Advanced parameters

In the Advanced Parameters area, different options are available depending on the print format you select in the Production and Deployment section.

Print Format

Options

Description

PDF

Legacy PDF

VPS

PS

Bleed

The space beyond the document size you define. By default, the Use Document Bleed Settings checkbox is selected to indicate that the bleed settings used in the document design in Adobe InDesign will be applied for the print output.

Alternatively, you can deselect this checkbox and set up different bleed settings by entering inset values in the Top, Bottom, Left and Right fields. If the document has facing pages, bleed settings can be entered in the Top, Bottom, Inside and Outside fields. The inset value is measured from the edge of the document size.

Once the production bleed settings have been set, they can be used for future jobs instead of the default option that consists in using the Document bleed settings.

VPS

VIPP

PPML

PS

 

Complete Fonts

Select to embed a complete font definition in the print output file.

When this checkbox is not selected, the print output file contains only references to the used fonts. Note that CID fonts are an exception: these fonts are not referenced but are embedded as a subset.

This option controls the embedding of all fonts except for Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) fonts. If the document uses CJK fonts, they are always embedded as subsets, regardless of this setting.

VPS

VIPP

PPML

Assets

Resources

Select to embed assets and / or resources in the print output file.

When these checkboxes are not selected, the print output file includes references to external asset /resource files resulting in a smaller file.

If your printer’s RIP (Raster Image Processor) supports external Assets / Resources, you may choose the Do Not Embed options.

Note that when Require InDesign Rendering (Better color management) is selected, assets and resources are always automatically embedded and these options are disabled.

PPML

Supplied Resources in PPML Stream

Select to embed PPML Resources in the PPML Print Output file if your RIP supports PPML 2.1, or supports embedding reusable resources in earlier PPML versions.

When this checkbox is selected, uProduce generates a single file to be submitted to the RIP (no additional actions are required).

Selecting this option also allows you to compress the output file (see Set up compression).

When this checkbox is not selected, uProduce produces two print output files:

  • PPML file: Contains a reference to reusable resources, which is submitted to the RIP Printer Server.

  • Reusable resources file: Before submitting the PPML to the RIP, this file should be placed in the RIP’s images folder (sometimes referred to as the HighRes folder). When processing the PPML file, the RIP resolves the reference to this file. Select this option if your RIP does not support PPML 2.1, or does not support embedding reusable resources.

VPS

PPML

PDF/VT-1

Use RIP Global Caching

Select this checkbox to enable the RIP to make use of cached elements from previous runs. The cached elements are shared between runs of the same document (with possible differences of the target data set). For more information, see Working with the RIP Global Caching.

VIPP

Project Name

Name the project to be generated in the VIPP Print Output format. This name enables the RIP to locate referenced images of the VIPP file that reside in the corresponding project folder.

Select Automatic to use an automatically-generated name, or type the name you want to use in the text field.

VPS

VIPP

PPML

Extract reusable content to external files

Select this checkbox to create external files that hold the document’s reusable elements that are referenced by the VPS, VIPP and PPML and print output file to optimize the document’s processing by certain print controllers.

This option is useful for troubleshooting errors in the PPML file.

VIPP

PPML

Extract unique content to external files

Select this checkbox to create external files that hold the document’s unique elements that are referenced by the VIPP and PPML print output files to optimize the document’s processing by certain print controllers.

This option is useful for troubleshooting errors in the PPML file.

PDF/VT-1

Add metadata to each record

Select this checkbox to add recipient content object values (single-value fields) to the print output file. To see the metadata, open the PDF file and check the code.

PPML

Tag each record as a document group

If your RIP supports document groups, determine how to mark a document set (in PPML version 2.1) or a job (in PPML version 1.5) in the PPML file.

  • When this checkbox is selected, each record in the collection of documents is tagged as a document set/job.

  • When this checkbox is not selected, the entire collection of documents in the PPML file is tagged as a single document set/job (this is the default option, compatible with most RIPs).

PPML

Tag fixed background as a master page

This option applies only to Xeikon RIPs. It allows you to mark a background that is used for all records in a way that enables the RIP to process the print output file more efficiently.

If the document contains one or more spread visibility rules, no tagging as the master page is performed, even if this option is selected.