Not sure where to post this, but we need a program to number files for our Xerox DocColor 12. Right now we print the job on the Xerox then send it to the press to be numbered. Would love to avoid the press for certain jobs. Any good software, doesn't need lots of bells and whistles that will allow us to number for the Xerox?
thanks
Hi,
There's no need to buy numbering software.
If it is a multiple page document:
First print to a pdf file. Then in Adobe Acrobat, create the page numbers you need.
It's a good idea to scroll through the file to see if the page numbers crash into any text that is formated with different margins other than the page you set up on.
If it is 1 original document, it's a little more complicated.
My B&W copier (Konika/Minolta) has the capability to print a page number, date, text or design overlay either right from the panel or from the pc (refer to your manual).
My Canon color copier doesn't but both copiers have the capability to print an overlay (the Fiery controller for the Canon calls them Master Pages).
I created more complicated numbering templates for tickets which I am planning to sell in trade magazines but if you just want to print just 1 number on a page using my technique, I can walk you through it. (Once you make the overlay/templates, you can use it/them over an over again. I have them saved on the print driver so I don't even have to load them the next time I need them.)
First, you create a numbered document in whatever software you use, with only the page number placed wherever you need it to be and make as many pages as you need and save it. You can even make more pages than you need and only print up to the page number you need each time instead of making many different files. (You can't add color to the background).
Open the original document. I don't know exactly how the Xerox runs its overlays (you'll probably have to check you manual) but on the Konica/Minolta, I print/save/create the ORIGINAL document to an overlay (or whatever term the driver uses).
If you have a Fiery controller, I can explain those steps upon request.
Then open the numbered file, and before you print (print only page 1 to test at first), call up the overlay that you saved and print it in the background of the muliple page numbering file.
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If anyone is interested in my simple-to-use (and cheap!) Ticket Numbering Templates
to number while printing, then just CUT and STACK (no colating), email me at
[email protected].
