Preps 5.33 Crop Mark Question

[AdamZx3]

I recently started using preps at my company's small print shop, and I ran into a problem that I can't solve. When I make a work and turn imposition, preps wants to add crop marks that lie on the trim line. I ran through most of the training guide but could not find any instance of this in the guide.

Any idea's on how to fix this? I attached a photo that shows the problem area.

[Jackie]

Yes it is very annoying that the "Smart" crop mark can't figure out the gutter or lack of one in a work and turn. The only work around is to apply crops to the individual pages where you have control over the individual marks. Go under the Template Menu/Modify Template Page/Add Crop Marks. It's a bit more time consuming but it gets the job done and if the marks are the same for multiple pages you can just shift click to grab more than one page at a time.

Hope this helps.

Jackie

[buckeye]

Drag your pointer over the unwanted trim marks to select them and then just delete.

[AdamZx3]

Thanks guys!! I knew there had to be a way to do it

[Sev]

Hold down the Option key, and select the mark you wish to delete. Very fast, this way you dont have to use Static Marks. If you dont hold down the option key, it will delete the whole set of crop marks. Holding down the option key will allow you to select only the marks that you wish to delete.

-Sev

[AdamZx3]

Wow thanks Sev!, thats really going to speed things up!

Speaking of Work & Turns in Preps, is there a way to manually edit the gutter width in the middle? I have just been adding the outside gutter and middle gutter and subtracting what I wanted to give me the final gutter on the left/outside.

[giant1958]

Drag your pointer over the unwanted trim marks to select them and then just delete.

Thats what I do

[giant1958]

Wow thanks Sev!, thats really going to speed things up!

Speaking of Work & Turns in Preps, is there a way to manually edit the gutter width in the middle? I have just been adding the outside gutter and middle gutter and subtracting what I wanted to give me the final gutter on the left/outside.

I havent found a way...just adjust your left margin to get the desired result

[Sev]

Another way to do a work & turn in Preps is not use the work & turn style. Just make it a one-sided two page layout. Then you can click on the center gutter and put in your gutter amount.

-Sev

[giant1958]

But then when you proof the job it will not back it self up.


John