Product

Operating system

Symptoms

If you submit a file, with media and crop boxes that have non zero offsets and a defined trim and/or bleed box, that requires flattening (for example, a file that contains transparencies, or if you want to refine to PDF x/1:a and your file is missing fonts, or you require OPI replacement) to the Prinergy Evo refine to PDF process, the trim and bleed box may shift.

Cause

Sometimes, if your input file's media and crop boxes are offset and your input file has a defined trim and/or bleed box, flattening during Prinergy Evo's refine to PDF process, resets the media and crop boxes offset to zero (0,0). However, Prinergy Evo does not always adjust the trim and/or bleed box offset margins accordingly. Therefore, the trim and/or bleed box shifts on the page.

For example, if your media and crop boxes offsets are set to (50, 50) and your trim and/or bleed box offsets are set to zero (0,0), during flattening, Prinergy Evo sometimes resets the media box and crop box offsets to zero (0,0), but does not adjust the trim and/or bleed box offsets to (-50, -50).

Solution

1. After the Refine to PDF process completes, in Adobe Acrobat, open the PDF file.
2. From the Tools bar, select the Prinergy Geometry Editor Tool icon to open the Acrobat Geometry-Editor plug-in.
3. If adjusting the trim box, in the Trim Box view, Offset box, type the correct offset value.
4. If adjusting the bleed box, in the Bleed Box view, Offset box, type the correct offset value.
5. Click Apply.
6. Save the PDF file.

This problem will be fixed in Prinergy Evo 1.1.

Technical contact(s)

Kevin Ishiguro

Submitted by

Kevin Ishiguro

Date submitted

09 Mar 2004