Any way to change where document information prints on output? 2

[ruffian]

C3 now appears to print the document information lower on the page. Hence, this information is printing over our slug. I understand we can move the slug down, but is there a way to change the placement of the document information as our older documents (created in CS2) that we are bringing forward will need to be adjusted. Just looking for an easier solution.

 

[apepp]

...PMD format is required, this requires coding though, so not for the faint hearted...

...Save the PMD file as a text-only file with the file extension “.mrk”
to the PrintSpt folder...

...for more info see here:

http://indesignsecrets.com/creating-custom-printer-marks-in-indesign.php

...alternatively acrobat pro offers different marks and bleeds using the tools > print production > add printer marks...

...here you can select illustrator, indesign cs1 and cs2 styles and also quark style of marks...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...there is a downloadable sample marks file or two available from the link too:

http://indesignsecrets.com/creating-custom-printer-marks-in-indesign.php

Andrew

 

[apepp]

here is the sample code for the marks to be at top of page if you struggle to find the download...



//pgmk.v02.00
<
Style (BarsOnTop)
MarksArray
[
<
Type FourCropMarks
Length 24
>
<
Type RegistrationMark
Count 4
InnerRadius 0 // Omit the inner target.
OuterRadius 6 // Radius of outer circle.
OutLength 12
AlongLength 24
Location <
Side [Top Bottom Left Right]
OutAnchor MidCropMark
OverAnchor Center
MarkCorner MarkCenter
>
>
// Color bar, on the upper left.
<
Type ColorBar
NumberOfCells 12
CellSize 16
CMYKValues [0 0 0 1 // black
0 0 1 0 // yellow
0 1 1 0 // magenta + yellow
0 1 0 0 // magenta
1 1 0 0 // cyan + magenta
1 0 0 0 // cyan
1 0 1 0 // cyan + yellow
1 1 1 0 // cyan + magenta + yellow
.5 0 0 0 // 50% cyan
0 .5 0 0 // 50% magenta
0 0 .5 0 // 50% yellow
0 0 0 .5] // 50% black
Weight 2 // Width of the stroke around each cell
CMYKStrokeValue [0 0 0 0] // Color of the stroke (white)
Location <
Side Left
OutAnchor MidCropMark
OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
OverDirection Top
OverOffset 4
MarkCorner MarkTop
>
//Threshold and AltMarkDefinition tell InDesign
//what to do with the marks when the page size becomes
//too small to fit the marks along the top/bottom
//or left/right side of the page.
ThreshHold <
MinPageHeight 448
>
AltMarkDefinition <
Location <
Side Left
OutAnchor OuterCropMark
OutOffset 2
OverAnchor Center
MarkCorner MarkRight
>
>
>
//End of color bar definition.
//Gray bar, at the bottom left.
<
Type ColorBar
NumberOfCells 10
CellSize 16
//The array of tints printed in the cells:
RegistrationValues [1 .9 .8 .7 .6 .5 .4 .3 .2 .1]
Weight 2 // Stroke width the cells.
RegistrationStrokeValue 0 // Stroke color of the cells (white).
Location <
Side Bottom
OutAnchor MidCropMark
OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
OverDirection Left
OverOffset 4
MarkCorner MarkLeft
>
ThreshHold <
MinPageWidth 448
>
AltMarkDefinition <
Location <
Side Bottom
OutAnchor OuterCropMark
OutOffset 2
OverAnchor Center
MarkCorner MarkTop
>
>
>
//End of gray bar definition.
// Page information, at the top of the page.
<
Type MarkText
TextSize 7
AllPlates true
SamePositionOnAllPlates true
FormatString (%s %s %s - %s - (%s\))
InfoValues [PubName Date Time PageLabel PlateColor]
Location <
Side Top
OutAnchor MidCropMark
OutOffset 4
OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
OverDirection Left
OverOffset 3
MarkCorner MarkLL
>
>
//End of page information definition.
]
//End of MarksArray
>
//End of custom printer's marks file.