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JADarnell
JADarnell
Inspiring
October 18, 2010
Question

All versions of InDesign: Printing object on pasteboard.

  • October 18, 2010
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I have a small graphic I am required to place on the pasteboard a few millimeters above the page just before exporting the page to a PDF file.  This graphic must be exported along with the page at export time.  I have found that I must include enough bleed to cover the object or it will not get exported.

Adding bleed may play havoc with manufacturing processes further down the line and I really need to export the page without bleed, if at all possible.  Is there any way to print the page and the small graphic as well?

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JADarnell
JADarnellAuthor
Inspiring
October 20, 2010

Setting the IPDFExportPrefs::SetIncludeSlug() to kTrue was not enough to print the image on the pasteboard.  The slug area had to be expanded to  include the space upon which the image rested.  One can easily do so using IPageSetupPrefs. Once that chore is completed, however, and the SetIncludeSlug set to kTrue, the image on the pasteboard will be printed.

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Norio Kawamura
Inspiring
October 19, 2010

Do you try to use IPageSetupPrefs::SetSlugBoxPref() in my before post?

JADarnell
JADarnellAuthor
Inspiring
October 19, 2010

Norio:

I was specifically told by management not to use the slug so I did not, but when they found out it was the only way, they relented and that's the final solution we adopted.

Thanks to both you and Dirk, the job finally got done.

R,

John

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Norio Kawamura
Inspiring
October 20, 2010

Please check to the answered flag.

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