Text-mark variables

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When you add code words called variables to your text marks, their values are derived from the job details and included in the output.
Notes:

Text-mark variable names are not case-sensitive.
Before Asian or other Unicode fonts can be rendered in text marks, the CJK text-mark profile options must be correctly set on the Marks tab in the Preferences dialog box.
In a Prinergy prepress workflow, you can also specify a Prinergy-type variable mark that will be populated by Prinergy in the final output. For example, include the Prinergy variable mark $[impplanname] to print the Workshop-specific imposition name. (For the most predictable results, avoid mixing these variables types in the same text mark.)

This variable	Prints this content
`$binderysig or $bs`	Shows the bindery signature on the Press Run
`$binderysigs or $bs.all`	Shows all the bindery signature numbers on the Press Run
`$Comment`	Derived from the Comment that you type in the Print dialog box
`$Color`	The colors on the side of the sheet where the text mark is placed
`$ColorNum`	The numeric identifier for the color Process colors: 00=multiple colors, 01=cyan, 02=magenta, 03=yellow, 04=black Spot colors: The numbers 05 to 98 Composite: The number 99
`$Customer`	Customer ID number specified in the Job Notes dialog box
`$Date`	Indicates when the job was last printed to file
`$Device`	Derived from the Nickname in the Media Configuration dialog box
`$folio`	When used in page-anchored text marks, `$folio` prints the folio that you assigned to each page in the job's Pages List.
`$JobDate, $JobTime`	Indicates when the job was last saved
`$JobID`	The job ID number
`$JobName`	The job file name (includes the `.job` extension)
`$Job_Title`	The name that you give the saved job
`$LocaleLongDate, $LocaleJobDate`	Same as `$Date` and `$JobDate`, except that the format is applied based on the current international settings at the operating system level
`$PageNote1`	Populates the page value from the Notes 1 field in the Pages List view. To populate, anchor the mark to pages.
`$PageNote2`	Populates the page value from the Notes 2 field in the Pages List view. To populate, anchor the mark to pages.
`$PressRunNumber`	The sequential number as it appears in the job's Press Runs List
`$PressSheetName`	The relative stock name. The stock can be specified by an MIS JDF file, and the selected stock is included in JDF output.
`$runlength`	The run length of the press run
`$runlist`	The runlist page number when used in page-anchored text marks
`$SheetHeight, $SheetWidth`	The stock dimensions, in the default measurement unit
`$Side`	The press sheet side (`A` = front, `B` = back). For multiple-web press runs, the additional sides are labeled `C`, `D`, and so on. If sides are printed together, this variable is blank.
`$Sig`	The section number
`$SigName`	The name of the current press run
`$Template`	The relative path and name of the signature's template Note: The relative path starts at the default Templates folder (as set in Preferences). A colon`[ : ]` is used to delimit any subfolders in the path.
`$Time`	The time the job was output, using the 24-hour clock
`$Web`	The numeric identifier of the current press sheet
`$XTile, $YTile`	The horizontal (`X`) and vertical (`Y`) tile identifiers. If all tiles are printed together, this variable is blank.

Product Text variable	Note
`$ProdName`	Based on the Product Name box
`$ProdJobID`	Based on the Product Job ID box
`$ProdCustomer`	Based on the Product Customer box
`$ProdPgCt`	Based on the total number of pages associated with the defined product
`$ProdBindStyle`	Based on the binding style associated with the defined product
`$ProdComments`	Based on the comment field associated with the defined product

Part Text variable	Note
`$PartName`	Based on the Part Name box
`$PartType`	Based on the selection you make in the Part Type menu
`$PartTrim`	Based on the width (W) and height (H) defined in the Trim Size boxes
`$PartBindStyle`	Based on the selection you make in the Part Binding Style menu
`$PartTotalSec`	Calculated based on the total number of sections associated with the part

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