Standard Marks

The default marks are written in English. The standard marks are explained in the table below:

Name in Prinect Signa Station	Explanation
ASIR-Muellermartini-24pt-5mm	Special barcodes for MullerMartini presses. The mark is to be used only in conjunction with the IDAutomationHI25M barcode font.
ASIR-Muellermartini-128C-5mm	Special barcodes for MullerMartini presses. The mark is to be used only in conjunction with the IDAutomationHI25M barcode font.
Arc	Register mark (with circle)
BarcodePlateNo	Cross-system unique identification of the printing plate (PlateNumber); this special barcode mark provides a direct link to the print job through assignment of the plate to an operation based on the plate number. For this to work, the barcode must be placed on a non-printable area of the plate template. This makes it easier for you to select the job to be printed from the job list.
CollatingMark	Collating mark
CollatingMarkExtension	Collating mark (especially for gang run form)
Colorbar-4C	Color control bar for all workflows with CMYK
Colorbar-6C	Color control bar for all workflows with CMYK and 2 spot colors
Colorbar-8C	Color control bar for all workflows with CMYK and 4 spot colors
Colorbar-Combi(4C,6C,8C)	A combi mark has several color control marks. During output, the correct mark is automatically used for the press sheet that you want to print.
CoverClippath	CoverClippath relates to pages/1ups and covers the background, depending on the clip path (mainly for packaging).
CreasingMark	Mark for Creasing style
CropMark	Cut mark
Cross	Simple register mark
CutMark	Simple cut mark
FoldIcon	Icon that shows the fold procedure as a graphic. Exactly like the two-dimensional graphic in the Fold Assistant.
FoldingCross	This mark helps you by visualizing in the folding scheme where folding will be (folding marks are outside the scheme).
FoldingMark	Fold mark
FoldingSheetCut	These are cut marks at the four corners of the folding sheet for trimming the entire folding sheet (other cut marks refer to the pages).
NelaPlateControl	A particular structure for a Data Matrix mark was agreed upon with Nela for the interaction with Nela plate logistic systems so that the mark to be imaged on the plate contains all the necessary information, for example, to be correctly assigned to the plate stacker. The "NelaPlateControl" mark is equivalent to the SF-NELA-Prinect barcode definition.
NelaPlateControlDetails	Shows the content of the "NelaPlateControl" mark in plain text.
OneUpIdentifier	"Automatically Placed Print Control Marks" (1up ID)
OneUpIdentifierDetails	"Automatically Placed Print Control Marks" (1up ID) for gang run form layout of the folding sheet
OneUpIdentifierPackagingDetails	"Automatically Placed Print Control Marks" (1up ID) for a packaging-compliant gang run form layout
PageCutIndex	"Page-related cut index". Cuts can be defined. Enables faulty cuts to be identified in every 1up.
PageLabel	Page label
PSS_Versioning_2008_FoldingSheet	Mark for jobs with versioning. Marks the folding sheet and the appropriate folding sheet number.
PSS_Versioning_2008_FoldingSheet_s	Mark for jobs with versioning. Marks the folding sheet and the appropriate folding sheet number and the version name.
PSS_Versioning_2008_PressSheet	Mark for jobs with versioning. Marks the press sheet and the appropriate press sheet number.
PSS_VersioningMark	Mark for jobs with versioning. Displays product part and layer.
PullLay	Sheet lay mark (set between paper and plate so that printers can recognize whether or not the paper is positioned correctly)
PullLay (fix position)	Looks like the PullLay mark but keeps its position on the back during copying
Register_HD	Specially created half register mark used to save space
RegisterLine	Register mark
RegisterSimple	Register mark
SheetLabel	Contains placeholders for a press sheet.
SheetLay	Marks the position of the fold lay mark.
SignaturInReadersSpread	Contains the job name and the collating number as a placeholder.
StationNumber	StationNumber is a text mark that contains a variable (number) and is used to identify a 1up (for Montage and Packaging).
Text	Text mark
TilingLine_Horizontal	Tiling (mainly filmsetters)
TilingLine_Vertical	Tiling (mainly filmsetters)
TilingRegister	Tiling (mainly filmsetters)
TilingText	Tiling (mainly filmsetters)
WST-5 Barcode	Five-digit text mark that facilitates a mechanical production check for WST devices.
WST-7 Barcode	Seven-digit text mark that facilitates a mechanical production check for WST devices. Designed especially for working with versioning.

Some of these marks are used for very specific purposes in Signa Station. These marks will be described in detail later.

Cut Marks

The "CropMark" is a cut mark. You use it to define a cut block. Prinect Signa Station automatically defines a cut block if no cut marks are set. For example, each folding sheet is a cut block in that case. Data for finishing are always found in this mark.

Precutting Marks

The "Montage" work mode has a type of mark called "Precutting Marks". The marks are important in label processing if you are working with a push-through punch. More details can be found in Precutting marks (Montage only).

Fold Marks

In contrast to the cut marks, the "FoldingMark" is ignored when calculating a cut block. They indicate the points where the folding sheet will be folded.

A new parameter was added to the "Marks" steps. You can enable "Not on Cover". This requires that the first folding sheet is set as the cover.

Color Control Bars

The standard marks also include color control bars for process and spot colors, namely "Colorbar-4C", "Colorbar-6C" and "Colorbar-8C".

Combi Marks

A combi mark can have several color marks:

•Color control bar

•Special color control bar

•Ink pickup bar

•Imported color control bars (DIPCO, etc.)

How do users benefit from combi marks?

For example, a plate template is to have a color control bar that can be used for a 4-color, 6-color and 8-color printing unit. The user only has to load one plate template with its combi mark to the job. This job can be used on a press as required without the need for a new plate template because the combi mark detects the number of colors and automatically uses the correct color control bar. In other words, during an output where content pages are assigned, the mark with the matching number of colors is automatically used from the combi mark for each surface.

You can see the color control bar from the list that matches the colors on the press sheet. The colors depend on the assigned contents or on the colors defined (planned) in the Job Inspector that will be used as the default for JDF and job ticket in a third-party workflow.

The Prinect Prepress Manager is responsible for selecting the mark in the interactive workflow.

Note:

Single marks that are to form a combi mark should have the same general parameters from the Color Control Bar Editor such as "Mark Type" and "Hotspot". The geometry of the marks (height/width) should also be the same.

Dipco marks can also form a combi mark. In this case, the marks you need are added with Marks Import and combined to a combi mark.

Example:
You want to load two marks, each with four process colors CMYK and three spot colors. Only one of the two marks can be loaded.

Example: A job contains 7 colors that are listed in the following order: BCMY, Varnish, Gray, Pantone. As a result, the colors in the mark are assigned as follows:

B=K
C=C
M=M
Y=Y
Varnish=X
Gray=Z
Pantone=U

A combi mark with 4/6/8 colors is placed on the sheet.

If "Coating unit" is assigned as the usage to varnish in the color list, then the 6-color mark is selected correctly. This requires that "Automatic Color Mapping" is set in the Job Inspector. No spot color is missing, gray is mapped to X and Pantone to Z.
You will find more details about usage in User-defined Color Mapping.

Update Combi Mark

You can update a combi mark with the context-sensitive menu in "Jobs & Resources > Marks". You can also update the single marks in a combi mark in the "Combi Mark" list using the update button in the relevant editor.

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