Page Info Under Crop Marks

[abcpress@bellsouth.net]

Can anyone explain to me why my page information is exporting below the crop marks and not inbetween them?
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Here are my export settings:

 

 

 I'm probably missing something silly, so please go easy on me.

Thanks!

[Abhishek Rao]

Hi abcpress@bellsouth.net,

Thank you for sharing your export settings and the screenshots! It looks like the page information is appearing outside the crop marks, which can be corrected by adjusting the Offset setting for your marks in the Export Adobe PDF dialog.

Please try:

1. Go to the 'Marks and Bleeds' section in your export settings.
2. In the 'Marks' section, locate the 'Offset' value for the crop marks. 
3. Try adjusting the 'Offset' to a smaller value, like '0.0833 in', or even lower, depending on your needs. This will move the page information between the crop marks.

Make sure that your Page Information setting is enabled under File > Document Setup > Bleed and Slug if you're working with any bleed areas.

Also, ensure that you're using the correct Positioning settings for Crop Marks under Advanced if applicable.

Give this a try and let me know if it works! Feel free to reach out if you need further assistance.

Best,  
Abhishek Rao

[abcpress@bellsouth.net]

Thanks for your quick reply, I have set the Offset option to "0.0833" but it has made no difference. 

My page information area is enabled, I am working with bleeds and that is also enabled. 

I have tried seemingly everything, atleast to my knowledge.

[Willi Adelberger]

Do you need crop marks?

[abcpress@bellsouth.net]

I do need crops, yeah. 

[Willi Adelberger]

For what purposes do youneed them? Are you aware that all crop marks information are found in Acrobat Boxes and any modern software can read it out easily?

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

ID thinks there's not enough room for it between the marks? Try exporting with a much shorter file name.

[abcpress@bellsouth.net]

I tried with a much shorter name like you suggested, but to no success. 

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Oh, well, it was a long shot. ID has issues with auto text fields (they don't wrap, among other things) and I thought this might be the backup method.

A curious problem.

[Peter Spier]

I suspect James was correct, and your page size is just too small for InDesign to put page info between the marks, but it may still have to do withthe marks offset, which is WAAAY to small. Crops need to be offset at least as much as your bleed allowance so they don't intrude into the bleed area.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse · Accepted solution]

If your document is less than about 4.6" in width (about 336 pt), ID will move the page information down. It seems it allows about 80 or so characters for the file name, whether it's a short name or not.

From a prepress standpoint, it doesn't matter to us, as our imposition software imposes according to the crop or bleed box in the PDF anyway, so the fact that the page information makes the file visibly not "centered" is irrelevent.

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Ah, thanks. Nice to know I was at least sorta half right. 🙂

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

I'm guessing on the 80 caharacter thing. I just did a test with a file with a bunch of characters in the name and measured the approximate amount that would fit. I have no idea what the program is designed to do 😉

[abcpress@bellsouth.net]

I just tested my file a little bit by enlarging the width and it successfully included the page information within the crop marks. 

Thank you for your help!