Product

Platform

Operating system

Error

Symptoms

How do I change the color of Trim and Bleed lines on proofs?

Cause

Solution

In Registry, under MRKJ,

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- OnBleedColor = modifies the bleed line color on LP and IP proofs.

- OnDesignTrimColor = specifies stroke color for trim line for LP proofs

- OnImpoTrimColor = specifies stroke color for trim line for IP proofs

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(Note that some systems might not have these keys present by default. Simply create new STRING keys in the MRKJ location with the names as specified above, for example "OnBleedColor")

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Values are "All" or 4 numbers between 0 and 1 (CMYK). For example, to specify a red which is 0,100,50,0 CMYK, enter "0 1 .5 0". (note spaces between the numbers)

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If you want to change the way the marks appear (dashed vs. solid lines) under MRKJ, "OnDesignTrimDashPattern" = for trim line for LP proofs and "OnImpoTrimDashPattern" = for trim line for IP proofs and default value is "6 12". When removing these values, the line become solid line.

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Restart the Marks JTP for the changes to take effect.

This will change the colors for all proofs.

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On a related note, people have asked if there was a way to eliminate certain lines altogether (example, the Bleed line). To do so, set

- OnBleedLineThickness to 0

- OnBleedDashPattern to 0 1000000

which will turn off the Bleed line, except for 1 pixel, which shouldn't be noticeable.

Permanent fix:

See also

Keywords

color, marks, output, proofing

Technical contact(s)

James Bredenhof, Chris Joughin

Submitted by

James Bredenhof

Date submitted

01 Aug 2003