Tags can be used to control the Dot Enlargement imaging feature in files submitted from prepress software. The instructions are embedded as tags in individual TIFF files, but the actual tag settings are applied (in other words, executed) only when the layout is created and output from a Windows workstation for imaging. See also Dot Enlargement layout presets.

Allow editing of tags in Preview mode

Select to make options available for adding or editing tags in the Preview Separation panel. 

Enable save to predefined folder

Select to enable saving files with added or edited tags to a location that is separate from the original files, and then specify the desired predefined Folder location. 

Include tag in file name

The following abbreviations are used in the tag descriptor:

SettingAbbreviation
No00
1x212
2x222
2x323
3x333
3x434
4x444


The tag descriptor is inserted before the last instance of the delimiter in the original file name, and another instance of the delimiter is inserted before the tag descriptor.

Example:

  1. Select the Include tag in file name check box.
  2. For the delimiter, type an underscore.
  3. In the layout, select a separation with the original file name job4_pg2_c.tif .
  4. Add a Dot enlargement 3x3 tag to the separation.
  5. Select File > Save to predefined folder (or press Ctrl+Shift+P).

The name of the file added to the predefined folder is job4_pg2_33_c.tif.