User Guide HP Indigo Labels and Packaging powered by EskoArtwork
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1. StepX m Grids H OK SSS 2 One Up Scope_label ai he Rotation Cancel Size Document Trim Box Borders H w gt V lt C Prev 100 mm x 80 01 mm the topleft one up 4 Next Bleed 2mm Repeat Horizontal 8 steps Gap 5 mm M Alternate Vertical 10 steps Gap 2mm _ Alternate Fit around Cylinder Position Sheet Preview Align to Sheet H z In the Grid Settings panel you will construct the layout of your step and repeat file Before you do this you should have an idea of how and which documents you want to use and how many repeats you need for each document One up Start by selecting the document you want to use as first one up file in the one up dropdown list All currently open documents are listed here plus an extra placeholder option if you do not want to select a specific one up yet Use the placeholder to make template step and repeat schemes for later use Size Choose between Document Trim Box borders and Artwork Bounding box You can adjust the Document Trim Box borders with the Esko Graphics Trim box and Media Box plug in 10 Bleed If you have chosen to use Cropmarks as your one up size you can specify a bleed distance On the stepX output your one up will be extended with the bleed distance All the objects outside the cropmarks bleed distance area will be masked out Rotation Select a rotation for your one up If you choose to alternate the one up2. Tool from the Al tool palette Use the Trim and Media Box to click and drag the Trim and Media Box e Select the Trim and Media Box Tool from the Al tool palette ALT drag scale from the center out SHIFT drag constrained scaling ALT SHIFT drag constrained scaling from the center out e Select a preset from the drop down menu OR e Use the numeric input field The numeric input field appears when you select Move Trim Box and Media Box in the dropdown menu Move Trim Box and Media Box m Distance oK Horizontal 100 pt Gand Cancel Vertical 100 pt i v Preview Tip The units are defined in the Illustrator preferences Tip Double clicking Trim and Media Box tool in toolpalette opens the Move Trim Box and Media Box dialog OR You could use one of the fit to options to Artboard artwork selection cad or crop area Plate and Sheet settings StepX Plate amp Sheet B Plate Size Scale Output Cancel Width 1400 mm Horizontal 99 Height 11350 mm Vertical 98 999 Next Scaling can be used to compensate for plate distortion C Vv Sheet Size Position on the plate Width 1300mm Oo Left Margin 10 mm Height 1250 mm Top Margin 10 mm lor cylinder ciecurnference _ Open _ Save Open the stepX palette from the Windows Esko Graphics dropdown list The first panel of the stepX dialog shows the Plat
3. Trim Box to Crop Area Media Box Margins enter the top bottom left and right values The units are defined in the Illustrator preferences Fit Media Box to E Fit Media Box to Artwork H Fit Media Box to Selection Es Fit Media Box to Bleed CAD when no bleed was defined the cad will be taken as reference Show Trim Box and Media Box To display or hide the trim Box and Media Box use this toggle Trim Box and Media Box dropdown menu e Fit Trim Box to Artboard e Fit Trim Box to Artwork e Fit Trim Box to Selection e Fit Trim Box to CAD e Fit Trim Box to Crop Area e Fit Media Box to Artwork e Fit Media Box to Selection e Fit Media Box to Bleed CAD when no bleed was defined the CAD will be taken as reference e Move Trim Box and Media Box interface e Delete Trim Box and Media Box Trim Box Media Box open the Move Trim Box and Media Box Trim Box and Media Box Trim Box Borders Custom Hy Size Width Height Fit to 1723 5 pt 1098 4 pt Orientation Pa By o Esi Media Box Margins Top Bottom Fit to 12 4 pt 16 9 pt 12 5 pt 13 9 pt F as v Show Trim Box and Media Box Moving and Scaling Trim Box and Media Box To move or change the size of the Trim and Media Boxes you can either e Select the Trim and Media Box
4. the template This warning may be ignored In that case the grids will be updated to reflect the size of the selected output file You can save your stepX settings for later use by clicking on the Save button This opens the save dialog The directory immediately jumps to the Settings gt stepX directory on the BackStage This is the preferred place for saving your template files 14 Launching the stepX task Click the OK button to launch the stepX task A check will be performed to see if all grids have a one up assigned to them If this is not the case a warning will appear Some grids do not have a one up assigned to them These grids will not be included in the output Do you want to continue If you select no you can go back to the grid Settings and change the Placeholder in the one up box to the name of the one up that you want to use If you select yes then those grids that have no one up assigned to them will be deleted from the output If the size of the one up you choose is different than the size of the placeholder a warning will pop up The document has a different size than the placeholder Do you want to continue If you click yes the grids in the sheet preview window will change to accommodate the new size Copyright 2008 Hewlett Packard Company This is an HP Indigo digital print Printed in Israel www hp com go indigo A a reorder P N CA294 05760
5. HP Indigo Labels and Packaging powered by EskoArtwork StepX Plug in User Guide HP Indigo Labels and Packaging powered by EskoArtwork StepX Plug in User Guide Copyright 2008 Copyright Hewlett Packard Devel opment Company L P Reproduction adaptation or translation without prior written permission is prohibited except as allowed under the copyright laws The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express war ranty statements accompanying such prod ucts and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional war ranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein HP HP Indigo Press HP Indigo Press RIP and HP Electrolnk are trademarks or regis tered trademarks of HP All other products or name brands are trademarks of their respective holders Copyright 2007 Esko nv Gent Belgium All rights reserved Esko nv does not warrant guarantee or make any representations re garding the use or the results of the use of the software or the information contained herein Esko nv shall not be liable for any direct indi rect consequential or incidental damages arising out of the use or inability to use the software or the information contained herein PANTONE Colors displayed here may not match PANTONE identified standards Consult current PANTO
6. NE Color Publications for ac curate color PANTONE and other Pantone Inc trademarks are the property of Pantone Inc Pantone Inc 2000 Pantone Inc is the copyright owner of color data and or software which are licensed to Esko nv to distribute for use only in combination with LW Brix and CT Brix based applications PANTONE Color Data and or Software shall not be copied onto another disk or into memory unless as part of the execution of the LWBrix and CTBrix based applications This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation http www apache org Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat the Acrobat logo Adobe Creative Suite Illustrator In Design PDF Photoshop PostScript XMP and the Powered by XMP logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Printed in Israel Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Microsoft and the Microsoft logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation Portions of this software are owned by Spatial Corp 1986 2003 All Rights Reserved JDF and the JDF logo are trademarks of the CIP4 Organisation Copyright 2001 The Inter national Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress Press and Postpress CIP4 All rights reserved The Esko sof
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9. e and Sheet settings of your final output file The sheet size will be the area where your one up grids will be positioned Plate and sheet size are used in a traditional press environment where there is a difference between these two sizes In a HP Indigo environment sheet size is usually no different than plate size Therefore we suggest to disable the Sheet size You then only specify one size Scale Output Scale Output is used to compensate for Plate distortion later in the output process This option is usually of no importance when sending to an HP Indigo press Position of the Plate Mind that as you will have disabled the sheet size option this option is not applicable and will be greyed out as you will have defined only one size for plate and sheet Position on the plate Position on the plate LJ Top Margin 0 mm Position on the plate Left Margin 0 mm O Top Margin 10 mm The preview icon where you see the Sheet Position on the Plate can be changed by clicking it Click a corner to snap the sheet to the Plate corner Click in the middle to center This way all alignment options are available just by clicking a snap point Depending on the snapping position of the sheet icon different Margin options will be available to finetune the position Grid Settings Click the Next button or choose Grids from the dropdown menu
10. ere are several alignment options top left middle left middle bottom right etc which are all visualized clearly in this alignment icon Starting from this position you can get extra positioning options to shift the grid depending on what alignment you choose in the Alignment icon Add Remove Grid icons At the bottom of the grid list on the left of the stepX palette you notice two buttons with a plus anda minus icon 11 Click the plus icon to define a second grid You can use the same one up input document to stagger it or you can choose a different open document as the one up The default position of the new grid will be centered to the sheet size Change this position anytime in the Position icon and Align to drop down list Tip To align the grid you are working on to a previously defined grid ALT Click the target grid in the grids preview pane The Align to dropdown will jump to the clicked grid Click the minus icon to delete the grid you are working on If other grids where aligned to the grid you are removing their alignment will now be to the sheet Output Settings Click the Next button In the Output Settings panel you choose the output format an output ticket and if necessary the SmartMark set for the final output file StepX Output g Cmr Save As Prev M Use File Name from Ticket Next Task Type Export to PDF File He Ticket Name Default HJ SmartMarks N
11. k XZ Layers F7 Server Tasks Links stepX XBR Magic Wand trapX gt Navigator v Trim Box and Media Box Pathfinder FO viewX gt Stroke F10 The Trim Box and Media Box window 000 Trim Box and Media Box 8 Fit Trim Box to Artboard Trim Box Borders Fit Trim Box to Artwork g Size Custom Fit Trim Box to Selection Width 1723 5 pt Orientation Fit Trim Box to CAD Height 1038 4 pt 3 A Fit Trim Box to Crop Area 4 revo O Fi es Fit Media Box to Artwork Fit Media Box to Selection edia Box Margins Fit Media Box to Bleed CAD N L yor 5 Top 0 pt Left 0 pt c Bottom 0 pt Right 0 pt Move Trim Box and Media Box 6 fitto Pl O e Delete Trim Box and Media Box 7 M1 Show Trim Box and Media Box 1 2 Trim Box Size Select the size from the dropdown list Trim Box Width Length Enter the Width Length if you want a custom size The units are defined in the Illustrator preferences Trim Box Orientation Select the orientation portrait landscape When the Trim Box is being dragged or Width or Height editboxes edited the radio buttons Portrait Landscape flip automatically so that Landscape is active whenever Width gt Height and Portrait whenever Width lt Height Fit Trim Box to O Fit Trim Box to Artboard e lt Fit Trim Box to Artwork H Fit Trim Box to Selection Ea Fit Trim Box to CAD Ey Fit
12. one HA Single Curve DGC lt From Ticket gt HA Automatic DGC lt From Ticket gt E Save Task Type The choice you get in the Output Type dropdown list depends on the current licenses available on the BackStage For your workflow you will find more info in the User manual for HP Indigo Labels and Packaging Server or the VDP user manuals Ticket Name The Output ticket depends on the Output type you have chosen All corresponding tickets for that type which reside on the server will be shown A default set is always available and extra tickets can be made with the Pilot application SmartMark Set A default set of smartmarks is installed on the BackStage If you want to have any custom created SmartMarks contact your local HP Indigo representative You can always review your settings using the Previous button or the dropdown menu at the top of the stepX palette Open save stepX settings If you want to open a previously saved template file click on the Open button All the settings saved in the template file will be filled in There is one exception the one up box in the grid settings will be put on placeholder After opening a template you will have to define which one up file to use for each of the grids by replacing the placeholder with the name of the appropriate one up StepX will issue a warning if the size of the selected one up document differs from the size of the document that was used to create
13. s see below the chosen rotation will apply to the top left one up Repeat Choose a repeat number and the gap between the one ups horizontal and vertical The gap is specified between the one ups without the bleed On the stepX output if you have specified a bleed distance the gap will be smaller than what you have entered here as gap Note that the bleeds of two adjoining one ups will never overlap If necessary the bleed distance will be smaller than what you have specified Alternate If you choose the alternate option every second row be it horizontal or vertical will have the one ups 180 degrees rotated Use this option to get head to head repeats The alternate option will be visible in the little preview pane of the final step amp repeat scheme as a darker blue representation color for the rotated one ups Fit around cylinder for Continuous Printing If you click the Fit around cylinder action button the appropriate gap will be filled in automatically to fit the specified number of steps around the cylinder Enter the cylinder circumference as the sheet height Position The Position dropdown list for the first grid you make only contains the Align to Sheet option When an extra grid is made all previously defined grids will also be available in the Align to list So start with the grid that is the easiest one to align to the sheet The icon showing the Align to position can be clicked You will notice that th
14. tware contains the RSA Data Security Inc MD5 Message Digest Algorithm Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems in the U S and other coun tries Confidentiality notice This guide and any information contained herein is confidential and should not be dis closed to any third party outside of HP In digo Do not copy and or disseminate any information contained in this guide This guide should be maintained in a manner which shall ensure compliance with the con fidentiality requirements set forth herein This document contains valuable trade se crets and confidential information of Hew lett Packard Company Nothing herein may be copied reproduced or distributed in any form or medium or disclosed to any third party in any manner without prior written authorization of Hewlett Packard Company The copyright notice which appears in this document is purely precautionary and shall not be deemed to constitute publication or intent to publish in whole or in part Part Number CA294 05760 First Edition February 2008 CE Contents MUO SUG Mierea ene dacennatazeauitndebehaeiaued Teka Sedai aaa Aaina aN CANNE NN TNI KANAE R ESAERA 2 Preparing your stepX OU ae csccinedics va cecn deca teva caas suede eccsneadsdssceeetdensancgiaeseatetieldaeanecans 3 Trim Box and Media BOX riisin ee tieeesteceues se ceteasvetinses Hesvebeieti EN AA ARAA adebe neers 3 The Trim Box an
15. your convenience please then refer to the VDP manuals e HP Indigo Labels and Packaging powered by EskoArtwork VDP Tools user guide e Basic Pack User Guide for HP Indigo Labels and Packaging powered by EskoArtwork Preparing your stepX output First open all documents you want to include as one ups in your final stepped output file By opening the documents you will also be assured that all used fonts and images are present on the system If you get warnings or errors while opening these documents you should solve these issues before proceeding with the stepX output To define the size that stepX will use for each of your one ups you must use set the trim box and media box Trim Box and Media Box Trim Box and Media Box are used to define the outside borders and margins of your document Media Box amp Trim Box definitions are saved as part of the Illustrator file used by stepX Media Box amp Trim Box are not taken into account when printing directly from Adobe Illustrator nor when you export to ps pdf or eps They do not appear as objects in the Layers palette Type Select Filter Effect View EEO Help New Window Minimize Window 36M Bring All To Front Actions Align ThF7 Appearance TF6 Attributes F11 Brushes F5 Color F6 1 Document Info PUI tone en we aot 2 barx Esko Graphics boostX b Flattener Preview CAD Gradient F9 checkX gt Graphic Styles TFS Ink Manager CEF Info F8 Launch Tas
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