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• Maximum: The server will calculate the maximum amount of repetition steps possible within the Available Repeat Area.
• Custom: Enter the repetition amount of your choice.
Gaps: The values you enter here (for a horizontal and a vertical gap) will be used as a distance between the one-ups' borders in the repetition grid.
Note: For seamless printing, the top and bottom margin have to be equal to half of the vertical gap.
Variable Data Tab
Note: This tab can only be used when you are working on a variable print job (for this you need to have selected a Print Job Ticket of the Workflow Type 'Dynamic'.
Note: To send variable print jobs, the HP DFE needs to be version 4.0 or higher.
Use this tab to define how to distribute your variable data over the grid of one-ups that you built in the Grid details tab, or over the one-ups repeated according to the Template that you chose.
Start: Choose where to start printing your variable data (where to print the first record):
top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right.
The preview on the right shows a black dot representing the position of the first record.
For example, this distribution starts on the top left:
while this distribution below starts on the top right:
Choose also if the flow of variable data should run horizontally or vertically .
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The preview on the right reflects your choice.
Horizontal flow:
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Vertical flow:
Note: The Printing direction marked with an arrow shows the direction that the paper flows through the press.
Note: When you selected a button via a SmartName, the preview will not be correct.
Fill over: Choose if you want to distribute the variable data over the Complete Job or over
Blocks.
If you choose Blocks, the variable data flow will run over Blocks of a certain size, then run over the next Block when the previous one is complete.
You can see an example of Blocks in the preview.
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Block Size: You can define the size in Grid Rows, Sheets, Feet or Meters.
If you have chosen to Fill over the Complete Job, then the Block Size will be 1.00 Job by default.
