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In job planning mode, the Inventory palette appears alongside the display window. It has five tabs that provide information about slugs, marks, separations, viewing options, and the cost of corrugated jobs. 

Slugs tab

Displays a list of the slugs and their IDs and a right-click menu that provides you with related options:

  • Remove: Select to remove the slug

  • Zoom-Fit Selection: Select to change the slug's zoom level so that the slug fills the entire display window

  • Apply To: Select to apply the slug to other separations

  • Auto-Fit Slug: Select to minimize the slug area around the image to prevent media wastage

  • Add Registration Marks: Select to automatically add two registration marks to the selected slug 

Marks tab

Displays a list of the registration marks that are associated with the job and a right-click menu that provides you with related options: 

  • Remove: Select to remove the mark

  • Zoom-Fit Selection: Select to change the mark's zoom level so that the mark fills the entire display window

  • Apply To: Select to apply the mark to other separations

  • Align: After you select two or more marks, select this option to align the selected marks.  

Separations tab

This tab displays the color separations in the files and provides you with related options.

To do these tasks
Perform these actions
To view separationsSelect the appropriate check box or check boxes.
 To view a single separation in black and white
  1.  Click .
  2. Select the separation you want to view.
To add a separation
  1. Click .
  2. In the Open dialog box, browse to the separation that you want to add.
  3. Click OK. 
To change the color of all slugs in a selected separation
  1. Click .
  2. Select the desired color.
  3. Click OK. 
To remove a separation
  1. Select the separation.
  2. Click . 
To define a separation as a non-printed separation (for example, the die separation)
  1. Select the separation.
  2. Click .
To replace a separation 
  1. Select the separation that you want to replace.
  2. Click .
  3. In the Open dialog box, browse to the separation that you want to include in the job.
  4. Click Replace.

 View tab

This tab enables you to select what appears in the display window (carrier dimensions, slugs, first-to-knife margin, ID label, registration marks, and/or horizontal mounting reference).

  • To make sure that the slugs you created include all of the data in the job, clear the Slugs check box. In the display window, the data included in the slugs disappears. Any data that still appears is not included in a slug.

  • To lock the carrier in place in the display window, on the View tab, click the Lock icon  next to the Carrier dimensions check box.

  • To lock the horizontal mounting reference in place in the display window, on the View tab, click the Lock icon  next to the Horizontal mounting reference check box. 

Cost tab

Displays the cost data (labor and material) and total cost of the job according to the job planning preset, the dimensions of the carrier, and the total slug area. The total cost before the last change you made to the job is displayed in parenthesis on the right of the current total cost.

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