Filmsetter and Platesetter Editors 

Use these editors if you wish to create/edit a parameter set for filmsetters/platesetters that is saved as a "machine" in "Filmsetters" / "Platesetters".

•"Mode for Imagesetter Definition": You should use the machine data of an IPR/Query file. All subsequent boxes are then set automatically.

You will find the "Ipr_Qry" folder that is created automatically for these machine data in "Prefer­ences > Paths > Workspace".

Select the "Manual" mode only if there is no query file.

In some RIP configurations, the IPR/Qry file may supply inconsistent values for "Nominal Size", "Imaging Window" and "X/Y Offset". You must then correct the values manually.

•"IPR/Qry File": All query files are saved in the "Ipr_Qry" folder. A query file must be located in this folder if you want the RIP to generate it.

If the job has a reference to an IPR/Qry file that is not in this folder, the font color is red.

Click the folder button on the right to browse to the "Ipr_Qry" folder.

•"Imagesetter and RIP Type": Imagesetter and RIP name. They don't have any control function.

•"Material": Name of the output material. The choice of material influences the "Nominal Size and "Imaging Window" settings.

If the material name is taken from an IPR/Qry file, it affects work down the line (material selec­tion at the RIP, calibration).
Material name "dummymat@-1" in the "Manual" mode doesn't affect your workflow.

•"Nominal Size": Size of the output material

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

•"Imaging Window":

·"Width" and "Height" of the imagesetter's maximum imaging area.

·"X/Y Offset": Horizontal or vertical offset of the maximum imaging window in relation to the output material. The X, Y origin is at the bottom left.

•"Punches": Displays the number of punch dies per head, foot, left and right side.

Loading the 'Filmsetter / Platesetter' to the Job

The filmsetter or platesetter is defined in the output parameter set and is loaded with the "Output Parameter Set" resource.

•The job output dialog displays for output of your job ("File > Print job"). You assign the output parameter set to your job in this dialog.

The output parameter set can be defined in the "Plate Templates" resource and you can load it through this resource. In this way, the "Filmsetter / Platesetter" is loaded indirectly to the job:

•Output Parameter Set Editor and select imagesetter resource

•"Output" step and select output parameter set resource