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    Default InDesign Custom printmarks

    We have done a ton of research looking for how to get the Quark style print marks .mrk file to work when porting it over from the Mac to the PC for InDesign, so PrintPlanet gurus are my last hope. When we print out a page using the mark we get PAGEMARKS DEFINITION FILE ERROR instead.
    Below is the file in full. We need the file ID to print at the top of the page and by default InDesign has no ability to alter the location.



    //pgmk.v02.00
    <
    Style (BarsOnTop)
    MarksArray
    [
    <
    Type FourCropMarks
    Length 24
    >
    <
    Type RegistrationMark
    Count 4
    InnerRadius 0 // Omit the inner target.
    OuterRadius 6 // Radius of outer circle.
    OutLength 12
    AlongLength 24
    Location <
    Side [Top Bottom Left Right]
    OutAnchor MidCropMark
    OverAnchor Center
    MarkCorner MarkCenter
    >
    >
    // Color bar, on the upper left.
    <
    Type ColorBar
    NumberOfCells 12
    CellSize 16
    CMYKValues [0 0 0 1 // black
    0 0 1 0 // yellow
    0 1 1 0 // magenta + yellow
    0 1 0 0 // magenta
    1 1 0 0 // cyan + magenta
    1 0 0 0 // cyan
    1 0 1 0 // cyan + yellow
    1 1 1 0 // cyan + magenta + yellow
    .5 0 0 0 // 50% cyan
    0 .5 0 0 // 50% magenta
    0 0 .5 0 // 50% yellow
    0 0 0 .5] // 50% black
    Weight 2 // Width of the stroke around each cell
    CMYKStrokeValue [0 0 0 0] // Color of the stroke (white)
    Location <
    Side Left
    OutAnchor MidCropMark
    OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
    OverDirection Top
    OverOffset 4
    MarkCorner MarkTop
    >
    //Threshold and AltMarkDefinition tell InDesign
    //what to do with the marks when the page size becomes
    //too small to fit the marks along the top/bottom
    //or left/right side of the page.
    ThreshHold <
    MinPageHeight 448
    >
    AltMarkDefinition <
    Location <
    Side Left
    OutAnchor OuterCropMark
    OutOffset 2
    OverAnchor Center
    MarkCorner MarkRight
    >
    >
    >
    //End of color bar definition.
    //Gray bar, at the bottom left.
    <
    Type ColorBar
    NumberOfCells 10
    CellSize 16
    //The array of tints printed in the cells:
    RegistrationValues [1 .9 .8 .7 .6 .5 .4 .3 .2 .1]
    Weight 2 // Stroke width the cells.
    RegistrationStrokeValue 0 // Stroke color of the cells (white).
    Location <
    Side Bottom
    OutAnchor MidCropMark
    OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
    OverDirection Left
    OverOffset 4
    MarkCorner MarkLeft
    >
    ThreshHold <
    MinPageWidth 448
    >
    AltMarkDefinition <
    Location <
    Side Bottom
    OutAnchor OuterCropMark
    OutOffset 2
    OverAnchor Center
    MarkCorner MarkTop
    >
    >
    >
    //End of gray bar definition.
    // Page information, at the top of the page.
    <
    Type MarkText
    TextSize 9
    AllPlates true
    SamePositionOnAllPlates true
    FormatString (%s %s %s - %s - (%s\))
    InfoValues [PubName Date Time PageLabel PlateColor]
    Location <
    Side Top
    OutAnchor MidCropMark
    OutOffset 4
    OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
    OverDirection Left
    OverOffset 3
    MarkCorner MarkLL
    >
    >
    //End of page information definition.
    ]
    //End of MarksArray
    >
    //End of custom printer's marks file.

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    Does this work on the Mac?

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    pcmodem is offline Senior Member
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    Try this one instead:

    Code:
    //pgmk.v02.00
    <
    MarksArray
    [
        <
            Type FourCropMarks
            Length 15
        >
        <
            Type FourBleedMarks
            BleedMarkOffset 3 //I can't get the Mark to shift 3 points like the Default InDesign one.
            Length 18
        >
        <
            Type RegistrationMark
            Count 4
            InnerRadius 3  //no inner black-filled circle
            OuterRadius 5  //Radius of outer circle.
            OutLength 6
            AlongLength 6
            Location <
                Side [Top Bottom Left Right]
                OutAnchor MidCropMark
                OverAnchor Center
                MarkCorner MarkCenter
            >
        >
    
        // Color bar, on the upper right.
        <
            Type ColorBar
            NumberOfCells 11
            CellSize 14
            CMYKValues [0  0  1  0        // yellow
                    0  1  0  0        // magenta
                    1  0  0  0        // cyan
                    1  1  0  0        // cyan + magenta
                    1  0  1  0        // cyan + yellow
                    0  1  1  0        // magenta + yellow
                    0  0  0  1        // black
                    0  0  .5 0        // 50% yellow
                    0  .5 0  0        // 50% magenta
                    .5 0  0  0        // 50% cyan
                    0  0  0  .5]    // 50% black
            Weight 1 // Width of the stroke around each cell
            RegistrationStrokeValue .65
            Location <
                    Side Top
                    OutAnchor MidCropMark
                    OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
                    OverDirection Top
                    OverOffset 6
                    MarkCorner MarkRight
            >
        >
        //End of color bar definition.
        //Gray bar, at the upper left.
        <
            Type ColorBar
            NumberOfCells 11
            CellSize 14
            //The array of tints printed in the cells:
            RegistrationValues [1 .9 .8 .7 .6 .5 .4 .3 .2 .1 0]
            Weight 1 // Stroke width the cells.
            RegistrationStrokeValue .65
            Location <
                Side Top
                OutAnchor MidCropMark
                OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
                OverDirection Left
                OverOffset 6
                MarkCorner MarkLeft
            >
        >
        //End of gray bar definition.
    
        //Page information, at the Bottom Left of the page (Separations).
        <
            Type MarkText
            TextSize 6
            AllPlates true
            SamePositionOnAllPlates    true
            FormatString (%s   %s    (%s\))
            InfoValues [PubName PageLabel PlateColor]
            SeparationsOnly true
            Location <
                Side Bottom
                OutAnchor MidCropMark
                OutOffset -1.5
                OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
                OverDirection Left
                OverOffset 10
                MarkCorner MarkLeft
            >
        >
        //End of Bottom Left page information definition (Separations).
    
        //Page information, at the Bottom Left of the page (No Separations).
        <
            Type MarkText
            TextSize 6
            AllPlates true
            SamePositionOnAllPlates    true
            FormatString (%s   %s)
            InfoValues [PubName PageLabel]
            SeparationsOnly false //This is not working as I want it too
            Location <
                Side Bottom
                OutAnchor MidCropMark
                OutOffset -1.5
                OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
                OverDirection Left
                OverOffset 10
                MarkCorner MarkLeft
            >
        >
        //End of Bottom Left page information definition (No Separations).
    
        //Page information, at the Bottom Right of the page.
        <
            Type MarkText
            TextSize 6
            AllPlates true
            SamePositionOnAllPlates    true
            FormatString (%s   %s)
            InfoValues [Date Time]
            Location <
                Side Bottom
                OutAnchor MidCropMark
                OutOffset -1.5
                OverAnchor EdgeOfPage
                OverDirection Right
                MarkCorner MarkRight
            >
        >
        //End of Bottom Right page information definition.
    
    ]
    //End of MarksArray
    >
    //End of custom printer's marks file.


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