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Mark or unmark pages

You can mark or unmark pages. You can process the marked pages separately from other pages of the document, for example:

  • Print only the marked pages, or do not print the marked pages.

  • Print only the colour marked sheets on a colour machine.

  • Use inserts for the marked pages when you print your document.

  • Use a different tray for the marked pages when you print your document.

Mark or unmark pages

  1. Select the pages that you want to mark or unmark.

  2. To mark the pages, click [Pages] - [Mark] - [On].

    To unmark the pages, click [Pages] - [Mark] - [Off].

Mark all pages that contain colour automatically

  1. Click [Pages] - [Mark] - [Color].

    The automatic colour detection marks all pages that contain colour.

Mark pages as VDP pages

NOTE

This option is only available in the [VDP] workspace.

  1. Click [Pages] - [Mark] - [VDP].

    All pages that contain [VDP frames] are marked. [VDP frames] are frames of type [Text frame], [Image frame] and [Bar code frame].

Use preconditions to define when pages are considered colour pages

NOTE

This option is only available in the [Pages] workspace.

You can define a number of preconditions to define when pages are considered colour pages. A page will be marked as a colour page only if the preconditions are met.

Setting

Description

Reset your settings

  1. Click the reset button to reset your settings in this dialogue. You can find the reset button just below the 'X' of the dialogue.

  1. Click [Pages] - [Mark] - [Color advanced...].

  2. Select the pages that you want to inspect.

    • To select a page range: select a page in the structure view, press the <Shift> key, then select another page.

    • To select non-sequential pages: select a page in the structure view, press the <Ctrl> key, then select several non-sequential pages.

    • Select if you want to inspect the complete page or a selected area. To select an area, use the [Select area with rectangle] tool in the footer of the preview.

  3. Define the minimum percentage of colour on a page:

    The threshold defines the percentage of colour pixels that must be detected on a page to mark that page as a colour page. The threshold can range from 0% to 20%.

    • [Threshold] = 0%:

      The page is marked as a colour page when one colour pixel is detected.

    • [Threshold] = 20%:

      All pages with a colour percentage of 20%, or larger, are marked as colour pages.

  4. Exclude greyscale images from the colour detection:

    Pages with greyscale images can be marked as colour pages by the colour detection process. Increase the value of option [Grayscale tolerance] to exclude greyscale values from the colour detection. The threshold can range from 0% to 20%.

    • [Grayscale tolerance] = 0%:

      The page is marked as a colour page when one greyscale pixel is detected.

    • [Grayscale tolerance] = 20%:

      All pages with a greyscale percentage of 20%, or larger, are marked as colour pages.

  5. You can exclude objects from the colour detection. To do so, enable option [Only process the contents of the page.].

    Objects are user defined content: [Stamps], [Bleed tabs], [Tab captions], [Spine caption], [Header and Footer].

  6. Click [OK].

    All existing marks are removed prior to the new colour detection.