Assembly Block (only in the "Montage" work mode)
The "Assembly Block" step is designed to edit jobs you created in the "Montage" work mode.
In this group, you can create, position and delete assembly blocks and load a CFF2 file as a single 1up.
This displays the block name (that you can edit) that is selected in the Browser window or in the graphic view. You can enter a prefix for all the block names if you haven't selected a block name. You can change the name afterwards.
You can create a new assembly block by clicking the icon below.
Click the folder button below to load a CFF2 file for creating a new assembly block with a CAD single 1up. You can then duplicate and arrange the 1up as you want. You can edit the clip path in the "Folding Sheet/Assembly Block/Cutting Die" tab in the graphic window. See Packaging (Packaging Pro, Label Pro).
The option is only available if the "Packaging" option is enabled.
You can delete the assembly block from the list by clicking the trashcan icon.
Width/Height
The size of the 1up is specified.
The bleed width is shown. Prinect Signa Station makes sure automatically that bleeds do not overlap in an assembly bock.
Name
You can fully rename the selected assembly block (with single 1ups). This is a fast way to assign unique names if there are different 1ups. The changed name is taken into account in the JDF workflow.
Enable "Use custom values".
You can define a custom bleed for all the pages of the selected 1up.
Orientation
You can rotate the 1ups on the selected assembly block by the specified degrees with this option.
Click "On". You can then enter an angle by which the 1ups on the selected assembly block will be rotated. Pivot is bottom left. This is used for envelopes, for example, to align the rear flap of the envelope correctly (35°).
Placement rule for assigned 1ups
You can find a description of this in Placement rule for assigned pages.
Note: In the Assembly Block Template Editor, there are also settings to mark the assembly block for submitting it to ganging.
See details in Parameters for Ganging Optimization
When this option is set (default), all the 1ups are assigned the same content. In the graphic window, you will see that all the 1ups have the same number. The 1ups of the first assembly block are all numbered "1", those of the second assembly block "2", etc. When you assign the content of a 1up to an assembly block, all the 1ups in this assembly block are automatically given the same content.
The 1ups are numbered consecutively, starting with one ('1'), if the option is not set. In this case, you must assign the contents separately for each 1up.
In these boxes, you can define how often a 1up in the assembly block will be created in X (horizontal) or Y (vertical) direction.
Fill sheet
Starting from the present position of the assembly block on the press sheet, as many 1ups as will fit on the press sheet will be created to the right, left and/or on top.
If an assembly block has several 1ups, you can specify the gaps between the 1ups in X and Y direction.
Position X/Y
This shows the position of the selected assembly block on the press sheet. The bottom left corner of the paper is the zero point for both directions.
Margin, left / right / top / bottom
You can enter a margin for the assembly block in these boxes. A cut mark is not placed if this margin is smaller than the cut mark. This allows the cut point for assembly blocks to be set accurately without the automatically set cut marks disturbing this setting.
In lenticular printing, a lens foil and a specially edited 1up (image) are needed for impositioning. The lens foil is printed from the back and consists of parallel lenses (curvature of the foil). In addition, you have to set other conditions for assembly:
Lenticular Scaling
Different lenticular effects need either a horizontal or vertical orientation of the lens.
Mechanical Pitch (resolution of the foil)
Describes the resolution of the foil.
Image Scale
Matches the image to the recorder resolution.
You can find a description of this in Marks.
Difference to above description: In contrast to the Folding Sheet Inspector, you can only change the automatically set cut marks in the Assembly Block Inspector but not the folding marks, collating mark, folding crosses and folding sheet cuts.
You can find a description of this in Marks Resources .