This is where you set how the pages will be positioned on the output media and/or what happens when the pages are larger than the size of the media.
"Rotate Layout for Imaging" group
In this group you can set the orientation of the sheet layout on the plate. Rotation is in steps of 90° counterclockwise compared to orientation of the original sheets (for example, like defined on Prinect Signa Station). This setting affects CTP output only and normally is used for lenticular imaging.
"Layout Orientation" list box
This is where you can select orientation of the sheet layout (in steps of 90° counterclockwise).
"Customize" group
"When Media Too Small" list box
In the "When Media Too Small" list box, you can define what will happen when a sheet layout you will output is larger than the output size of the imagesetter. You can set the following parameters:
•"Clip to Fit on Media"
You can use this option if the sheet layout is only slightly larger that the size of the plate. The sheet is centered on the media when output if you also enable the "Horizontally Centered" and/or "Vertically Centered" option. If these options are disabled, you can set a horizontal and vertical offset by entering values in the "Clip at" boxes. The offset values are the distance of the left edge of the sheet to the left edge of the media and the distance of the lower edge of the sheet to the lower edge of the media.
•"Scale Down to Fit on Media"
The sheet is scaled down to fit on the output media if you select this option. The sheet content is then reproduced fully, but not in its original scale. In some cases, very fine lines can be lost because of the scale-down. You cannot use "Scaling" because scaling is automatic.
•"Abort Output"
Output is aborted if the sheet is larger than the media size.
"Scaling" parameter
You can enter set scaling factors (in percent) for horizontal and vertical scaling in these boxes. The pages are scaled down or up accordingly during output. Make sure that you enter the same scaling factor for both horizontal and vertical direction to avoid a distorted output of the pages.
"Mirror" option
Enable this option if you wish the page to be mirrored compared to the original when output. You can use this option, for example, if an option for mirroring output was checked in the DTP application when the document was being created and the documents you have are mirrored. When you enable "Mirror" in the "PageOutput" sequence, mirroring of the documents is reverted when they are output to the imagesetter.
"Automatic front/back" option
This option lets you control how the front and back of a press sheet will be used. You can choose between the following settings:
•On: The pages are distributed automatically on the front and back of a sheet. The system decides automatically which pages will be positioned on the front and which on the back.
•Front only: The pages are positioned only on the front of a sheet.
•Back only: The pages are positioned only on the back of a sheet.