Selecting media and finishing options
- Click and then click the icon.
- Select a media option on the Paper substitution list or a stapling option on the Subset finishing list.
- Note:
- The media options are the names of RICOH ProcessDirector media objects specified in the
media.zip
file (or themedia.xml
file from an older version of RICOH ProcessDirector). For more information, see the topic about loading media objects in the help system or RICOH ProcessDirector: Installing Document Processing Features.
- The media options are the names of RICOH ProcessDirector media objects specified in the
- Use the Placement Conditions section to specify the pages for the media or
finishing option. Do either of these steps:
- Select Pages based on a rule, and then select a
rule from the list. The default rule is All Pages.
You can also:
- Define a new rule by clicking the icon.
- Go to the Rules Manager by clicking the icon.
- Select Specify pages and type the pages that you
want. Media and finishing options are applied to these pages in each page
group. You can:
- Use a hyphen to separate the first and last pages in a page range.
- Use a comma to separate page selections.
- Type n to specify the last page in each page
group.
For example, a PDF file has two page groups. The first has four pages, and the second has seven pages. Specifying pages 3–n places markup on pages 3–4 in the first page group, and pages 3–7 in the second.
- Select Pages based on a rule, and then select a
rule from the list. The default rule is All Pages.
You can also:
- Click OK.The option that you specified appears on the media and finishing list.
- If you have multiple options for paper substitution or subset finishing, select the
new option. Use the up and down arrows to move it into the proper position in the
ordered list of options.
RICOH ProcessDirector Plug-in for Adobe Acrobat applies the page-level options to the PDF file in the order that they appear on the list, from top to bottom. If two page-level options specify conflicting selections for the same page (for example, two different types of media), RICOH ProcessDirector Plug-in for Adobe Acrobat applies the option that is lower on the list.
- To verify that RICOH ProcessDirector Plug-in for Adobe Acrobat has applied media and finishing options to the intended pages:
- Click .If a page has media and finishing options, you see an annotation labeled Print Operations in the upper right corner.
- To see the media name and finishing option, hover the mouse pointer over Print Operations.
For example:
Media = Blue LetterStapling = Top left (#1)
(#1) indicates the sequence of the page in the finishing option. If you specify stapling for pages 5–8, page 5 is #1 and page 8 is #4.
As an alternative, click Comment on the Adobe Acrobat toolbar. In the Comments pane, you see a comment for each page with media and finishing options.
- Click .
- When you are ready to save all your enhancements to the PDF file, including the new media and finishing options, click .
- In the RICOH ProcessDirector BuildPDFFromDocuments step, specify the name and location of the control file that contains the media and finishing definitions.