PPML through Fiery prints color bars/ registration marks - Check PPML does not

[svanniman]

All;

I wrote my own PPML generator and at first we simply printed the entire document with overlays; however, some of the art from certain graphic designers had too much bleed.

I modified my program to force a maximum of 1/8" bleed on any given edge. I'm using the Reusable Object with a position of 0,0 and the dimensions of the entire page.

Then in the Mark, I'm moving the position out the extra bleed and using the CLIP_RECTANGLE to then cut the original document to just the size of the art + 1/8" bleed.

When running CheckPPML, everything checks out. No error messages and the resulting .pdf is correct (which I can print and is correct); however, if I drop my PPML file on the hot folder, it also prints all the color bars and registration marks in the document which are outside of the CLIP_RECTANGLE area.

The PPML documentation is not clear enough to be of help.

A) Is there a PPML command to suppress color bars / registration marks?
B) Should I be clipping the art in the Reusable Object and if so, what is the best method?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[tobias]

can you post your PPML (using pastebin.com or put it somewhere online)? If your PPML requires assets (EXTERNAL_DATAs) to RIP properly, remove those, or put them somewhere as a zip (perhaps in lowres) I'll try to see what's wrong with it.