Gutter Adjustment

Adjust the gutter (page interval) width of book spread pages.

As an example, this section explains how to adjust the margin of the book spread gutter, the gap of 2.5 mm on the book spread image.

• Meaning and Purpose of Gutter Adjustment

  • When the book spread image has a gap at the gutter, this function allows you to adjust the gutter (page interval) width by specifying the desired value.

  • Negative values make the gutter width narrower.

  • Positive values make the gutter width wider.

• When to perform

  • When the book spread image has a gap at the gutter

•Intended Environment

Operating System

Windows 7

Application

Adobe Acrobat XI Pro

Printer driver

PS Plug-in Driver

Image Controller

Image Controller IC-604

Mounted finisher

Saddle Stitcher SD-506

* The sample screen may be different from the actual display depending on your system environment and application version/revision.

  1. Measure the misalignment 'a' of the gutter using a ruler.

  2. Open the original data with the application, and then click Print on the File menu.

  3. Select the printer to use for printing and click Properties.

  4. Click the Layout tab.

    The following is the setting examples for book spread print.

    For details about the setting, refer to Overview of Book Spread Print.

  5. Select Normal or High Precision in Imposition Quality and then enter the adjustment value.

    Example: Make the gutter width narrowed by 2.5 mm.

    Item

    Setting

    Imposition Quality

    Normal

    Page Interval

    Making the gutter width narrowed by 2.5 mm (-2.5)

    • supplementary explanationWhen you select High Precision in Imposition Quality, the following settings are available:

    • supplementary explanationYou can adjust Page Interval in 0.01 mm increments.

    • supplementary explanationYou can set Full Bleed to print without blank borders.

  6. Reprint the original, and then check the gutter gap on the book spread page.

    Repeat the above steps until the desired gutter width is obtained.