Output Parameter Set Editor 

Use this editor if you wish to create/edit a new set of output parameters that is saved as a resource in "Output Parameter Sets".

'General' 

• "Name": Displays the group folder name and the name of the output parameter set that you can edit.

•"Output Device": You can choose between an imagesetter and a digital press.

•"Imagesetter data set": This is where you select a filmsetter or platesetter in "Filmsetters" or "Platesetters" in the Browser window. To do this, click the folder button on the right. All installed filmsetters or platesetters will then be shown.

The name in the "Data set" box comprises
a) the group folder name of the imagesetter resource and
b) the name of the imagesetter.

•Digital press data set: Select the relevant machine resource.

•"Material": (imagesetters only) You cannot edit the material but only select it from the list box. The "Width" and "Height" show the size of the imaging window.

"Width": Slow scan direction
"Height": Fast scan direction

You can only change the imaging window/max. paper size of the materials in "Machines" in "Resources & Machines".

•"Workflow":

You select the workflow in the list box in "Device". Then only the outputs possible in combina­tion with the device are shown in the list box in "Variant".

Possible combinations:

For the "Prinect Renderer (via JDF)" variant, you must also enter the output type. This is where you specify the code of an output parameter template that controls the type of output in the Prinect Renderer (comparable with the previous "Output Plan" in MetaDimension). You can find more details in: Workflow: Prinect Renderer (via JDF)

•"Output folder for PDF, JDF, JT": Click the folder button to the right and select the output folder for your output data in the Browser window.

•Settings for "Prinect Business Manager": Displays if option set up. Click the folder button to the right and select the folder for transfer of the layout.

•File Name for Print

The basic name for printing is set by default if this option is enabled in the output parameter set.
For example, you can assign each press its own naming scheme.
If you are printing with output parameter set "XL162", the name in the text box could be "Heidel­berg XL162". In addition, you could add placeholder "Job Number" to the end of the name.

'Options' 

Output

•"All in one job": All the press sheets are output in one job.

·Advantage: High processing speed.

·Disadvantage: If the output in large complex jobs is faulty, the entire job must be output again after the error is eliminated.

•"One job per press sheet or web": One job per front and back printing or per web is output.

·Advantage: If the output in large complex jobs is faulty, only a part of the job must be out­put again after the error is eliminated. This saves you time and material.

•"One job per surface": A job is created for every front and every back.

·Advantage: If the output in large complex jobs is faulty, only a small part of the job must be output again after the error is eliminated. This saves you time and material.

·Disadvantage: The capacity of your output device is not always used optimally.

•"Print press sheets in reverse order": Output starts with the last press sheet.

•"Rearrange Back": For the back, you can switch from "Sheetwise" to "Perfector" or vice versa as the placement rule. This option lets you change your output fast and simply without having to modify the job settings.
This setting is used for finishing.

Orientation

•"Automatic": The press sheets are rotated automatically by 90° if they do not fit the output material.

•"Portrait": The sheets are output in portrait format.

•"Landscape": The sheets are output in landscape format.

Visual Effects

•"Separated Output (only PostScript workflow; result depends on RIP)": Composite data can be output as separated data.

•"Mirror horizontal" / "Mirror vertical" You can mirror the sheet horizontally and/or vertically.

Conversion of spot colors to CMYK

•"Convert Spot Colors to CMYK": Spot colors in a job are not printed as they are but are con­verted to CMYK and printed with the corresponding CMYK values.

You cannot use this function in the PDF workflow with separated data.

The Renderer workflow (device="Prinect", type="Prinect Renderer") is a special case in this: In addi­tion to the options of no conversion or converting all the spot colors in the Prinect Signa Station out­put to CMYK, it is possible to handle spot colors of the job through settings defined in the Prinect workflow.

Scaling

You can scale the sheet up or down in percent (minimum=10%, maximum=500%) in x direction (horizontal) and y direction (vertical) for your output. The X and Y values must be the same in tiled sheets.

OPP and OPC parameter sets

These parameter sets allow you to set RIP parameters such as screening or resolution.

Imaging Size

Imagesetter Imaging Window

The imaging window you have for output results from the imaging window of the plate template.

Paper

The imaging window you have for output results from the paper dimensions.

Tiling

Tiled sheets will be output. The imaging window results from the number of tiling marks on the paper. See also Tiling and Paper Output.

Alternative Plate Template

You can select a different plate template for output. The imaging window of the alternative plate tem­plate is used, and all the marks of the original plate template are replaced by those of the alternative plate template. The changes only affect output and not the job itself. This makes it easy for you to change the target device you want for output. The imaging window you have for output results from the imaging window of the new plate template you selected.

Tiling and Paper Output

Is enabled if "Paper" or "Tiling" was selected in section "Imaging Size".

•"Don't generate tiling marks": You can select to output your tiled sheets without any
tiling marks.

These are eight registration marks and a text mark that identifies the tile. All these marks are placed automatically in the "Extra space" (see below).

•"Extra space": Extra space defines the width of the margin that fully surrounds each tile. This margin is required for the tiling marks that are set automatically ("TilingRegister" and "Tiling­Text" marks).

You increase the tile size by defining extra space. You must make sure that the maximum output format for the imagesetter is not exceeded when you do this.

Back Offset

In the "Horizontal" and "Vertical" boxes, you can enter the values by which the press sheet for the back will be moved in relation to the center. For example, this lets you offset tolerances in machines that print front and back at the same time. You can check the result in the "Print Job..." dialog in the "View" function.