The $PRODUCT_NAME_WORKFLOW application provides the Clip Print Item with Additional Bleed Fixup. The purpose of this Fixup is to clip the Print Item at a defined distance along an existing Dieline, either outside or inside the Dieline.

The Fixup Clip Print Item with Additional Bleed can be used to clip the Print Item to the minimum required Bleed, thereby reducing ink costs. In addition, this Fixup allows you to clip the Print Item so that multiple Print Items can be nested within one another in the Imposition.

You can find the Fixup in the footer of the Document Information area on the Print Data tab of an Article, Order, or Production Job, or on the Data Preparation tab.

The Clip Print Item with Additional Bleed Fixup allows you to clip the Print Item at a defined offset along the detected Dieline. It also allows you to set the TrimBox to the Dieline and the BleedBox to the specified offset. When the Fixup is executed, both the MediaBox and the CropBox are also set to the size of the BleedBox.

When clipping a Print Item with Additional Bleed, the following options are available:

• 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.
• Clip at [2] – two options are available, which must be selected depending on how the Stroke was created:
  • Stroke (solid/dashed/dotted) – choose this option if the Stroke was created as a classic line. It does not matter whether the Stroke in the Print Item is solid, dashed, or dotted. The Stroke is treated as a vector path, so dashed or dotted Strokes pose no problem. When the "Set TrimBox to Spot Color object" option selected, the TrimBox will be centered on the Stroke Width.
  • Page Content or solid Stroke – choose this option if the Stroke was created either as a classic line or as a filled area. The Stroke must be a solid line in the Print Item. For dashed or dotted Strokes, the gaps in the Stroke would also be clipped. In this case, the Stroke is redrawn, so it must be solid. Note that for a filled area, the TrimBox is placed on the outer enclosing boundary.
• Set TrimBox to Spot Color object [3] – enable this option if the TrimBox should be set to the selected Spot Color. If the current TrimBox position should be preserved, disable this option.
• Outside only [4] – selecting this option uses only the outer Stroke of the Dieline. Inner areas that need to be punched out will not be clipped. Note that this option is only available if Stroke (solid/dashed/dotted) is selected in the option Clip at.
• Spot Color [5] – select the Spot Color to be used for clipping.
• Bleed [6] – define the distance to be applied for clipping. For the Variable Content [7], select the desired placeholder – Database Field or User-defined Field – from which the value for the Bleed should be taken.