The Christian
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The Christian (TC) Printing Manual
Final Quantities (Divide by 2 to get cover sheet quantities)
• Foreign—425 (425 /2 = 215)
• Continental—1040 (1040 / 2 = 525)
Ingredients:
• Standard 8.5x11 20lb paper is used for the body of both the overseas and the continental TC
• 12x18 32lb bond gloss (12x18 80lb gloss text; 215gsm) for Overseas (Foreign) cover
• 12x18 (305mm x 457mm) 80lb Cover gloss (120gsm) for Continental (US & Canada)
Sizes:
• Trimmed (Final) continental cover (US & Canadian) size is 8.5x11 (.125 bleed on each edge)
• Trimmed (Final) overseas cover (Foreign) Size—(4.25x6.5)
General Order:
Update UV Files
Run Indesign Script (creates all production files)
(X:\Computer\Macros-Actions-Presets-Droplets\Indesign\Scripts\Create TC Print Files.jsx) or the shortcut should / could be in your indesign scripts panel.
This script could take 20-30 minutes.
Note: This script needs to be updated yearly with the new year & the January CMS start number. (So far CMS numbers have been assigned to TC in a range per year)
Print and approve proof of large and small versions
Print All Covers
Print all 425 bodies of overseas copies
Trim them
Print 200 non addressed bodies of continental
Addressed continental (600+)
Print bodies for the rest of the covers (non-addressed)
Update UV. Creates necessary CSV files for printing addressed copies
Log in to Universe
At the > type “per” for periodicals
Choose “5”—for mailing labels
Answer the questions as they are asked.
(CT EG ML SP AD)? CT (periodical once was called Christian Truth)
Mail Type Code? (Q) or (S) S (For singles)
(L)abels? L
Periodical Year? (Year the mailing is in) eg. 2021
Which mailing? (Month to print) eg. 7
Seq. Statement (There is no need to put anything in this prompt)
Enter Country? Type: (U)S (C)anada (F)oreign, or any combo of the three for all three
press enter until finished... (about 2 or 3 times)
paper is printed at user’s default printer
CSV files are created that the script will automatically copy over to the correct production folders.
Run the InDesign script to generate production files.
Open Indesign, and from the scripts menu, choose “Create TC Print Files.jsx”
This will open a window like
Make sure the correct Year, Month & cms folder are selected/Entered.
Note. If it’s a wrong year / cms number consistently, make sure that the script is up to date. (updating it should happen yearly)
Choose the final file (it should automatically show the correct folder)
Unless you don’t want the full version of the addressed copies, leave “All pages (25-30 minutes)” selected
Click “Create Print Files”, and come back in 20-30 minutes.
Note, if it prompts you to see if the uv files have been created, it means that the files it found are older than the last few days. You probably need to run the labels then hit ok. It will continue with the newly created files.
It will automatically create the correct folder structure in: X:\Production\Periodicals\TC
Print a proof
Open X:\Production\Periodicals\TC\(year)\(month)\
Print 2 Copies of each cover (00-Month TC Overseas Cover 2up.pdf, 00-Month TC Continental Cover 2up.pdf)
(I REALLY wish that the c7000 had hot folders, any color printer purchased in the future should have them)
Use 12x18 32lb bond gloss (12x18 80lb gloss text) for Overseas (Foreign) cover
Use 12x18 80lb Cover gloss for Continental covers.
You can either print from the pdf, or import the file from fiery. I’m not sure which is easier. I think importing is faster.
To print:
Open each cover pdf file, and print with either the 7000c-TCCovForeign or 7000c-PamCov printer (on the btp-apps server)
Double check that the print settings are right:
To Import:
Remote desktop into btp-apps and open fiery workstation, and click the import button.
Add the two covers in the production folder.
Click “Hold” (not process & hold because they’ll need to re-process after settings are changed)
After it’s been ‘held’, open each file and make sure settings match the settings in the above screen shots. (foreign covers will need to have different paper selected)
Print 2 Copies each.
Trim Covers (Use the same cuts for all cover sheets, Continental and Overseas)
First Cut—17.625”
Rotate 180
Cut—17.25”
Cut—8.75”
Cut—8.5”
Combine both stacks if possible
Cut—11.5”
rotate 180
Cut—11”
Next, print the body file (either continental or overseas) and print to a production printer.
Load the trimmed covers into tray 2. (Flipped upside down on with the axis on the short edge. The printer will flip it so it works right. Another way of saying it is: Face down with bottom toward you)
Use the TCBod or Pambod printer queue for the printer you loaded the cover into.
The letter sized paper typically goes into tray 3
Overseas get trimmed to 4.25 x 6.5 (I think. Check cover to be sure)
Get Proof approval
Print covers—Open the fiery workstation, (rdp to btp-apps) set the cover counts and print
215 copies for foreign (small)
525 copies for continental (large)
Note: sometimes the printed sheets can come out rather curled. Its good to check the pages being printed to make sure they’re flat.
Trim covers. (Use instructions from above)
Print all foreign bodies
Print 200 continental non-addressed versions.
Print addressed version
Open line-up, then click Tools > Print TC Files
It will open this window:
Click ‘Select TC Folder’ (the name is misleading, I’ve changed it to ‘Select TC Files’ when the app is next published) and select all of the addressed pdf’s.
It will automatically copy the files one at a time to the selected hot folder. (More hot folders can be added by editing the printers in lineup settings.)
Since the printer queue can only handle so many files at a time, it pauses after every 100 files. Just uncheck the ‘Pause Printing’ checkbox to resume.
Print remaining blank bodies.
Steve Rule Notes
Generate Subscriber Info
Within UV at > prompt type PC (stands for printer choice). Use this for the report that is needed for mailing and is generated along with the csv files in the following step. It only lasts for that UV session.
Run the CSV Labels info (no physical labels) in UV
>PER>5 (Mailing Labels)>CT>S(Single)>L(Labels)>Periodical Year (4 digits)>Enter for which mailing (1-12)>( For all 3 meaning US,CAN,FOREIGN)
—Files in >btp-uv>UV>BTP>DF
Generate the Pdf Files for Printing
Open INDD
From the top menu select Window>Utilities>Scripts>Create TC Print Files
• Need ID (As in the CMS # for this issue)
• Choose File (CSV generated in prior step)
• "Imposed" envelopes files will be placed in (e.g. X:\Production\Periodicals\TC\2020\10-October )
Printing of Covers
—For this and future steps the file path to the needed folder is ...
X:\Production\Periodicals\TC\YEAR\MM-MonthNameOfPeriodical
—Use LineUp to change the default printer for each step. Leave LineUp open or the setting is lost.
—Files can be Previewed in Acrobat to determine if they are ready to go.
—Print files using Print but going into Properties and then in the KM print controller select JobInfo
Scroll to the bottom to Print queue action: and select Print + Hold (The Hold file takes a Ripped file and stores it all ready to go)
—Overseas
—Print on 80lb Gloss Text. (12x18)
—Continental (U.S. and Canada)
—Print on 80lb Gloss Cover. (12x18)
—Cover Trimming
—Cuts and process are in the slug and are the same for both paper styles.
Production of Sample Copies
• Print and process 1 sheet (2 Copies) for the Continental size; 2 sheets (4 copies) of the Overseas size.
• Covers held landscape and reading right in the hands. Then they are rotated 180o so they remain landscape but they blank side is now up.
• Covers go in Tray 2 in the 1200 with 8.5x11 20# body stock in tray 3.
Production Cover Printing
• Use the Fiery Workstation
• enter quantities with a slow double click then Enter (If you go too quickly a small window will open that can't be accessed and you need to hit ESC to close it).
• Right click on a line and then choose Print.
Production Printing of "Address Blank" Pamphlet Continental Style
—Quantity 200
Printing of Envelopes
—Canada and Overseas on C224
—All envelopes loaded in the bypass try with the flap to the right and facing up. (when the person stands directly in front of the controls in the normal way to operate the machine (not facing the short end where the bypass is).
—In the Bypass tray settings in the C224 Touch Panel
—Scroll down and select envelope
—Select Custom Size X: 9 Y:6 and Recall
—close dialogue box
—Print the PDF of the month ending in -Month-TC Envelopes.pdf
—Separate Canada from the rest of the world.
—Keep in order more or less but the key division is between Can and the world
Printing of Bodies (Overseas, Blank Back Cover on All of Them)
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Printing of Bodies (Continental Addressed)
• These are all individual files found in a folder (e.g. X:\Production\Periodicals\TC\2020\10-October\Bodies)
NOTE 04.23.2021 – Use lineup for exporting the addressed versions.
• These must be sent individually to the printer using a script in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Since the printer can only handle about 120-130 jobs the files are sent by the script in batches of 100 with a 3s timing delay between each set.
• For organization purposes create a subfolder Printed.
• Drag the first 100 files into Printed.
• Open LineUp and set the Default printer in LineUp (leave LineUp open to not lose the setting).
• Open Acrobat>Tools then Action Wizard then select TC-Print and start.
• Follow script instructions.
• Don't mix web browsing with this step or it may tank the process.
• Rinse and repeat by 100s until the job is done.