Version 5.3.02 - Serendipity Software

Media Effects
The attributes here allow you to manipulate the job in various ways:
• Fitting Method
o None – Fitting method is turned off.
o Fit Width/Fit Height/Fit Width & Height – Shrinks
jobs to fit within the set dimensions; proportions are
maintained.
o Scale Factor – Scales jobs by the amount specified.
o Tiles – Tiles a job that is larger than the width &
height specified. If required, an overlap can also be
entered. Useful for large posters or billboards.
o Best Fit Width/Best Fit Height/Best Fit Width & Height – As Fit, but will shrink or enlarge jobs to
fit/fill dimensions entered while maintaining proportions.
o De-­‐Imposition -­‐ Can be used to take an imposed file like an 8UP, de-­‐impose it into 2UPs or singles and
print it on a smaller printer; or produce a single page PDF file. If this option is selected, a further
Signature Group button becomes available for selection.
Note: If the Fit or Best Fit options are chosen and the width & height fields are left at 0, the Fit will default to the media
width and height as defined in the Media assigned to the Pagesetup when printing (see Media for details).
• Rotation – Choose from None, 90, 180, or 270 degrees. Automatic rotation may also be selected to best fit the
job using the media width and height specified.
Note: Auto Rotation is very useful for saving media, but if a job is rotated, it takes longer to process – the larger the job,
the longer the process time. Rotation takes place at the beginning of the Rendering phase and will affect cropping,
margins and so on. If you are auto-­‐rotating when nesting (See Nesting in the Output section), it is advisable to have
Sheet Auto Rotation turned off, otherwise the job rotation will be calculated twice, again increasing the process time.
Increasing system memory can also improve processing times.
• Centring – Choose between Vertically or Horizontally.
Use this if you need to centre a job at any time. In particular, you may need to use it when printing to a double-­sided
printer to help match the front and back sides.
• Accuracy Correction – Compensate for media stretch or paper feed errors by specifying a correction amount
for width and height.
• Cropping – Crop the job in all directions. When specifying cropping, you will need to take into account any
rotation that has been applied, as cropping takes place after rotation.
• Auto Crop – Enables auto-­‐cropping to remove blank area around an image. The crop stops at the first coloured
pixel encountered in the file image.
• Margins – Specify a margin around the job. You may have to specify a margin to shift a job over or compensate
for a printer’s set margin. As with cropping, take rotation into account.
• Effects – Mirror or Negative your job by enabling either option.
Note: The Mirror and Negative effects in the Sheet panel differ to those in the Effects panel in that they apply the effect
at the Imaging stage of processing.
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