Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 559)

INDESIGN CS3
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Crop Marks Adds fine (hairline) horizontal and vertical rules that define where the page should be trimmed. Crop
marks can also help register (align) one color separation to another. By using together with bleed marks, you can
select overlapped marks.
Bleed Marks Adds fine (hairline) rules that define the amount of extra area to image outside the defined page size.
Registration Marks Adds small “targets” outside the page area for aligning the different separations in a color
document.
Color Bars Adds small squares of color representing the CMYK inks and tints of gray (in 10% increments). Your
service provider uses these marks to adjust ink density on the printing press.
Page Information Prints the filename, page number, current date and time, and color separation name in 6-point
Helvetica in the lower left corner of each sheet of paper or film. The Page Information option requires 0.5 inches
(13mm) along the horizontal edge.
Type Lets you choose default printer’s marks or custom marks (for Japanese pages, for example). You can create
custom printer’s marks or use custom marks created by another company.
Weight Displays possible weights for crop and bleed mark lines.
Offset Specifies how far from the edge of the page (not the bleed) InDesign will draw printer’s marks. By default,
InDesign draws printer’s marks 6 points from the edge of the page. To avoid drawing printer’s marks on a bleed, be
sure to enter an Offset value greater than the Bleed value.
Change the page position on the media
When you print a document to a cut-sheet media size that is larger than the document size, you can control where
the slug and bleed areas, printer’s marks, and page fall on the media by using the Page Position options in the Setup
area of the Print dialog box. If a document doesn’t fit the media and needs to be clipped, you can specify which part
of the document is clipped. The preview image in the Print dialog box shows the results.
Note: To see the bleed and slug areas and printer’s marks, use the Scale To Fit option instead of Page Position; scaled
pages are always centered. The Page Position options are unavailable when Scale To Fit, Thumbnails, or Tile is selected.
❖ In the Setup area of the Print dialog box, choose a position in the Page Position menu.
Printing thumbnails and oversized documents
Print thumbnails
To fit multiple pages on a single page, you can create thumbnails—small preview versions of your document. Thumb-
nails are useful for verifying content and organization. Where appropriate, InDesign automatically changes the paper
orientation to provide the best fit of the page to the paper; however, you’ll need to reset the original orientation if
you deselect the Thumbnails option.
Note: When you print thumbnails, printer’s marks and any items in the bleed and/or slug areas are excluded.
1 In the Setup area of the Print dialog box, select Thumbnails.
2 In the menu, choose the number of thumbnails per page.