Registration marks missing

Alan Litchfield alan at alphabyte.co.nz
Mon Feb 7 12:59:44 PST 2011 

OK. What if you print to PDF instead, and then follow those steps?

It is preferable, I think, to have FM create the marks so that they are
accurately placed as the time of creation.

At least you are headed in a better direction :)

Alan

White, Scott wrote:
> Alan
> I thought for sure your suggestion would show me the crops. Nothing.
> I was able to put the marks on the page using Acrobat. But still no luck
> natively.
>
> Amazing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan T Litchfield [mailto:alan at alphabyte.co.nz]
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 2:27 PM
> To: White, Scott
> Cc: Brad Anderson; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Registration marks missing
>
> Changing the page size will not resolve your problem since that will
> only move the marks further beyond your reach (they exist beyond the
> ArtBox that you see in the preview image of the file). It is probable
> the marks are there but that you just cannot see them.
>
> Here is something you can try:
> Open the pdf in Acrobat and select Advanced > Print Production > Crop
> Pages
> With Show All Boxes selected, choose BleedBox from the drop down list
> Set the Units to your preferred measure
> Enter the distance you require into the Margin Controls Field (say 10mm)
> Click OK.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Alan
>
> On 8/02/2011, at 4:29 AM, White, Scott wrote:
>
>> All your suggestions do not work for save as PDF with Registration
>> Marks.
>>
>> But, when I use the print option with Adobe PDF as my printer it
>> works.
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone else run Save as PDF and gotten registration marks?
>>
>>
>>
>> However, I was under the impression that printing to PDF is not the
>> right way to create a color "print-ready" pdf. Colors are all off.
>>
>> Second, I have access to Frame on the Mac and I'm just wondering if it
>> would be safer to use that knowing I will get the color and output I
>> expect. This is our new company's first 1,000-page catalog and want to
>> avoid every pitfall I can.
>>
>>
>>
>> Could I do this catalog in Frame 9, save as .mif 7 and open on the old
>> Mac version to do my color output? A thought.
>>
>>
>>
>> Again, the color frustrations raise their ugly heads with Frame.
>>
>>
>>
>> For those who may have missed:
>>
>> Mac OS 10.6.6 running parallels, Frame 9.0 on Windows 7 Home Premium
>>
>>
>>
>> Scott White
>> Manager - Content and Print Media
>> Belmont, NC - 704-398-5752
>>
>>
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>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: Brad Anderson [mailto:brad at frameusers.com]
>> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 9:16 AM
>> To: White, Scott
>> Cc: Brad Anderson; framers at lists.frameusers.com
>> Subject: Re: Registration marks missing
>>
>>
>>
>> Scott,
>>
>>
>>
>> If the final page size is 11 x 17, you'll have to set up a custom page
>> size (add an inch to both size so the final page size is 12 x 18).
>> You'll need the extra inch around the page to add the registration
>> marks.
>>
>>
>>
>> If this fails, try printing to PS and then distill instead of saving
>> to
>> PDF.
>>
>>
>>
>> Do the registration marks now show?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 7, 2011, at 7:33 AM, White, Scott wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ok I am missing something. I have generate acrobat data turned off.
>> Final output is 11x17.
>> My steps are:
>> *Select adobe acrobat as my printer.
>> *Turn off generate acrobat data
>> *Save as pdf from the drop down menu in Frame
>> *Select page size
>> *Print
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Scott White
>> Manager - Content and Print Media
>> Belmont, NC - 704-398-5752
>>
>>
>> This message and any attachments are intended only for the use
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brad Anderson [mailto:brad at frameusers.com]
>> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 5:20 PM
>> To: White, Scott
>> Cc: Brad Anderson; framers at lists.frameusers.com
>> Subject: Re: Registration marks missing
>>
>> Scott,
>>
>> What was the final size of the PDF?  11x17 or 8.5 x 11?   Turn off the
>> Generate Acrobat Data--the PDF is probably being cropped.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>> On Feb 4, 2011, at 1:46 PM, White, Scott wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I was trying to do a pdf output for print with Registration marks. I
>>
>> 	didn't get any marks in the rendered PDF.
>>
>> 	I used save as pdf, selected registration marks western, printed
>> to
>>
>> 	11x17 output just to see, and I got all I expected but the
>>
>> registration
>>
>>
>>
>> marks.
>>
>>
>>
>> 	Mac OS10 running parallels > window 7 home premium. Framemaker
>> 9.0.
>>
>>
>>
>> 	Thoughts?
>>
>>
>>
>> 	Scott White
>>
>> 	Manager - Content and Print Media
>>
>> 	Belmont, NC - 704-398-5752
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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