Finishing options

This page appears as part of the Advanced Print Wizard and the Job Preset wizard.

Use the Finishing Options page to force the use of specific printer finishing options, rather than using any finishing options that might have been set in the template's Print Context and Print Section options.

These settings are only applied when producing print output. They do not modify the original finishing options in either the Section or the Template.

Finishing settings can be set on various levels of Job Creation, such as Document Sets and Job Segments. This allows you, for example, to staple Document Sets whilst punching holes in Job Segments.
You can also have multiple finishing settings at the same level.

  • Finishing Options Table: This table, on the left of the Wizard page, allows you to add or remove sections to apply the Finishing options to.
    It contains the Section for which the settings are to be applied (Section, Document, Document Set or Job Segment), plus the Finishing options that are to be applied, and any Rule determining the conditions under which the Finishing settings are to be applied.
    To set the details, use the following options:

    • Import Finishing: Imports the existing settings from a Connect Template.
      The Template could be the current template (Import from current template), or some other Template (Import from template ...).

    • Add: Adds a new section to apply Finishing options to. The default is to add a new Section, but these can be changed to Document, Document Set or Job Segment types, thereafter.
      You can have multiple selections of each type, all with different criteria determining when the Finishing options are to be applied.

    • Delete: Removes the selected Section(s) from the table.

    • /Move Up / Move Down: Moves the selected Section(s) up or down within the table.

    • Edit ... : Brings up the Rule Editor Dialog Dialog, which can be used to construct the rule(s) that determines whether this conditional Finishing option is to be applied or not.

  • Binding group:

    • Style: What type of Binding to request on the printer. This includes Stapled, Glued, Stitched, Ring, Comb, Coil, amongst other options..

    • Side: Sets the side of the paper that the Binding is to occur. This includes both the top and the bottom of the paper,

    • Location: Sets where the binding is to occur, if applicable.
      The selections available here will be dependent upon the selection made in the Binding Style. Only Stapled and Stitched bindings have a Location option available to them.

    • Angle: Set Stapling or Stitching binding either horizontally, vertically, or at an angle (as supported by printer).

    • Item count: Select the amount of Staples or Stitches to use. The choice is between the default amount or selecting a specific number using the Count option.

      Tip: The options available to you in reality at print time will be printer dependent, so you will need to know the capabilities of your printer, or leave the value set to Default.

    • Area: The area where the binding can be applied.

  • Hole making group:
    Hole making options are available only to Ring, Comb (wire and plastic) and Coil Binding Styles. The selections will need to be made at run-time based upon the types of binding options available that the printer supports.

    • Number of holes: The number of holes to punch for the selected Binding option.
    • Pattern Catalog ID: The Catalog ID of the selected Binding option.

Advanced Print Wizard navigation options

  • Preview button: Click to launch a Proof Preview window, which displays how the printed output would look based upon the currently chosen selections.

  • Back and Next buttons: Used to navigate back and forth through all the selected options within the Wizard. Up until the Print button is pressed, one can reverse all the way through the wizard to return to the main selection page (the Print options page) and add or remove printing options from the print run.

  • Print button: Click to produce print output according to the current settings. This can be done at any point within the Wizard, whether or not all the options selected in the Print options page have been completed or not.

  • Cancel button: Cancels the Print Wizard, without creating any printout.