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Set marks and duplex

Registration marks help printers to align pages correctly; crop marks show where pages should be cut.

Add print marks

  1. In Power PDF, select File > Print, and select Power PDF as the printer. Then click Imposition in the bottom left of the Print dialog box.
  2. Click the Options tab.
  3. Optionally, select Crop Marks to add crop marks to the imposition file, and then proceed with the details below.
    1. Optionally, select Inner Marks to add crop marks to the blank space next to the spine.
    2. In the Crop Marks Style list, select Single or Double.
  4. Optionally, select Registration Marks to add these to the file and select a style in the Registration Mask Style list.
  5. Check Description to have notes added (such as Fold: 1, Sheet: 1), to the medium margin when printed.

Specify the sequence for double-sided printing

  1. In Power PDF, select File > Print, and select Power PDF as the printer. Then click Imposition in the bottom left of the Print dialog box.
  2. Click the Options tab.
  3. Select an option under Double sided printing.

    • Interleave document: First print the front sides of a medium, then print the back of that medium before continuing to the next medium.

    • Fronts first, then backs: Print the front sides of all media and then print their backs in the same order.

    • Fronts first, then backs reverse: Print the front sides of all media and then print their backs in reverse order.

  4. Optionally, select Flip backs of sheets to rotate the media 180 degrees before printing the back.