Marks · Prepress tool

Centre marks for printing plates

Automatically inject crosshair centre marks on every ink plate, offset from the ink bounding box, top, bottom, left and right.

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What it does

Centre Marks takes a normalised PDF and injects crosshair centre marks on every ink separation, positioned off the shared artwork centre and cropped to each plate so they line up when the plates are mounted. Getting centre marks right by hand across a stack of separations is slow and easy to get wrong, this tool places them consistently in one pass, offset cleanly from the ink bounding box on all four sides, and clamps the bleed to the sheet. It runs in the browser, yours to try for 7 days with no card, and gives the plate room a reliable mounting reference on every colour.

How it works

1

Upload a normalised PDF

Drop your separated artwork in.

2

Set the offset

Choose how far the marks sit from the ink edge.

3

Download marked plates

Get every separation with matching centre marks.

Frequently asked questions

Does it mark every separation?

Yes, crosshair centre marks are placed on each ink plate, aligned to a shared centre.

Can I control the offset?

Yes, you set how far the marks sit from the ink bounding box on each side.

How does the trial work?

Start with a 7 day trial, full access, no card needed. After that it is Pro R899 a month, Studio R2,499 a month or Enterprise from R7,499 a month; see the pricing page for details.

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