jwhiting@cdp.UUCP (08/07/90)
If you look at pieces of camera ready artwork, you'll find items like registration marks, crop marks CMYK boxes, gray scales, etc. If you use most DTP tools, you will either have to construct these yourself as separate graphic elements or have them hand stripped in. What types of said supplemental tools, or clip art if you will, would you like to have available to you? I'm looking for your wish list. As a sample tool, below is an EPS file that creates registration marks. Use it in good health. Please direct all replies to: 72627,746 cdp!jwhiting@labrea.stanford.edu [DE3MIR]jwhiting thanks, jwhiting %!PS-Adobe-2.0 EPSF-1.2 %%Title: reg mark.3 %%Creator: jwhiting %%CreationDate: 8/6/90 %%BoundingBox: 0 0 36 36 %% copyright 1990 Aldus Corporation %%EndComments 18 18 9 0 360 arc 0 18 moveto 36 0 rlineto 18 0 moveto 0 36 rlineto 0 setlinewidth stroke
dall@plains.UUCP (Brian Dall) (08/14/90)
In article <134400015@cdp> jwhiting@cdp.UUCP writes: >... creates registration marks. > [ much deleted] >0 setlinewidth stroke This works fine at 300dpi, but you should request the actual line width you want. At 2400dpi, you need a microscope to see the lines. If you want 1/300th of an inch think lines, ask for them with code like "0.24 setlinewidth stroke" instead of assuming the smallest line a device can print will work ok. See the "Orange" Book (Roth) section on device independent coding. As far as a wish list, Quark XPress will do the color bars, and most programs have options for crop marks and registration marks. Usually the items that need to be added by hand are things like fold marks. Other usefull information I like to see on the output is the name of the file and the list of fonts that are required, so I know which suitcases to open if I go back to it later (obviously from a Mac environment). Take Care, -Brian Dall dall@plains.NoDak.edu