In this article, you will learn
- which prerequisites are required for this Fixup, and
- how to apply this Fixup.
1. Introduction
The Fixup Remove Print Marks is available in the Workflow. The purpose of this Fixup is to remove all Print Marks from the document. The user can also select whether to delete print marks located outside the final TrimBox or BleedBox.
2. General
The Fixup Remove Print Marks can be used to remove Bleed Marks, Crop Marks and Color Bars located outside the TrimBox. This Fixup requires a defined TrimBox or BleedBox. The user can also choose whether to delete print marks outside the final TrimBox or BleedBox.
You can find this Fixup on the tab Data Preparation of an Article, Order or Production Job by::
- entering the name of the Fixup in the area Filter,
- activating the option Object in the area Category,
- activating the option Delete in the area Action,
- activating the option Registration Marks in the area Property.
3. Description
The Fixup Remove Print Marks removes all Print Marks from the document. However, the Fixup requires that the TrimBox or BleedBox is set. Additionally, after the Fixup has been executed, the BleedBox is defined based on the TrimBox. The desired Offset of the BleedBox from the TrimBox can be set separately for all four pages. However, the sizes of the ArtBox, CropBox and MediaBox remain unchanged when this Fixup is applied.
3.1. Prerequisites and Functionality
For the Fixup to perform as intended, the following requirements must be met:
- The TrimBox or BleedBox must be present.
- There are Print Marks, Crop Marks or Bleed Marks in the document.
Figure 1: The dialog of the Fixup Remove Print Marks
To remove Print Marks, please refer to the following options:
- Templates [1] – settings selected in the dialog can be saved as a template and applied to other Articles/Print Items, as well as used within Fixup Chains and in the Operations Apply Fixups and Check Print Item and Apply Fixups.
- Remove Objects outside [2] – use the dropdown menu to select the PageBox outside of which the Print Marks should be removed. The following options are available:
- TrimBox – all Print Marks that are completely outside of the TrimBox will be deleted.
- BleedBox – all Print Marks that are completely outside of the BleedBox will be deleted.
- Variable Content [4] – for Variable Content [4], select the desired placeholder – Database Field or User-defined Field – from which the value for selecting the PageBox should be retrieved. The following values must be present in the selected field in order for the selection to be generated:
AllAllTrim
- Set BleedBox [3] – enter the Offset for Top, Bottom, Left and/or Right for the BleedBox. This Offset is defined based on the TrimBox. For Variable Content [5], select the desired placeholder – Database Field or User-defined Field – from which the value for Top, Bottom, Left or Right should be retrieved.
Figure 2: Values in the selected field for the option Remove Objects outside
3.2. Before/After
To experiment with this function, refer to the sample file "Sample_Druckmarken.pdf". The Print Marks are located in the file outside the BleedBox and inside the ArtBox.
After applying the Fixup, the file "Sample_Druckmarken_End.pdf" is created. The values are taken from Figure 1, and the Bleed remains at 3 mm.
Figure 3: Left: Original file; Right: Edited file in which the Print Marks have been removed
Article update: Workflow 1.20.1. – 04/2025