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THE PRESS MARKS AREA
When Targets is checked in the Press Marks area, four buttons displaying the
four types of targets are available:
Round Positive, Round Negative, Square
Positive,
and Square Negative. They are each comprised of QuarkXPress items
and are placed centered on all four sides in the trim area.
• The
Round Positive marks consist of a QuarkXPress circular box with a white
background, a .25-point frame, and two .25-point cross members that are both
Registration color.
• The
Round Negative targets are the same, except the colors are reversed.
• The
Square Positive Marks consist of a QuarkXPress square box with a white
background, a .25-point frame, and two .25-point cross members that are both
Registration color.
• The
Square Negative targets are the same, except the colors are reversed.
If the area between the trim dimensions is too small to accommodate the
targets, they will not be placed.
In the
Press Marks area, when Color Bars and/or Gray Bars is checked, the
bars are placed outside the trim area.
• The
Color Bars in Quark Item Marks consist of boxes filled with a color for
each ink defined in the project along with a box containing a 50% shade of
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. You set both the height and the width of
each box in the
Mark Size field in the Marks pane.
• The
Gray Bars in Quark Item Marks are comprised of 10 boxes filled
with 10%–100% Registration color, in increments of 10 percentage points.
You set both the height and the width of each box in the
Mark Size field
in the
Marks pane.
If the area between the trim dimensions is too small to accommodate the color
and/or gray bars, they will not be placed.
THE PLATE TAGS AREA
Using the Plate Tags area, you can add a date and time, layout name, CMYK
tags, and notes to your marks.
•
When
Date & Time is checked, a white text box containing the date and time
is placed outside the trim area and is located at top right.
•
When Layout Name is checked, a white text box containing the fi
le’
s name is
placed outside the trim area and is located at top left.
THE MARKS PANE
CHAPTER 1: QUARK ITEM MARKS
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