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Note: The To Separator and Truncate from Character options allow multiple entries separated by commas, where each
entry searches for a match, i.e., you can specify “To Separator a, b, c” where if any of the separators a, b or c are matched
it is valid.
Separator Options
Separators are the characters that determine the end and beginning of a part. For example, with cyan.tif the full stop
between cyan and tif is the separator. As this is part of the filename, you still need to decide what to do with this
separator. There are three (3) options:
• Discard Separator – Ignores the separator.
• Include Separator with this Part – Includes the separator with the part being described.
• Include Separator with the next Part – Includes the separator with the next part described.
Example: With a filename such as job.cyan.tif where we parse the name in the forward direction, we describe the first
part as name to separator full stop (.) and the next part as plate to full stop (.)
Discard Separator creates the two parts as job and cyan.
Include Separator with this part (for name) would produce a part as job.
Include Separator with next part (plate) produces a part as cyan. This is only used if the separator is a character you
want to display in the RIPMonitor, such as a page marker.
The most commonly used option is Discard Separator. In the above example, if the option Include Separator with Next
Part was used, we could not identify the colours, as it will be called .cyan
Tabs – (3) Jobname + Plate
This tab allows you to configure which parts should be grouped together to complete a job and which part identifies the
plates of the job. You can specify how the plates are described and control specific mapping.
Job Grouping
• Only group files in the same directory as job – Check this box to group filenames together in a directory. Files in
different directories will not be grouped.
This is used when job directories are created containing all the plates.
Sometimes the filenames vary for the name of the job, but because
they are all placed in one directory per job, they can be grouped
together.
• Group files with parts – This displays the parts created in Tab (2) –
Filename Break Down. Select the part or parts that make up the job
name by clicking the tiles onscreen.
In most cases, the file part defined as the plate should not be chosen,
as this would group files with the same plate together, rather than
combining the different plate files into one job.
Plate Identification
This tab is where you define which part created in Tab (2) – Filename Break Down is the plate part and how it is
written in the filename.
• Plate Part – Select the part of the filename that describes the plate colour from the dropdown list. The list
contains the part created in Tab (2).
Plates are:
• Defined by words – The plate names are complete names, for example, cyan, pantone 252.
• Defined by numbers – The plates are defined by numbers, for example, 0 is cyan, 1 is Magenta etc. If this is
selected, two other options are available:
o Starting Plate Number – Enter the number the plates start at. This is usually 0 or 1.
o Plate Order – Choose the plate order between KCMY+specials or CMYK+specials.
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