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Printing Marks and Bleed Areas
You can add an entry to the configuration file to activate crop marks (cutting guides) and registration marks in PDF output. You can also specify the length of the crop marks, and define the size of the gap between the marks.
You can also use the configuration file to define a bleed area for each side of a page.
Crop marks, registration marks, and bleed areas are configured with attributes of the PageConfig element in a .appcf file. In the file, add the following element hierarchy to the required Print element:
Print
PageConfig
Define an optional attribute for the PageConfig element for each initial view setting:
Setting
Attribute of PageConfig
Possible Values
Activate crop marks
cuttingGuides
• inherit — use settings made in Publish dialog
• forceYes — override Publish dialog setting to activate crop marks
• forceNo — override Publish dialog setting to deactivate crop marks
Size of crop marks
cuttingGuideSize
Measurement including unit, for example 9mm
Offset of crop marks from page
cuttingGuideOffset
Measurement including unit, for example 1mm
Activate registration marks
registrationMarks
• inherit — use settings made in Publish dialog
• forceYes — override Publish dialog setting to activate registration marks
• forceNo — override Publish dialog setting to deactivate registration marks
Size of bleed area on top of page
bleedAreaTop
Measurement including unit, for example 4mm
Size of bleed area on bottom of page
bleedAreaBottom
Measurement including unit, for example 4mm
Size of bleed area on left of page
bleedAreaLeft
Measurement including unit, for example 4mm
Size of bleed area on right of page
bleedAreaRight
Measurement including unit, for example 4mm