aaroncorson Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 We recently purchased a used Kodak Digimaster. We are trying to send a Fusion Digimaster PS file to it so that it will offset individual sets within a composed document but can't seem to figure out how to do it. It sees the entire test document as one 60 page set, even though it should be ten 6-page sets that we want the printer to seperate. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Unregistered Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 We found something that may work. It's a program from Kodak called "Print file downloader". It will print almost any type of file, and once you add the file to the program it has most of the features that you would expect from Acrobat or other programs. (1 side/ 2 sided, color sheets in sections....etc) This information is used with a Heidelberg Digimaster printer. -Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaroncorson Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 We have the Print File Downloader, but there are no options to separate a merged file. Kodak says we could do it if we had a stacker. We have the staple finisher with an offset stack tray, which you would think would allow for this as well. Other sources have told me it is possible without the stacker but were unable to tell me how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaroncorson Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 I have learned that I need to use a custom command in my document to do this, but I can't seem to find the proper command code. It is not DigimasterMedia folder with the other custom commands. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Marshall Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Concerning setting options on your print jobs, one way may be to insert PostScript commands into a PostScript output. Have you tried this already? You point to a small postscript file from the Advanced -> Page Media Dialog. Insert a command file before pages where you wish to set options. I think the the Digimaster can take a large range of PostScript commands to control output and sub-setting. You can do stuff like: <</Duplex true /Tumble false>> setpagedevice <</PageSize [954 1152] /MediaColor (white) /MediaType (plain) >> setpagedevice Then for a different Page, you change these options For more info see the PostScript language specs: http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/ps/index_specs.html http://www.adobe.com/products/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf Taking a look at the PPD or asking an analyst from your printer manufactures can sometimes be helpful. We leave this open for you to do what you want, but the rules change depending on the printer. Once you get the commands situated, you can re-use these for future jobs. hth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaroncorson Posted November 19, 2008 Author Share Posted November 19, 2008 Thanks Alex, I have been in contact with Konica and they have helped us solve the problem. So, to answer my own post, the postscript code that has allowed us to this looks like this... %KDKPeSubset: 5 9 13 17 the numbers represent the first page of each new set, in this case a 4 page set for a 20 page document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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