User Guide

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For more precise control over the place-
ment of crop marks, use the Make Crop-
marks command. For more information
about the Make Cropmarks command,
see Setting crop marks.
• Registration marks and star targets.
Illustrator places two types of marks
around your artwork that the print shop
uses to align the separations; they are
registration marks and star targets.
Registration marks are the most
commonly used marks in printing,
because they are easy to line up accu-
rately. Star targets are harder to align
than registration marks, but they are
extremely accurate.
• Labels. Illustrator labels the film with
the name of the file, the line screen
used, the screen angle for the separa-
tion, and the color of each particular
plate. These labels appear at the top of
the image.
Important: Do not remove the labels
from the separations before printing.
Doing so may make it impossible for the
stripper to determine which separation
belongs to which color.