User guide

1.7 Routine use
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Sheet-fed When the device is sheet-fed, the origin of the page defined
by the job is located at the bottom-left of the sheet. However,
in the Page Layout dialog box of some versions of the RIP,
only the
Top Margin (TM) is editable with a default value of
0.00 inches. If these default settings were applied the job
would be located at the top-left of the sheet. To prevent this,
the
Top Margin (TM) is applied as the Bottom Margin (BM). If
your version of the RIP needs to swap these values a message
confirming this is displayed in the RIP monitor window.
If you increase the
Bottom Margin (BM) on a sheet-fed device,
space cannot be added to the bottom of the page. This means
that the space available on the sheet is reduced.
The
Page size represents the frame within which text and images are printed.
Note: The
Page size that you can choose here is only important if you print a job
that does not specify its own page size. Such jobs are rare, but include EPS files
and the job created by the menu option
Fonts > Proof Fonts.
Where possible, the RIP gets the width and length of the media from the printer.
In some cases this information is not available, for example, when printing to a
file or when using the LPR protocol. In these cases the
Media Width (MW) and
Media Length (ML) values are used as defaults and a message is displayed in the
RIP monitor window. See “Printer-specific messages and symptoms” on
page 49 for details.
The table below contains the dimensions of many common paper sizes, which
you can use if you need to specify default values for media width and length.
Paper Size
Dimensions
(inches)
Dimensions (mm)
B5 7.2 x 10.1 182 x 257
Letter 8.5 x 11 215.9 x 279.4
Banner 8.5 x 44 863.6 x 1118
A4 8.27 x 11.69 210 x 297
Table 1.4 Paper sizes and dimensions