Crop marks in Publisher

[EEvgeniy]

Hej!

I'm currently printing cards using N-UP for future trim, so I've enabled "include crop marks".

But it looks like the bottom marks will be printed ONLY when the page is full. But what if I don't need extra cards so no need to put extra ink for that?

[EEvgeniy]

Dears, any advise how to change that?

How do I enable showing crop marks whenever any quantity of cards are shown?

[lepr]

12 hours ago, EEvgeniy said:

How do I enable showing crop marks whenever any quantity of cards are shown?

Workaround: you want N Publisher pages per PDF page, so append blank pages in the Publisher document to bring the Publisher page count to an integer multiple of N. In your example, append 3 blank pages to get a total of 15 instead of 12.

Edit: alternatively, disable "Edge only" for crop marks, which is acceptable when there is sufficient gap between tiles.

Edited March 17 by lepr

[thomaso]

On 3/14/2025 at 6:53 AM, EEvgeniy said:

But it looks like the bottom marks will be printed ONLY when the page is full.

What Affinity version do you use? Or what file type does your screenshots show, is it a preview only? – I ask because I don't see an issue of missing crop marks in the print dialog of APub V1 or a print-exported PDF. (but I notice an occasional redraw/update issue when I change a crop/print mark setting).

n-up crop marks.pdf

[lepr]

6 hours ago, thomaso said:

I don't see an issue of missing crop marks in the print dialog of APub V1 or a print-exported PDF.

In both v1 and v2, the missing lowest crop marks happens when "Edge only" is enabled for crop marks. You have "Edge only" disabled, apparently.

[thomaso]

11 minutes ago, lepr said:

In both v1 and v2, the missing lowest crop marks happens when "Edge only" is enabled for crop marks. You have "Edge only" disabled, apparently.

Good point – yes, I did.  (That's where the redraw/update issue in the print options window confused, too)

[EEvgeniy]

Hej!

21 hours ago, lepr said:

Workaround: you want N Publisher pages per PDF page, so append blank pages in the Publisher document to bring the Publisher page count to an integer multiple of N. In your example, append 3 blank pages to get a total of 15 instead of 12.

Interesting! Thank you

18 hours ago, thomaso said:

What Affinity version do you use?

I use 2.6.0 version and to be honest I've never seen crop marks like ones you have.

11 hours ago, lepr said:

In both v1 and v2, the missing lowest crop marks happens when "Edge only" is enabled for crop marks

21 hours ago, lepr said:

Edit: alternatively, disable "Edge only" for crop marks, which is acceptable when there is sufficient gap between tiles.

Well, finally — YES. That's the point.

 

BUT! In my 2.6.0 version that works ONLY (and that's why I didn't figured out the answer) if I do the following:

1) Enable Include printer marks (Edge only is enabled)

2) Disable Edge only (at this step NOTHING changes — crop marks are still edge only!)

3) Disable Include printer marks

4) Enable Include printer marks (Edge only is disabled)

And only now crop marks are displayed correctly.

I guess that's a bug.

[lepr]

2 hours ago, EEvgeniy said:

BUT! In my 2.6.0 version that works ONLY (and that's why I didn't figured out the answer) if I do the following:

1) Enable Include printer marks (Edge only is enabled)

2) Disable Edge only (at this step NOTHING changes — crop marks are still edge only!)

3) Disable Include printer marks

4) Enable Include printer marks (Edge only is disabled)

And only now crop marks are displayed correctly.

I guess that's a bug.

Yes, an ancient print preview bug from back in v1.

[thomaso]

4 hours ago, EEvgeniy said:

3) Disable Include printer marks

4) Enable Include printer marks

And only now crop marks are displayed correctly.

I guess that's a bug.

Yes, that's what I meant by the redraw/update issue in the print dialog. Actually you can toggle any of the "Bleed and Marks" options to force the crop mark preview to be redrawn correctly.