and Section 5 6 3 Automatic Positioning Apart from the possibility to define the position and hight of the barcode by yourself you can also choose between two automatic settings Digistich1 and Digistich2 The default entry in the listbox is No Only if you choose No you can make your settings otherwise the fields in the Settings section are greyed out Dependend on the target papersize the settings are calculated au tomatically The predefined barcodes correspond to position and hight settings of the barcodes Barcode1 mrk and Barcode2 mrk distributed with the special release of the PDC V2 10 15 for the IBIS DS2000 application Barcode positioning for Digistich1 50mm Direction of 30mm paper feed Barcode positioning for Digistich2 Direction of paper feed
62. e arranged according to the same pattern as on the first The only difference between them is the page numbering Each number is incremented by a positive or negative integer value the distance value If you view the first logical page in the repetition group you see that the first front page contains page 1 the second contains page 3 the third contains page 5 etc A29247 X21 X 6 7670 37 Impose Create an impositioning scheme The Impose Menu and Section There is a distance spacing value of 2 between each page Determine the distance values between all the logical pages in the group to be repeated In the above example the group contains two logical pages with the distance values 2 2 2 2 Figure 25 Calculation of distance and repetition mode Repetition mode and Distance values are needed to edit the selected scheme in the Professional Document Composers Logical page selection Image selection ile Lll ls z e 9 ofi 2 is os os 6 Figure 26 Window Impose Define user scheme Image selection Depending on what repetition mode you have set for Physical sheet options the Image selection field lists enough logical pages repetition mode 4 for you to place them in the Page options field according to the required imposition scheme If the repetition mode is 2 for example 2 x 4 8 pages will be shown When creating your own scheme you are in fact working with a
63. e image relates to the origin of the physical page in the upper left corner in portrait mode 66 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Positioning 5 1 2 Position Sheets Position on X Y 5 1 3 Side Example Here you select the physical pages where you need to give images addition al shift values You can choose among different ways of defining the pages Specifying the page range e g page 1 to last page Pattern 1 n Specifying individual pages e g page 1 page 5 page 19 second last page Pattern 1 5 19 n 1 Specifying the page range and an interval For example you have defined the range from page 1 to page 20 but image positions must be corrected on every second physical page Pattern 1 20 2 page 1 to page 20 colon identifies the interval The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer The values in these fields determine the distance on the x and y axis mea sured in mm cm pel or inch by which the image must be moved Front By selecting Front front side in tumble or duplex layout you can set separate shifts for the front sides Shift corrections must be made on all front sides Pages 1 n Side front Example Pages Back By selecting Back back side in tumble or duplex layout you can set separate shifts for the back sides Shi
64. e last n 1 On sheets within a range noton the last 60 sheets 1 n 60 onevery second sheet i e in duplex or tumble printing on all front sides 1 n 2 The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer Selection To select the mark in IOCA format either click the folder button or enter the fully qualified file name in the Selection text field Marks can only be selected in the Composer if they have been created before and have been stored as a resource in the COMPOSER directory in the Print Job Manager Suffix mrk for single and map for multiple page files Extent Width Hight Values for width and hight determine the absolute size of the mark Position X Y Once the mark has been created in this way it can be placed in any de sired position on the physical page You specify the position of the mark s origin in terms of the X and Y coordinates Offset X Y Here you specify the offset from one mark to the next Offset specifica tions are effective only if you have specified a range of target pages with interval increments if applicable Examples On physical pages 1 n 10 Offset X 0 cm Y 0 5 cm The mark appears on every tenth page always with a 0 5 cm offset in the Y direction On physical pages 1 20 Offset X 3 mm Y 1 mm The mark appears on each page between 1 and 20 offset by 3 mm in the X direc
65. e of the marks in width and hight The mark is trimmed to corre spond to the specified values relative to the origin left upper corner 4 2 4 3 Position X Y The position relative to the image origin where the marks must be printed 4 2 4 4 Offset X Y Here you determine the offset between one mark and the next when the gathering mark must be printed with some degree of offset in each successive section 4 2 4 5 Units Select mm cm inch or pel for the x and y direction 52 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Signatures 4 2 5 Type of Collating Marks on the Mark tab Automatic Automatic generation calculates the signature marks Here the physical page pointing out ward is automatically found and the mark is positioned in the middle between the folding of logical pages The default mark is s mm wide and 1 cm long If the mark sequence does not work out that way the marks are shortened accordingly 4 2 5 1 Folding type Standard The mark is positioned in the middle between the folding of logical pages The position of the mark of the first signature depends on the rotation of the logical pages because the first mark is always positioned 1 cm from the edge of the logical page The default mark is 2 mm wide and 1 cm long If the mark sequence does not work out that way because of a big number of signatures and a short folding edge the marks are repo sitioned again from the origin
66. e string test 123 as a barcode it must be 8 fields long The maximum number of fields depends on the barcode type Barcode type Valid number of fields Code 39 50 characters EAN 8 Exactly 7 characters This barcode consists of 7 digits data and 1 automatically generat ed control digit digit 8 Interleaved 2 of 5 50 characters Data Matrix Oc 2000 characters Module width With the module width you can define the width of the most narrow barcode element Bar code elements are represented either as bars within the barcode or gaps between the bars The module width can be indicated as mils mm pel or inch whereas 1 inch equals 1000 mils Valid values for Code 39 and Interleaved 2 of 5 are between 7 mils and 100 mils For EAN between 9 mils and 26 mils With Data Matrix Oc the valid range of values is between 6 mils and 254 mils If you do not give a value the default settings of the printer will be used Wide to narrow WE NE This value defines the ratio of a wide barcode element to a narrow element for barcodes which only contain elements of two different sizes 2 two level barcodes These are the barcode types Code 39 and Interleaved 2 of 5 not EAN 8 The valid range of values is between 2 1 3 1 e g 2 25 1 If you do not give a value the default settings of the printer will be used 94 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Marks Barcode Function Exampl
67. efined in Number in directions The following applies to the spacing of the object origin in the X direction and the Y direction x spacing x paper size number of copies in x direction y spacing y paper size number of copies in y direction Example Selected paper size A3 29 7 cm x 42 0 cm Number of copies in x direction 2 Number of copies in y direction 3 x spacing 29 7 cm 2 14 85 cm y spacing 42 0 cm 3 14 00 cm Show exam ple e Provides a general example of how the images are arranged on the physical page 46 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Signatures 4 2 Signatures A signature is a large sheet which is folded several times to form a section of a book maga zine etc A signature usually contains between 4 and 96 logical pages in some cases 128 pages generally as a multiple of 4 logical pages i e 4 8 16 32 etc The Composer lets you sub divide the printed document into any number of signatures of any length and then lets you impose these with a scheme of your choice Signatures tab uo i N o co N i o N i N EACUS Puede eC 4 ER Folding N i q o o N D i q N O1 e Figure 30 Signature sheet A29247 X21 X 6 7670 47 Signatures The Impose Menu and Section Additional marks can be printed to check the sequence of sorted sections Known as col lating marks these are printed with the rest
68. et is rotated about its upper edge and is then also printed on the back 4 1 1 6 Show work flow Click this button to view a graphical presentation of the scheme selected in the list of schemes The diagram shows the stages in the production workflow with this scheme text 1 text 2 text 3 text 4 M l of ees x n n e ug bk Mx p a eo SX E 4 ay aky gja la a LI n 2 90 n 2 2 90 n 2 1 2 90 n 1 2 90 MM Figure 29 Window Impose work flow Scheme1 two up 44 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Impose Create an impositioning scheme The figure shows the stages in offline post processing internal print output stacking cut ting merging of the stacks and stapling 4 1 2 Target paper size Format In this field define the physical target paper size on which the printed material is to be produced You can choose between sizes A4 A3 A4 uncut A3 uncut B4 Letter Legal Ledger and Variable for user defined formats With the default from file the paper size is retrieved from the input file Width The dimensions of the selected paper size are displayed in the fields X and Y If Height you have selected a variable paper size you have to enter the exact dimensions of the paper here You can choose among the following units of measurement mm cm pel and inch The maximal paper size is 54 inches 4 1 3 Number of Objects for
69. expressions are valid n n integer n interger integer n integer x Yn The selected variable data may be positioned freely on the logical pag es of the print file itself details see in Overlays 3 6 1 List of settings The settings only become effective if you add them to the list of settings at the bottom of the window see chapter List of settings on page 8 Then click Apply to finally accept the settings A29247 X21 X 6 7670 29 Variable Data The Integrate Menu and Section 30 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Impose Create an impositioning scheme 4 The Impose Menu and Section CL ni Signatures 4 1 Impose Create an impositioning scheme Here the actual Impositioning of the print file is applied i e the logical pages are placed on the print sheets accordingly Important parameters are Layout simplex duplex or tum ble impositioning scheme paper size etc The selection of an impositioning scheme strongly relates to the output form continuous or cut sheet and on the paper post processing The variety of printed material i e different sheet sizes various binding forms etc are already to be considered while setting up the print file The Professional Document Composer places the logical pages in such a way that the reading sequence of the document remains indifferent in spite of the sequence gaps and jumps due to the pos
70. f 5 are linear codes Because of the lin ear orientation barcodes are very much limited in respect of the length of information Fur thermore the linear orientation has to be considered when scanning the barcode The code therefore cannot be read in any position The Data Matrix Code codes the data horizontally and vertically Therefore the position of the code is not important for reading The matrix structure also allows to represent much more data Data Matrix Code example 88 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Marks Barcode Function 5 6 1 Selection 5 6 1 1 Select Barcode You can select all barcodes created in the window Barcode Settings as well as the pre defined codes 5 6 1 2 On Pages In this field you define the pages on which the barcode is to be printed You can insert the barcode either on single pages or on a range of pages Inserting on single pages on pages 1 and n 1 n on the page before the last page n 1 Inserting on multiple pages within a range on the entire file except the last two pages 1 n 2 on every second page 1 n 2 The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer 5 6 1 3 User defined If you set user defined and click the icon Ly you can enter all required values for a new barcode in a dialog box see chapter Define Modify Barcode on page 93 5 6 1 4 Modify the barco
71. f a page on a sheet click the page with the left mouse button and then click the dust bin in the Image selection field The page is moved back into the list and is again available for selecting To replace a selected page by another page from the Image selection field click the re quired page in the Image selection field and then click the page you want to replace in Set tings The two pages are then exchanged During the placement of the logical pages the system checks if the sequence is correct A message will be displayed accordingly in the Settings section Right page sequence Wrong page sequence A29247 X21 X 6 7670 39 Impose Create an impositioning scheme The Impose Menu and Section You can set an angle of rotation and distance value for each logical page that you position The rotation is displayed above the logical page the distance value below it Repetition mode Use this option to set the repetition mode you have decided to use see chapter Preparation on page 37 The repetition mode specifies the num ber of physical pages to be printed before the pattern repeats itself using the incremented distance values For two up mode the maximum repetition mode is currently 4 If you require a more extensive range to describe your scheme you must enter the scheme as a command line Sheet number Use this option to select the number of the physical page you want to dis play This page is then displayed in
72. fts must be added on every second back side of the entire print file pages 1 3 5 7 1 n 2 Side back A29247 X21 X 6 7670 67 Positioning The Assemble Menu and Section 5 1 4 Image sequence 5 1 5 List of settings Define your sequence Once you have used Side and Sheets to determine the physical page of the image that requires a shift you must select the image itself by en tering the image number ry e e s 1 1 1 1 2 e 1 1 1 2 One U Twoup Threeup Four up IdenticalCopy Two up amp Identical Copy Figure 55 Image numbering for different impositioning schemes Examples The input file is impositioned Two up The bottom image image 2 must be shifted on the last front side Sheets n Side Front image 2 The right bottom image image 3 must be shifted on all back sides in a Four up file Sheets 1 n Side Back image 3 To have the shift settings accepted you must transfer them to the List of image positions see chapter List of settings on page 8 Then click Apply to finally accept the settings 68 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Blank Sheets 5 2 Blank Sheets In certain applications e g blank sheets between the cover and inside sheets of a book or booklet or divider sheets in a cut sheet publication you might want to insert blank sheets into an existing print file
73. ia the interface to the post pro cessing device where it is used as a binding command 5 3 1 List of settings To confirm these settings you must enter them in the List of selected blank pages see chapter List of settings on page 8 Then click Apply to finally accept the settings 74 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Creep 5 4 Creep Define the Creep Original image position Standard folding inside z Signature folding inside z Paper settings Paper weight g 80 E Volume 1 Apply Discard Help Figure 60 Window Creep This option is only relevant if the printing area for folded and interleaved sheets must be corrected to offset the paper thickness and make sure all sheets in the booklet retain the same external margin after trimming The Creep function is available only in combination with the following impositioning types e Two up e Two up amp Identical copies e Four up All other Composer impositioning modes are unsuited for generating folded booklets or books and can therefore not be combined with Creep A29247 X21 X 6 7670 75 Creep The Assemble Menu and Section 5 4 1 Original image position 5 4 1 1 Standard Folding Standard folding must be activated for booklets with a single fold or for book sections i e when the sheets are cut first then interleaved and finally are all folded a
74. iable data may be combined with the impositioning schemes Identical copies or Two Up amp Identical copies In this case the variable data will not be copied but each data set will be printed only once In the case of 2 Identical copies each sheet con tains 2 logical pages with two different data sets i e copy 1 with address 1 and copy 2 with address 2 Copy 1 Copy 2 Variable data file Figure 18 Combination of variable data and Two Up amp Identical copies A29247 X21 X 6 7670 27 Variable Data The Integrate Menu and Section Window Functions Selection You can select a variable data file by entering the fully qualified file name in the Selection text field or by clicking the Select files button which opens a File Selection Box The variable data file must be available in IOCA format in a resource li brary under COMPOSER The resource generation is performed by the Print Job Manager PJM The variable data file must be page oriented with each page in this file containing exactly one variable record e g an address In addition the pages are correctly formatted so the variable records are correctly positioned on the static document after the overlay Origin Origin C Ades Overlay Variable page Origin LEN pud a Static page Figure 19 Merging of a document with variable data Target pages increas ing order
75. iles for the Professional Document Composer must be provided in the MODCA for mat Files in the following formats can be converted into MODCA by the POD Module con verters PDF PostScript EPS TIFF PCL5 and PCL 6 These converted files can then be processed by the Professional Document Composer Restrictions apply to other MODCA files from other converters or filters Naming conventions for input files Input output and resource files must not include the following characters as part of a file name vp re ts nos box gd UP 1 A rag These are internal special characters of the Professional Document Composer 2 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Introduction Start up of PDC V3 xx on the Basis of PDC V2 0 Operating System Caldera Opern Linux 3 1 1 is required to run the PRISMA Professional Document Compos er with graphical user interface To use the PRISMA Professional Document Composer in graphics mode under X Windows you need an appropriate graphics card and monitor for 1024x768 resolution Paper Sizes When using the Professional Document Composer consider the paper sizes accommodat ed by the printer Page Numbering The Professional Document Composer in no way changes the page content that s to be printed in a document All page numbers remain exactly as generated by the editor When you use the Professional Document Composer for documents with page numbering you must therefore make sure that the generation of blank p
76. ioning of three29 7cm x 14 0cm objects on A3 paper with different rotations Object positioning in Three up is analogous to positioning in Two up but with the differ ence that the sheet is now divided into thirds 1 third 1 object Four up Example 4 A6 objects on A3 target paper Rotation 180 270 of objects 0 90 Figure 46 Positioning of 4 A5 objects on A3 paper with different rotations In Four up mode the sheet is divided into 4 quadrants and the objects are then placed on the quadrants following a clockwise order 60 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Positioning Identical Copies Example 2 A5 objects on A3 target paper Y y y x X X X Number of objects in x y direction e 24 e1 2 e2 1 e 1 2 Distance between objects in x y direction a 148 5mm a 0 mm a 148 5 mm a 0mm 0 mm 148 5 mm 0 mm 148 5 mm Rotation of objects 0 90 180 270 Figure 47 Positioning of 2 A5 objects on A3 paper with various rotations In Identical copies the number and positioning of the objects on the sheet is derived from the corresponding parameters for the number and spacing of objects as defined under De fine objects on the page for Identical Copy The entire object field is always moved to the physical origin left upper corner of the page In duplex and tumble printing the objects placed on the back of the sheet a
77. ist at will Restore the current default barcodes Clicking this icon restores the list before the last modification Accept the Comment for this Scheme Ly If you move the cursor over an element in the list of barcodes in the barcode window a small help window pops up displaying information o the barcode the number of fields and a freeform comment e g on the contents of the barcode You can edit this comment in the text field in the Modify scheme list window Clicking the icon above links the comment to the selected barcode Copy the current barcode th You can also copy any barcode by editing a new name in the field Copy barcode to and clicking the above icon The newly generated barcode has identical properties type num ber of fields contents etc only it s name is different A29247 X21 X 6 7670 99 Marks Barcode Function The Assemble Menu and Section 5 6 6 Rebuilding the Barcode Applications Barcode1 mrk and Barcode2 mrk Both applications come from the special release of the PDC V2 10 15 for the IBIS DS2000 Digistich application Barcode1 mrk 1 Select the predifined barcode Digistich from the list Digistich has the following preset parameter values Number of fields 8 Module widzh 13 mils Barcode type 2 of 5 Int HRI Text no WE NE 2 5 1 Content From to Content type Content 1 2 Actual sheet number 3 4 Total number of sheets 5 8 Contant String 0000
78. ivision left stack on right stack four up 11 n 4 n 4 2 0 3n 4 1 2 0 n 2 1 2 0 n 2 2 0 3n 4 2 2 0 n 4 1 2 0 n 2 1 2 0 n 2 2 2 0 t dup document division left stack on right stack four up 12 n 4 n 2 0 1 2 0 n 4 1 2 0 3n 4 2 0 2 2 0 n 1 2 0 3n 4 1 2 0 n 4 2 2 0 t dup document division left stack on right stack Identical copy 1 n 0 1 1 90 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t tum p a a4 k lt Directory gt DIN A5 portrait on DIN A4 Identical copy 2 n 0 n 1 270 e 1 2 a 0mm 148 5mm t tum p a a4 k lt directory gt for page segm DIN A5 portrait on DIN A4 122 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Available Default Impositioning Schemes Imposition C F F S D BI N O O F F T B Order of the page se ing Scheme u F F i o o o n al al o o quence plus rotation t n uj o t E c c p t s t gl b k e ij ele t s i w 1 1 1 p n b o h n i e e e a i e d u ij m ej g n t dj n ol pln e 1 s s E f w d b t e ij i s i n i i d d h n n n e e a i gid did n S i g h n i g n g Identicalcopy x x x x x n 0 2 2 270 1 2 270 e 1 2 3 a Omm 148 5mm t tum p a a4 k lt directory gt for page segm DIN A5 portrait on DIN A4 Identicalcopy x x x x x n 0 n 1 2 90 n 2 90 e 1 2 4 a Omm 148 5mm t tum p a a4 k lt directory gt for page segm DIN A5 po
79. ll DEMANDSTREAM printers both for cut sheet and continuous forms processing As a multipurpose application it is also designed to accommodate the most diverse post processing methods both offline and online Convert PostScript Converter TIFF Converter Print Job Manager Impose PJM Professional Document Composer with POD Ticket Print PUM with POD Ticket Print Files IOCA Imposed Print Files Figure 1 Integration of the Professional Document Composer into the PoD workflow A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Requirements for Operation and Use of PDC Introduction When you use the Professional Document Composer to imposition files the print file is au tomatically adjusted to the type of e Printed material e Print output e Post processing You ll find The Professional Document Composer useful in a diversity of ways e Accommodates wide range of publications e Optimizes printing of small format printed materials and thereby shortens printing times e Simplifies job preparation and job acquisition e Facilitates seamless post processing after the printing process e Reduces paper costs e Helps you fit the printed materials and the PoD process to your preferences not the other way around e The Professional Document Composer provides a command based as well as a gra phical user interface 1 2 Requirements for Operation and Use of PDC Format of input files Input f
80. matic signature marks with One Up Three Up or Identical copies 114 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Appendix Return Codes Error ID 156 Error ID 157 Error ID 158 Error ID 159 Error ID 160 Error ID 161 Error ID 162 No automatic signature marks with this impositioning scheme Error in parameter Overlays selected page out of overlay file range Wrong value for sheet selection after signatures number Error in parameter Signature combination of sheet selection after Length and Number not valid Wrong parameter for option Highlight color Error opening the resource file for Highlight color file does not exist is in the wrong directory or doesn t have the needed access rights Error in the Insert Barcode parameter Syntax error or wrong value A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Available Default Impositioning Schemes Appendix 8 3 Available Default Impositioning Schemes The Professional Document Composer ships with a number of predefined imposition schemes for various types of printer and finishing equipment Most standard requirements can be met by these schemes The predefined schemes also provide useful insights into how page sequences are defined for jobs and will assist you when you come to define your own imposition schemes The following default imposition schemes are provided for use with the graphical user interface Imposition C
81. mbers or by the selection of media names only with printers capable of media names Printers supporting media names can therefore be controlled independently from the phys ical trays by the selection of the description of the paper types you want to use for printing In addition to specifying the trays you can also assign a job offset cut sheet printer or EOT marks fanfold printer to the paper sheets Active printer Cutsheet_600dpi E Use settings from input file Sheets ln Input tray media A4pink M Ry Use tray numbers Use Media based Tray selection Output tray 6 P M Job offset yes Job offset no eleje gt Sheets Input tray Output tray Job offset ln Adpink 6 no Apply Discard Help Figure 59 Window Job offset and trays A29247 X21 X 6 7670 71 Job offset amp trays The Assemble Menu and Section Note If no settings are performed under Job offset amp trays then the existing Tray and Job Offset parameters of the input files are retained If however a tray and Job offset setting is defined for at least one sheet all sheets not specifi cally listed in the List of Settings are assigned the entry Tray A without job offset Example The List of selected trays and job offsets contains the following entries Sheets Input tray Output tray Job offset 1 A4pink C no n 2 B yes
82. n Gontrols ote cert tr pr ERE EE EE NER ERR Ri Epis 8 3 Thelntegrate Menu and Section eese esee nennen nnn nnns 9 3 1 INtrOdUCtION E 9 Sid MGIQG ei EE 10 cce Irc E 13 3 4 Highlight Colors ier hee eet e let eter tte 19 3 5 Cropping n edem mre Re ED eee Ps cr ir EP RR tera ens 22 3 6 Variable Datacenter e ette rette ep n Pe dE Hed 25 4 The Impose Menu and Section seeeeeesessseeee ee eeee eee nnne nnnm nnn nnn 31 4 1 Impose Create an impositioning scheme ssssssseseeneeeneennnns 31 4 2 Signatures uio eue tree oe dide cet rta eund c ovo eee Ea Fea ete eco vo pude eed 47 5 The Assemble Menu and Section eese nennen nennen 57 PRIMI POSIIOMING RE 58 5 2 Blank Sli ets 2 idee m fd a ENERO e Mm 69 5 3 Job offset amp trays vicki nee E A eld t esL cred curve ee do dace ete a De as eet ac Rode 71 5 4 Creep EMT 75 SM cse mE 81 5 6 Marks Barcode Function renoir e S ae ea eene nennen nnns 86 5 7 Print Range ver D Eee TOR Ne ec 101 6 Options Menu iecit se scie m a eaae eL n DELL i IPC eu 105 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Contents 6 1 Create page segments ssssssssesssseseeseseeenne nennen nnne nennen nnne nnne nnns 105 6 2 Load page segments before print sssssssssseeeeneene 106 6 3 Suite Megs seen e o dd i dett ete terae ttai haerere res 106 7 Additional F
83. n an initial operational step logical pages may have been substituted and the print data thereby updated but the file hasn t been imposi tioned yet And you might wish to impose the updated file Two up at a later date to create a booklet Composer supports this kind of phased operation by accepting with few exceptions Composer output files as input again If the Composer parameter set contains one or more of the following functions the data out put cannot be used again as composer input The Professional Document Composer aborts processing in runtime with return code 136 Functions that may be used only once on the same data file include e Impositioning schemes which differ from type from file e Signatures e Variable data All other functions can be used to process the same file successively as many times as de sired 7 2 Chaining Files When you use the Professional Document Composer in conjunction with the POD Module Print Job Manager you can chain AFPDS files and then imposition them as a unit If a book for example consists of several sections that exist as separate files you can easily com bine these sections and imposition the entire book as a single document Files are selected and chained in the Print Job Manager For details refer to the PRIS MAproduction V3 0 POD Module User s Guide A29247 X21 X 6 7670 107 Proof Print Additional Functions 7 3 Proof Print Proof Print is another
84. nged The corresponding settings are selected in the Impose group with the functionality of Impose and Signature Assemble The third group provides the means of processing the output resulting from Integrate and Impose on the physical page level Assemble functions include the moving of logical pages on the physical sheet Positioning and Creep and the insertion of Blank Sheets Marks and Barcodes In addition a print range Print Range can be defined and the individual sheets can be assigned to the paper input trays of a cut sheet printer If you don t make any parameter settings the default applies In that case no Integrate and Assemble parameters are selected The Impose parameters N up Page Sequence Page layout and Paper size are set to the value from file This means that the page sequence as well as the page layout and the target paper size are retrieved from the input file A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Main Window The File Menu 2 1 The File Menu Default This command generates a new parameter set with default settings All preceding entries that have not been saved with Save copy as IP are now deleted without a warning message Open This command opens a file selection box for you to select the pa rameter set you want to load E The File Selection Box displays all files in the currently selected di rectory You can change directories either by double clicking an element in Directories or by entering
85. o N co o A C N e Figure 72 Printed sheets at example selection print range from 4 to 10 Notes Specify the logical page numbers in the fields From and To If one such page is located on the back of a sheet the file is printed with the front page that goes with it Complete sheets front and back side are always generat ed If you combine variable data with print range the PDC generates one out put file with all issues over all variable data sets 102 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Print Range Example Input file 10 pages Variable Data file 2 pages Output file 2 x 10 pages 20 pages These 20 pages are impositioned for example as a One Up scheme 2 n 1 0 reversed sequence last to first page Varset 1 VarSet 2 jets 9v e 1 2 inkes 10 11 12 20 logical pages Impositioning after integration using scheme 1 n 1 0 Duplex 10 C 2 20 18 nune 12 logical pages eg Gq 4 Front pages Ra c Back pages 1 19 Tf ahead 11 logical pages Figure 73 Print file before and after Impositioning One Up scheme 2 n 1 0 Duplex Range values relate now the logical pages after integration here the logical pages 1 20 Print Range From 7 To 10 ko 8 logical pages Front pages Back pages 9 logical pages Figure 74 Printed sheets at a r
86. ortrait on DIN A4 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 127 Available Default Impositioning Schemes Appendix 128 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Index Index A are 13 Assemble 5 57 Blank sheets 69 Creep 75 Job offset amp trays 71 Marks 81 Positioning 58 Assenble Print range 101 B Barcode 86 Code 39 87 Data Matrix Oc 88 EAN 8 87 Interleaved 2 of 5 87 Blank sheets 69 C Calculator 45 Chaining Files 107 Collating Marks 51 Command line 41 Command Line Interface 111 Creep 75 Cropping 6 22 D Define user scheme 36 DS 6060 Printing on two parallel webs 108 DS 8090 Create Page Segments 105 Load page segments 106 F File Selection Box 7 28 H Highlight Colour 19 l identical copy 43 61 impose 5 37 Impositioning 31 Impositioning Schemes predefined 116 Integrate 5 9 71 Cropping 22 Highlight Colour 19 Merge 10 Overlays 13 Variable Data 25 J Job offset amp trays 71 L List of settings 8 M Marks 81 Barcode 86 Media based tray selection 71 Media names 71 Menu Assemble 57 File 7 Impose 31 Integrate 9 Options 105 Merge 6 10 O OCT Interface 110 Overlays 6 13 P page layout 6 32 page numbering 3 37 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 129 Index page sequence 1 6 35 paper size 6 23 66 Positioning 58 Print range 101 Proof Print 108 R Repeated P
87. oser appends to the end of the docu ment The string in the above example contains four triplets n 2 90 and 1 2 90 and 2 2 90 and n 1 2 90 In two up duplex mode the string would be interpreted as follows n The last document page is printed on the front of the first sheet 2 This page number is then decreased by 2 n 2 90 The page is rotated by 90 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 41 Impose Create an impositioning scheme The Impose Menu and Section 1 The first document page is printed on the front of the first sheet 2 This page number is then incremented by 2 gt 3 90 The page is rotated by 90 2 The second document page is printed on the back of the first sheet 2 This page number is then incremented by 2 gt 4 90 The page is rotated by 90 n 1 The penultimate document page is printed on the back of the first sheet 2 This page number is then decreased by 2 gt n 3 90 The page is rotated by 90 The first sheet is now complete On the front are document pages n and 1 on the back are document pages 2 and n 1 The sequence is repeated on all subsequent sheets In each cycle the new page number is obtained by adding the distance Spacing value to the page number obtained from the preceding cycle The second sheet would contain the following pages n 2 Document page n 2 is printed on the front of the second sheet 2 This page number is then decreased by 2 gt n 4 90 The page is r
88. otated by 90 3 Document page 3 is printed on the front of the second sheet 2 This page number is then incremented by 2 gt 5 90 The page is rotated by 90 4 Document page 4 is printed on the back of the second sheet 2 This page number is then incremented by 2 gt 6 90 The page is rotated by 90 n 3 Document page n 3 is printed on the back of the second sheet 2 This page number is then decreased by 2 gt n 5 90 The page is rotated by 90 In summary on the front of the second sheet are document pages n 2 and 3 on the back are pages 4 and n 3 42 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Impose Create an impositioning scheme Relative page numbers Relative page numbers can be specified in the string as follows n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer integer n integer integer Number of triplets Specify as many triplets as there are pages on the sheet This number depends on the print mode and imposition scheme 1up 2up 3up 4up or identical copy The following numbers of triplets are recommended but you can define a different number if you wish One up or identical copy with simplex one triplet One up or identical copy with duplex tumble two triplets Two up and simplex two triplets Two up and duplex tumble four triplets Three up and simplex three triplets Three up and duplex tumble six
89. p amp Identical copies Incorrect value or syntax error Argument unknown In the parameter set an argument was detected that is unknown to the program Incorrect value of an argument In the parameter set a value was de tected that is not within the valid range or is syntactically wrong Error in the parameter Centred print Incorrect value or syntax error Incorrect impositioning method N UP or n Permissible are 0 Identical copies 1 1up 2 2up 3 3up 4 4up and 02 2up amp identical copies Error in calculating the impositioning sequence Negative page numbers were computed in evaluating the impositioning sequence Scheme 112 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Appendix Return Codes Error ID 127 Error ID 128 Error ID 129 Error ID 130 Error ID 131 Error ID 132 Error ID 133 Error ID 134 Error ID 135 Error ID 136 Error ID 137 Error ID 138 Error ID 139 Error ID 140 Error ID 141 Error in the parameter Print range Syntax error or the specified page range lies outside the input file Error when opening the output file The file either doesn t exist or is lo cated in the wrong directory or your access rights are insufficient Error in the parameter Scheme A Incorrect value or a syntax error was detected in the impositioning se quence Error in the parameter Layout Error in the parameter Input Trays Wrong paper feed tray was output Error in
90. re aligned ex actly with the objects on the front i e the registration of the front and back images is the same A29247 X21 X 6 7670 61 Positioning The Assemble Menu and Section Two up amp ldentical Copy Example 2 A6 objects on A3 target paper Number of objects inx y direction e 1 2 21 2 e 1 2 Distance of objects in x y dire ction a0 mm a 0mm a 0 mm 210 mm 210 mm 210 mm Rotation of objects 0 90 180 Figure 48 Positioning of 2 A6 objects on A3 paper with different rotations e 1 2 a 0mm 210mm 270 Two up amp Identical copy is a combination of Two up and Identical copy modes i e it con tains all the Two up schemes but as in Identical Copy mode objects can be copied on a physical page as many times as desired The number and spacing are defined as in Iden tical Copy Here too the entire object field is moved to the physical origin left upper corner of the page 62 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Positioning Positioning when Center is active One up Example 1 A5 object on A3 target paper Physical Object origin 0 0 Rotation of object 0 90 180 270 Figure 49 Positioning with One Up and centred print Two Up Example 2 A5 objects on A3 paper Rotation of objects 0 90 180 270 Figure 50 Positioning
91. rint file Inserting in individual pages On page 8 8 On the last page n Inserting in pages within a range On pages 1 through 20 1 20 On pages 8 through the second last page 8 n 1 Inserting in pages within a range but in interval steps Within a range of 1 through 20 on every second page 1 20 2 The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer Target page Using multipage overlays only a single page may be defined as target page because the selected overlay pages are always inserted in one block starting with the target page on page 8 8 in the middle of the document n 2 on the fifthlast page n 5 on the last page n Print file Page numbers End of print file Overlay should start from page3 M Remaining pages will not be printed Figure 9 Merging a print file with page numbering from page 3 The following expressions are valid n n integer n interger n integer integer n integer integer Position X Position Y As with single overlays see above A29247 X21 X 6 7670 17 Overlays The Integrate Menu and Section 3 3 3 List of settings The settings only become effective if you add them to the list of settings at the bottom of the window see chapter List of settings on page 8 Then click Apply to finally accept the settings 18 A29247 X
92. rocessing of Print Data 107 Return Codes 112 S scheme 43 Sheet Copies 108 Signature 47 Signatures 78 Sinature Create 48 Spacing 32 38 42 61 Stitch 106 T Target pages 84 Trays 6 69 V Variable data 6 25 130 A29247 X21 X 6 7670
93. rtrait on DIN A4 Identicalcopy x x x x x x n 0 n 1 90 e 1 2 5 a 0mm 148 5mm t sim p a a4 k lt directory gt for page segm DIN A5 portrait on DIN A4 Identicalcopy x x x x x x n 0 1 1 90 e 1 2 6 a 0mm 148 5mm t sim p a a4 k lt directory gt for page segm DIN A5 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x x x x x n 02 1 2 0 n 2 1 2 0 n 2 2 2 tical copy1 0 2 2 0 e 1 2 a 0mm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x x x x x n 02 n 2 0 n 2 2 0 n 2 1 2 tical copy 2 0 n 1 2 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 123 Available Default Impositioning Schemes Appendix Imposition C F F S D BI N O O F F T B Order of the page se ing Scheme u F F i o o o f n a al o o quence plus rotation t n u ojl t 1 c c pl t s t g b k e ij ele t s i w 1 1 1 pl f n b o h n i e e e a i e d u i m ej gln t d n o pln e 1 s s i fw d b t e ij i s ijn ij i did h n n n ele i i g d d d n s i g h n i g n g two up amp iden x x x X X x n 02 2 2 0 n 1 2 0 n 2 0 tical copy 3 1 2 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6 portrait on DIN A4 two up amp iden x X Xx Xx n 02 n 1 4 0 n 4 0 tical copy 4 n 3 4 0 n 2 4 0 e 1 2 a Omm 148 5mm t dup p a a4 DIN A6
94. s a unit around one edge see diagram below Front page N eo N D S o X e Creeping p Figure 61 Positioning of the pages with creeping in the production of a folded booklet 76 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Creep MR iM us iig the images located on the sheet after folding are assigned their ing T M I Ti I NN A A LL y Original position eo 5 4 DES uter Creep The Assemble Menu and Section If you select outside the images on the outermost sheet of the folded booklet occupy their original positions i e before Creep was activated
95. t processing see below jum w Single fold Cross fold Figure 20 Print order of logical pages dependant on the selected post processing A29247 X21 X 6 7670 31 Impose Create an impositioning scheme The Impose Menu and Section With the Professional Document Composer you can impose continuous forms paper or sheets to suit the post processing requirements The system provides 70 ready to use schemes complete with production flow displays for the most important types of post pro cessing In addition you can create custom schemes with complete freedom in choosing page arrangements The Impositioning window is where you define the layout and impositioning scheme Lay out and sequence target paper size Target paper size as well as the number of copies for Identical copies Number of objects Create an impositioning scheme PL n Layout amp sequence N Up Identical Copies z Scheme User defined Y Layout Simplex v ty Target paper size Format A4 z Width 1 em gt Hight 29 em z Number of objects in X direction in direction Space between origins in X direction mm x in Y direction mm x Ly Apply Discard Help Figure 21 Window Impose When you are sure that all parameters have been completely entered click Apply to con firm the settings and return to the main window If
96. t values A29247 X21 X 6 7670 15 Overlays The Integrate Menu and Section Color Selection Set color If this box is checked the selected overlay is printed in another color instead of the default color Next to the check box you can select a specific color for the overlay from a combo box The list of settings shows the respective color in the Color of overlay column If no special color is selected for the overlay From file is displayed here This function works with IOCA files only 3 3 2 Multipage Overlays File mapping Single overlays File mapping rFile Selection Ju prismapro resources composer service overlay file owl Pages VUE Target Page I gt IS uie v E TRIN 3 xJo mm fi v o mm List of Settings FS s Nr File Pages Target page Position X Position Y i Ju prismapr 1 n 3 Omm Omm Ok Cancel Clear Help The merging of the original print file with a multipage overlay file may for example be used for a sequential page numbering throughout a print job made of many single input files 16 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Overlays Selection As with single overlays see above Pages Insert individual pages or page ranges of the multipage overlay file which should be placed on the pages of the p
97. the Print Job Managers PJM and use the setting Compose job after chaining print files will be chained together Caution If the print files are not in IOCA format the same file will be converted twice which will cause loss of performance 108 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Additional Functions Printing on two parallel webs with the DS 6060 Second possibility is the realization with the PDC itself Use Merge function Here the input file must be prepared as merge resource extra job with the PUM Thereafter the print file is put in the list of files only once and in the merge option of the PDC the prepared re source is inserted before page 1 of the print file Operation type insert Position before Target pages 1 Pages from file Source file Resource file Number 1 n Caution Here the file itself is converted once only but a separate job is to be prepared first Generate resource Both solutions duplicate the print file one after the other fa la c Un itr rn Input file Output file Now an impositioning scheme has to be defined in order to put each logical page on the front and back side of the sheet equally Page 1 Page n 2 1 Y Y Front pages Back pages Therefore a user defined impositioning scheme has to be defined accordingly N UP One Up Scheme command line Layout duplex A29247 X21 X 6 7670 109 OCT Interface Additional Functions
98. the print file The file can be adapted to the current requirements by inserting removing or replacing logical pages in the document as required Insert replace or delete pages Define operation Select action Insert pages before selection Y Choose target page s 1 n 2 Pages to insert Set page range 1 Pages from source file COMPOSER service ocelogo mrg e Blank pages bes pese v Operation Target Pages Source File Number Insert before 1 nj2 COMPOSER service oc 1 Apply Discard Help Figure 4 Window Merge 3 2 1 Define Operation Select action The following actions are possible Delete one or more pages Deletes one or more selected page s Insert pages before selection Adds additional pages before the selected target page of the print file Insert pages after selection Adds additional pages after the selected target page of the print file Replace one or more pages Replaces the target pages specified with selected pages or blank sheets 10 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Integrate Menu and Section Merge Choose target pages Enter the target page s which should be deleted inserted or replaced n represents the last page of the file n 1 the second last page etc The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer integer integer integer
99. tion and by 1mm in the Y direction Units X Y Set the units for the X and Y direction You can select mm cm pel or inch 84 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Assemble Menu and Section Marks 5 5 2 Define the file mappings Selection To select the mark in IOCA format either click the folder button or enter the fully qualified file name in the Selection text field Marks can only be selected in the Composer if they have been created before and have been stored as a resource in the COMPOSER directory in the Print Job Manager Suffix mrk for single and map for multiple page files Pages If you want to specify a part of the mapping file select a range here The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer Target Page Using multiple page mapping files you may select a sheet to start your mapping from Additionally the selection of a step width is possible on physical page 8 8 inthe middle of the print file n 2 starting from the fourth last on every second page n 4 2 The following expressions are valid n n integer n integer n integer integer n integer integer 5 5 3 List of settings To confirm these settings you must enter them in the List of selected blank pages see chapter List of settings on page 8 Then click Apply to finally accept the settings A29247 X21 X
100. triplets Four up and simplex four triplets Four up and duplex tumble eight triplets Two up amp ldentical copy and simplex four triplets Two up amp ldentical copy and duplex tumble four triplets Command line You can select a scheme which is available for n up type and layout you have sequence for chosen Click the following button to transfer the page sequence of this scheme scheme to the command line SR You can then individually modify this scheme and save it under a new name Scheme name Assign a name for your new scheme Enter the name in the text field A29247 X21 X 6 7670 43 Impose Create an impositioning scheme The Impose Menu and Section Command line Enter the triplet needed for the new scheme see description and examples sequence above Click Cancel to return to the previous window without saving your parameters or OK to confirm your entries and return to the previous window 4 1 1 5 Layout All standard schemes are firmly linked with one specific layout The display merely indicates which setting has been made for the selected scheme If this is a user defined scheme you can assign any desired layout to it here From file Retrieves settings from the document Simplex The sheet is only printed on one side Duplex After being printed on the front side the sheet is rotated about its left edge and is then also printed on the back Tumble After being printed on the front side the she
101. type of template file which contains a number of pages equal to the repetition mode x 4 Since a real print file will usually contain more pages than the template you next have to transfer the page sequencing of the real file to the template file i e the imposition scheme for the real print file must now be applied to a file with a number of pages equal to the rep etition mode x 4 You need not perform this action for the entire print file just for the pages in the repetition mode range 38 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Impose Create an impositioning scheme Example Print file 1 17 18 2 Template 1 5 6 2 Figure 27 Impositioning model The last page in the print file is page 32 Since this template file only contains eight pages the real page 32 corresponds to template page 8 the real page 16 corresponds to template page 4 To select a page for positioning click it with the left mouse button Settings This field shows the physical pages in the repetition mode group If the group includes more than one front and one back page you can select the sheet you want to display with the Sheet number option To position a page that you have selected in the Image selection field click the left mouse button on the empty field in which you want to place the page The selected page is dis played in this field and removed from the Image selection field To undo the placement o
102. unctions 5 Lecce leere ti rreeeeee cennecess socie rud an seca Dna nnmnnn mins 107 7 1 Repeated Processing of Print Data sssssseeeeneneen mene 107 7 2 GChaining Files eerte te e ear a a EE PE te cus 107 1 3 Proob Print ie ie re een hr tne 108 TA Sheet COPIES ss itn scent et e be er tee tectam Eg eai eee rade ge e reta 108 7 5 Printing on two parallel webs with the DS 6060 sssssseenee 108 7 6 OCT Interface aiite dante eine eine 110 LEE PIDE 111 8 1 Command Line Interface sssssssssssssssseeeee ennemi 111 8 2 Het rn Codes enr d RE IRR ER ERREUR DRE E RE Fx 112 8 3 Available Default Impositioning Schemes ssssseeeeen 116 hp XE LED 129 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Introduction Overview 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview To cost effectively produce the short press runs usually associated with Printing on De mand you need a highly automated process The Professional Document Composer meets this demand This state of the art prepress application performs the imposing of files that have been converted into the print format The program not only makes optimal use of the print format it also adjusts the page sequence during printing to the selected type of bind ing The Professional Document Composer is a highly flexible software product that works with the POD Module and a
103. ure 54 Positioning with Two Up amp Identical copies and centred print A29247 X21 X 6 7670 65 Positioning The Assemble Menu and Section If you start out with the default positioning variants described above Options gt Center Standard you can additionally shift the images in the X and Y directions Generally such a move is not required to achieve exact registration of front and back images if the actual target paper size is the same as the paper size selected during impositioning and if the printer generates no differences in printing the front and back sides You always need to move the object when the printer setting generates a shift or when the actual paper size doesn t match with the paper size defined during impositioning You can shift each object with the exception of Identical Copy or Two up amp Identical Copies objects in the X and Y directions independently of all other images In Identical Copy or Two up amp Identical copies you can only move the entire object field as a whole on a physical page Click Apply to confirm all settings in the List of image positions and return to the Composer main window or click Discard to disregard all changes and return to the Composer main window 5 1 1 Options Center If you activate the option the images are arranged centred to the physical page and their position does not relate to the origin of the physical page Standard The orientation of th
104. without start stop problems The only disadvantage is the waiting time in the beginning until the page segments are loaded at the printer This function may only be used with the Professional Document Composer For the impo sitioning schemes Identical copies and Two Up amp Identical copies and with variable data page segments will be produced anyway For all other schemes One Up Two Up Three Up und Four Up the option Create page segments is to be used The following prerequisites are necessary to use this function e PRISMA POD from V2 00 xx e Functional Code V2 04 xx e SRA2 with 256 MB IO Module A29247 X21 X 6 7670 105 Load page segments before print Options Menu 6 2 Load page segments before print If this function is enabled created page segments as described above will loaded into the printer before the first page is printed This avoids start stop problems during the first copy of the print data 6 3 Stitch If this function is activated the PDC writes a command for postprocessing into the output file This command causes the DS 8445 printing system to stich the printed document cor ner staple in the top left corner 106 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 Additional Functions Repeated Processing of Print Data 7 Additional Functions 7 1 Repeated Processing of Print Data In some cases you may wish to run a pre composed document through the Professional Document Composer again For example i
105. y the 32 pages signatures From these sets two different pint jobs are generated via the PJM Now the paper post processing can be adjusted between these print jobs Text field If a fixed length is entered here the print job will contain only the signatures with this exactly defined length all others will be skipped Post processing needs To print an other length a different setting has to be entered and the job to be restarted Signature selected by number Sort signatures in reverse order You can also define the signatures to be printed via the signa ture number In this case all signatures will be printed no matter which length they have No entry in the text field is re quired If you check this box the result will be a reversed print order of the sections The last section is printed first etc and the first section is printed at the end Fill up tail with blank pages Here you define that the rest of the print file that does not fit in your signature scheme should be filled with blank pages to a full signature length Cut off tail The surplus pages are cut off 4 2 3 List of settings The settings only become effective if you add them to the list of settings at the bottom of the window see chapter List of settings on page lt pagenum gt Then click Apply to finally accept the settings 50 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Signatures
106. you have forgotten to enter the spacing Space between origins in direction X and Y with Identical copies or 2up amp identical copies an error message is displayed Input for spacing not found To disregard all changes click Cancel 32 A29247 X21 X 6 7670 The Impose Menu and Section Impose Create an impositioning scheme 4 1 1 Layout amp Sequence 4 1 1 1 N UP In this field you determine the distribution of the logical pages on the physical page You can choose among a variety of basic impositioning schemes From file Accepts the setting that exists in the document default setting One Up One logical page on one physical page Two Up Two logical pages on one physical page e g page 1 and 2 Three Up Three logical pages on one physical page e g page 1 2 and 3 Four Up Four logical pages on one physical page e g page 1 2 3 and 4 always positioned in the clockwise direction Identical Copies One logical page arranged several times parquet fashion on one physical page e g page 1 twice Two Up amp Identical Copies Combination of two up and Identical copies e g pages 1 and 2 twice on one physical page 4 1 1 2 Scheme This list contains all predefined standard schemes scheme 1 scheme 2 etc for the im position mode set up under N UP In addition it lets you create custom schemes by select ing user defined and command line

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