I want separate the output on document set and give the output files a variable name. That’s easily done by metadata. But now I want to add crop marks. I enable the output option “Cut and Stack Imposition” to set crop marks, but if I do so I get an error in the print dialog.
LoggedApplicationException: There was an error running the output creation process caused by There was an error initiating to the output creation process caused by ApplicationException: expression ‘set.metadata.KD’ at line 1, column 3 in pattern ‘${set.metadata.KD}.pdf’ yields value undefined
(SRV000041)
LoggedApplicationException: There was an error running the output creation process caused by There was an error initiating to the output creation process caused by ApplicationException: expression ‘set.metadata.KD’ at line 1, column 3 in pattern ‘${set.metadata.KD}.pdf’ yields value undefined
(SRV000041)
Without enabling the option “Cut and Stack Imposition” I get the correct result (x files with variable names).
I also tried to set the name ${template}. Than I get an output with crop marks but it’s only one file (no separation on document set is done).
Is it a bug or how can I combine separation with variable names and crop marks?
With impositioning you are potentially having multiple documents/sets on a single output page. Therefore, the document and set boundaries disappear and subsequently the metadata a these levels are lost. This is expected behaviour.
For instance, if you do a 2-up cut&stack with a stack depth of 1000, document 1001 will end up next to document number 1 on the same sheet. (just assume every document to be a 1-pager for this statement to be accurate)
So it would be hard to decide what to name the file if the file name is related to document or set, if the content of the file actually has content from multiple documents or sets.
So when using impositioning everything within the segment is impositioned, so all metadata below segment level is lost. The only meta data available is the metadata at the segment level.
thank you for your answer. I am aware of this limitation but I don`t want a repitition (imposition). I only want to add crop marks to my pdf output (one letter per output page). But the output should also be splitted and renamed on document set.
The selection of the “Cut and Stack Imposition” option automatically annuls the metadata information as explained earlier. Therefore, I suggest you use a background image with cropmarks in your section to get around the issue.
Alternatively, you could generate the job in two phases: 1. With the Cut and Stack option to apply the cropmark and generate the whole PDF File. 2. Take the newly generated PDF file as a new data file for a new template which can then be split and renamed with a new output preset. This is obviously more involved than the first suggestion above.