Kodak Preps 8.4.0 Build 128

One of the most widely-used tools in the printing industry, PREPS Imposition Software produces faster, more accurate impositions that maximize press sheet usage. With flexible, easy-to-use templates and libraries, PREPS Software makes it easy to produce similar or repetitive jobs effectively, efficiently and automatically.

Kodak Preps 8.0 New features and enhancements:

Save a layout with Independent Page as a Custom Fold Pattern

You can now save a Custom Fold Pattern with a section that includes independent pages. When adding these fold patterns to a Press Run, you will be prompted to set the independent page properties.

Preps can now define subsections (or ribbons) in Custom Fold Patterns. This means that you can use Preps to create a multi-web layout, save it as a custom fold pattern, and then generate a web press run with the custom fold pattern.

New Print menu and Preferences for Job Layout Report

You can now set output defaults for layout reports.

Remove marks through JDF import process

If you are working with Preps templates that have marks already defined on templates/signatures, you now have the ability to remove all existing marks through the JDF import process. You can then use SmartMarks based on marks rules to replace them.

New shortcut keys for inserting a new web and duplicating an existing web

You can now use shortcut keys to insert new webs and duplicate webs. See Menu shortcuts – Windows OS-based computers and Menu shortcuts

Disconnect Shingling/Bottling rules from Stock (Substrate) resource property

The Auto Shingling and Bottling rules are now defined in Resources > Shingling and Bottling Rules Editor, rather than being defined as a Stock (Substrate) resource property. This means that you no longer need to define multiple Stock (Substrate) resource properties for this purpose. In the new Shingling and Bottling Rules Editor, you will have all the same abilities defined in the Stock (Substrate) resource, plus additional fields to define a range of the Stock (Substrate) paper weight and caliper. An Auto Shingling and Bottling rule will be triggered when a Stock (Substrate) resource that fits the range is specified.

New Profile switch to allow users to enable AutoShingling

You have two ways to apply the Auto Shingling and Bottling rules: manually (in a Job Layout Details dialog box) or automatically.

To apply the rule automatically, in your Preps profile, set -AUTOSHINGLING and -AUTOBOTTLING to YES. When new jobs are created, the Auto Shingling and Auto Bottling will be automatically set in the Job Layout Details dialog box. The default is NO, so that you can control the use of Auto Shingling at a job level, as needed.

New mark capability to allow for marks only on the Preps Job Layout Report

You can now edit a SmartMark setting for placing marks on press runs that allows you to restrict the mark to printing only on the Job layout report. The mark will not print on the production layout.

New collation marks for Mixed Binding styles

When your production includes signatures made up from different binding styles’ or example, you have two perfect bound signatures that are made up from three saddle stitched signatures each窶土ou can now use Mixed Binding collation marks. In the example, the perfect bound signatures are the top level and each will get a signature number for the collation mark. The saddle stitched signatures get the same signature number as the parent and a tic line below indicating its number within the parent signature.

What’s New in Kodak Preps 8.4.0 Build 128

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