Marks · Free tool

Free 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, free to try for 7 days, 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.

Is it free?

Yes, start with a free 7-day trial, no card needed. After the trial it is R899/mo (Pro) or R2,499/mo (Studio); see the pricing page for details.

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