In my last shop, where we ran Heidelberg, we had a room full of plate hanger storage racks on which we hung the plates.

And in my current shop, we have some plate shelving that we made to hold about 20 jobs. And then we use light-blocking fabric to cover the front. We label the plates and place the ticket on top of the plates on each shelf. And we have two of them, one for each press.

From their website:

QuoteOur parent company, Hudson Envelope Corp, was founded in 1955. "JAM" stands for Janet, Andrew and Michael Jacobs, a tight-knit family who heads the company's operations day-in and day-out.

I would have stuck with HEC, instead of JAM.

Quote from: DCurry on April 17, 2025, 08:20:17 AMIf your steak needs A1 you are eating a shitty steak.

Partly true, but also with age, you have had a chance to actually eat good steaks of all kinds. So you learn that it is worth the money to buy better, instead of spending the same amount of cash on a crappy steak with all the fixin's to make it taste better.

Are you using the inline spectro with that? If so, you may need to clean the white calibration disc.

I just used ChatGPT and got this script that works for me.

I started with this instruction "indesign script to change graphic frame to page bleed size" and then had to reply a few times to get it to work like I was expecting too.

(function () {
    if (app.documents.length === 0 || app.selection.length === 0) {
        alert("Please select a graphic frame first.");
        return;
    }
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var sel = app.selection[0];
    // Ensure the selected object is a Rectangle (graphic frame)
    if (!(sel instanceof Rectangle)) {
        alert("Please select a valid graphic frame.");
        return;
    }
    var page = sel.parentPage;
    if (!page) {
        alert("Selected object is not on a page.");
        return;
    }
    // Get page bounds
    var pageBounds = page.bounds; // [top, left, bottom, right]
    // Get bleed values from document preferences
    var bleed = doc.documentPreferences;
    var topBleed = bleed.documentBleedTopOffset;
    var leftBleed = bleed.documentBleedInsideOrLeftOffset;
    var bottomBleed = bleed.documentBleedBottomOffset;
    var rightBleed = bleed.documentBleedOutsideOrRightOffset;
    // Calculate the bleed area
    var bleedBounds = [
        pageBounds[0] - topBleed,    // Top
        pageBounds[1] - leftBleed,   // Left
        pageBounds[2] + bottomBleed, // Bottom
        pageBounds[3] + rightBleed   // Right
    ];
    // Resize the selected frame
    sel.geometricBounds = bleedBounds;
    alert("Selected graphic frame resized to page bleed size.");
})();


Ok, I have the rule done that will look for "5" in the keycode and if the data changes based on the Bookmark Code, it will create a PDF, if keycode is any other value it will make a PDF of all those records.


if ((Field("Keycode") == "5") && (FieldChanged("Bookmark Code")))
    FusionPro.Composition.OpenNewOutputFile("DropLocation"+"_"+Field("Keycode")+"_"+Field("Bookmark Code")+"."+FusionPro.Composition.outputFormatExtension);
else if (FieldChanged("Keycode"))
    FusionPro.Composition.OpenNewOutputFile("DropLocation"+Field("Keycode")+"."+FusionPro.Composition.outputFormatExtension);
And I have attached the IMPO file I used, and it works too. Since I have it setup to be 5 up on a sheet, it will take the first 5 records of 5 and create a layout PDF, and then do it again for the next 5. And for 10 & 75, it creates an IMPO PDF with all the records.

Hope this works for you.

Quote from: Slappy on February 11, 2025, 07:49:30 AMOnRecordStart (Contains the variables for the DropLocation & KeyCode which is the intended Qtys)
Output each page as its own record (Disabled Duplex as the test PDF is only one-sided)Sorry for the delay in getting back, I was out of the office yesterday.

I have tested and found the issue, as everything worked for me. But I have not tried an IMPO either.

You do not need the rule "Output each page as its own record". The OnRecordStart does the first part of that, the second part you had correct in the 'Compose', where you have selected "Output to multiple files". When you select "Output to multiple files", sometimes you will need to adjust the quantity.

But you did have "Ignore Recored Repeat during Composition" in the 'Compose' under 'Input', this you will want to unselect it.

When I do this, I get three PDFs. One for 5 with 10 pages, 10 with 10 pages, and 75 with 75 pages.

And yes, Dan Korn can be a tyrant. But does have some good info if you can get it out of him.

Quote from: RMPrepress on February 07, 2025, 06:10:46 PMSo you are using that info in all your Preps impositions and as a plate slug too?

Yes, we put that on all Preps Impos. Plate slugs are different.

$[PlateID]    $[JOBNAME] $[SIG] $[SN] $[COLOR] $[outputdate] $[outputtime]    $[WORKSTYLE]    $[ProcessTemplateName]

We use the PlateID in case a pressman has an issue with the plate and they don't know how to select all the options to replate. They can just punch this code into Workshop and it will replate it with all the same settings as before. Very nice for different presses and paper settings.

And I agree with @DCurry you can use a text editor to find and replace for either the SmartMarks or the templates. You could also ask Kodak for help.

Our slug is pulling info from the job and Preps using SmartMark as well.

$[Jobname_offset] Form$[SIG] $[SurfaceName] $[Workstyle] $SheetHeight x $SheetWidth $[Color_offset]

The jobname_offset is pulling the first 6 characters from the jobname. As our job numbers are always 6 digits.

And I set it up a long time ago, and everything was spaced out nicely, but looks like I should mess with it, but no one has complained about it. So I will probably leave it alone.

And this way, even when we do reprints, it pulls all current information.

Quote from: Slappy on February 05, 2025, 12:50:49 PMAh, I just changed it to use that code snippet in "OnRecordStart" instead & added the "Output each page as its own Record" Rule too. Now I get 3 Distinct PDFs - but it's not seeing the other five sets that are defined in the data...

Closer.

It might be that the two rules are fighting each other, or your keycode field only has three options. When working on a job like this, I dup my data file, and then in the dup I use Excel to remove all duplicates in the keycode field. And test with that data. That way, I only have a few lines of data, and I should have the same number of outputs. If not it's quicker and easier to track down the issue.

If you want, send or post both of the rules and a slimmed-down data set, and I will test them.

If you put in your data a field called "keycode" or something like that, you could create a new Rule in FusionPro called 'OnRecordStart'.

if (FieldChanged("Keycode"))
 FusionPro.Composition.OpenNewOutputFile("FileName"+Field("Keycode")+"."+FusionPro.Composition.outputFormatExtension);
And this rule will create a new file each time the field "keycode" changes.

I am not 100% if it will work with Impositions or not. Can't remember if I've done that or not. I'm old.

I just watched a Fusion Pro webinar recording that talks about Expression a bit, in case anyone wants to see a quick overview of what it does.

Quote from: Slappy on January 28, 2025, 08:26:26 AMXanté imo are cheap trash.

This is the answer.

I've used them at a previous job and it sucked there too.

Quote from: DigiCorn on January 24, 2025, 09:58:23 AMYes... kind of.

You nailed the way it works. I'm bad at putting it to words. So thanks for that.

We run Fusion Pro here. We have used Expression. If the masked image doesn't have to be the exact image. Expression could do it.

It's been a couple of years since I had to last use it. But if I remember correctly, you build the alphabet with the image in the letters, and you can and should build multiple for each character. And then in Expression you assign those graphics to each letter, and then when you run Fusion Pro, it will trigger Expression to build the product using the "image font" for what you need along with the other variable on the page.

It's not all that fun to do, but it is a great feeling when you get it done.