Brisque Impose Application Note #4
Marks Handling on Brisque

The Brisque is delivered with a Library of Marks that matches the default marks library the comes with Preps.  In order to make use of any custom marks you must use either the automatic or manual workflows outlined below.

Automatic Workflow

On the Macintosh

Using the chooser, mount the markers volume of Brisque.

In Preps, use the "Add Custom Marks" function to add customized marks in EPS format to the Preps Marks folder.

Drag and Drop the same EPS files on the plate folder on the markers volume. The files will be copied to the Brisque, RIPped and added to the marks library automatically.

Manual Workflow

On the Macintosh

In Preps, use the "Add Custom Marks" function to add customized marks in EPS format to the Preps Marks folder.

On the Brisque

  Adding a new Mark

• Rip the EPS file making sure that the output is a LW file only.
• From the Calibration. sub-panel choose the Marks option, the Marks List will display:

Choose New..., and the Add New Mark dialog will appear.

  Use File

Click the Selection icon and the CreoScitex Browser will open. Navigate until you locate the mark that you wish to add and select it. The mark will appear in the Use File field.

  Color Mode

Allows you to define the colors that will be contained in the mark.

If you define separations that do not exist in the mark, the system will duplicate the data from the existing separation(s). The separations will be duplicated only if they are required by the expose application.

  All Seps

The mark will appear in all the output separations of a job.

  Specific

Allows you to define which colors will appear in the mark.  If you click the Specific radio button the following dialog will display:

Click the separations that you want to appear in the mark.

  Mark Rotation

• In some instances a mark will be need to be rotated on the layout. You have the option to pre-rotate the mark and store it in the Marks Library. If not, the marks will be rotated when the Imposition Job is exposed.
• Click the appropriate radio button to select how the mark will be stored. 0° Rotate (no rotation), 90° Rotate or Both ( to save a mark with 0° and 90°).
• If the Both is chosen, two copies of that mark will be added to the Mark library: one 90° rotated with the suffix ".rot" and one with no rotation.

  Save Mark

• After you have defined the mark, you must save the mark.
• Click Save. The Save Dialog will appear.
• Enter the name of the mark EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS IN PREPS.
• The mark has now been copied to the Marks Library, and can be deleted, if necessary from its original location on the Brisque.

Note:

The name is limited to 22 characters. If the mark name in Preps is longer, it will have to be shortened on both the Brisque and in Preps.

Modifying Marks

You can modify marks that have been previously added to the marks library.

From the Marks list, select a Mark and click Modify Mark, the Modify Mark dialog will appear:

• The options for modifying the mark are the same as for a new mark.
• When you are done click save.
• If you wish to create a new mark with the data that you have entered, click Save as. The Save As... dialog will appear, enter a name for the new mark.

Text Marks in Preps

It is possible to enter "free text" in a Preps text mark.  Any text that is entered in the mark without a $ in front of it will be added to the layout as written.