The Miscellaneous Settings are divided into four parts, each of which gets its own button:

	Grommets
	Frames
	Tile Label
	Flip-Flop Effect

 

To activate or deactivate the option, click on its button. If it is orange, it means it is activated.

Under the buttons are displayed the number of grommets and Frames that are set up for the poster.

 

Grommets

To activate or deactivate the option, just click on its button. If it is orange, it means it is activated.

This section manages the adjunction of grommets to the poster. The marks it allows you to create, on the print itself, are used as reference points for the placing of grommets on your poster.

The three schemas below show more precisely how such marks can be used. The first one displays the grommets placed on the poster.

The second one shows you how to fold the poster.

As for the third one, it shows you the poster as seen from behind, once it is folded on the frame.

 

Preview

On the preview, whatever shape has been chosen, grommet marks are always represented by a yellow circle with a little white square representing their center.

If the zoom level is too low, you will still be able to view your grommets as small squares, which correspond in fact to their centers.

On the preview, you can move them manually on the poster. This change will automatically be reported in the grommets management by modifying the Pos. X and Pos. Y fields of the element.

 

Grommets management

The […] button allows you to open the grommets management window:

 

Grommets addition

To add a grommet, click on Add Single. A new grommet appears on the poster with the parameters of the last selected grommet.

 

Delete one or several grommets

To delete one or several grommets, select them in the list (press Ctrl), then click on the Delete button.

If you want to delete all grommets, click on Delete All.

 

Grommet edition

To edit a grommet, select it in the list. Its values will automatically fill the Edit part. There you can change the values and see the modifications on the list and the preview.

If their X and/or Y positions are different, the fields will be displayed in grey.

By default, when a grommet is created, it is selected to let you change its values if you want to.

Each grommet has the following settings:

• A shape that has to be chosen between the circle, the square, and the cross:

• A cut contour that can be activated or not. If you add a cut contour, the grommet’s shape will not be printed anymore.

• An X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) position, which indicates the location of the grommet center.

If the poster has margins, the grommets will automatically be placed in the middle of the margins if their size allows it.

• A size that corresponds to:
• The diameter (for round grommets)
• The length (for square and cross grommets)

• A fill color. This option is available only for “squares” and “circles”. By default, only the contour of the shape is printed, the inside remains transparent. You can choose to fill the shape and choose the color by clicking on the colored square. It opens the following pop-up:

• A contour that is used to print the grommet mark on the poster. To edit the contour settings, click on the […] button. The following pop-up opens:

• • First, choose the line type that will be used:
    • None: no contour
    • Plain: solid line
    • Dashed: dotted line
  • Then define the line thickness:
    • Either check the 1-pixel box, the line will automatically be 1-pixel thick
    • Or enter directly the value in the field. (If 1 pixel is activated, you will have to uncheck it first.)

• • Finally, choose the color. Double-click on the colored area to open the color selector.
    • • You can choose your color in the following color spaces: LAB, XYZ, or HSB on the left or RGB, CMYK, or GREY on the right.
      • Enter the value or pick it with the pipette then click on OK to validate it.

 

Adding multiple grommets

The Add multiple button allows you to define the grommets to place on the poster all at once. A new window will then open:

 

To add multiple grommets, set up the following fields:

• Choose a shape between a circle, a square, or a cross.
• Activate or deactivate the cut contour.
• Choose the sides where grommets will be added

In this example, grommets will be added only on the top and on the left sides of the poster.

• The size that corresponds to:
  • The diameter (for round grommets)
  • The length (for square and cross grommets)

The size is indicated in the module’s unit.

• The border offset indicates the distance between the border of the poster and the grommets.

Margins are included in the global size of the poster so if the offset is smaller than the margin size, the center of the grommet will be in the margin.

The […] button opens the following pop-up to define the specific offset of each side.

Values are then reported in the grommets window like the poster’s margins order: top, bottom, left then right.

• The Max distance represents the longest distance that can exist between two grommets, from center to center. The distance can be shorter but never longer.
• The total number of grommets.

If a maximal distance is set, the number of grommets is not available. Indeed, the number of grommets will depend, in this configuration, on the poster size. Conversely, if the number of grommets is activated, the max distance cannot be set.

• The grommets contour. To edit the parameters, click on the […] button.
• The fill color. This option is available only for “squares” and “circles”. By default, only the contour of the shape is printed on the poster, the inside remains transparent. You can choose to fill the shape and choose the color by clicking on the colored square.
• The automatic grommet generation. This option allows you when the poster size is changed, to automatically regenerate the grommets with the current parameters.

If the option is not activated, a new poster size will delete all grommets.

Once all of these parameters have been set, click on Create to place the grommets on the poster. The grommets thus created will be shown in the list, and you will be able to edit them individually, just like the grommets created one by one.

 

Frames

These are generic frames, which can be placed anywhere on the poster and whose functions are varied, depending on your needs. The lines making up these frames go from one edge of the poster to the other.

 

Frame management

To activate or deactivate the option, click on its button. If it is orange, it means it is activated.

The […] button opens the frame management window:

 

Add a frame

To add a frame, click on the Add button. A new frame then appears with higher values than the previous one.

 

Delete a frame

To delete a frame, select it in the list then click on the Delete button.

 

Edit a frame

When you want to edit a frame, select it in the list. Its values automatically appear in the Edit part. There, you can modify the values and see their changes in the frame list and on the preview. By default, when a frame is created, it is selected so you can directly change its values if you want to.

Each frame has the following elements:

• The Left, Right, Top, and Bottom distances define the frame position from the poster borders.
• A line that is used to represent the frame. Click the […] button to edit the line settings.

First, choose the Line Type that will be used:

• None: no line
• Plain: solid line
• Dashed: dotted line
• Edges: only the beginning and the end of each line will be printed

Then define the line thickness:

• Either check the 1-pixel box, the line will automatically be 1-pixel thick
• Or enter directly the value in the field. (If 1 pixel is activated, you will have to uncheck it first.)

Finally, choose the color. Double-click on the colored area to open the color selector.

• You can choose your color in the following color spaces: LAB, XYZ, or HSB on the left or RGB, CMYK, or GREY on the right.
• Enter the value or pick it with the pipette then click on OK to validate it.

 

Preview

Whatever types and colors of lines you have chosen; frames will be displayed with a red line on the Tiling+ preview.

The frames cannot be moved with the mouse in the image preview.

 

Tile Label

 

To activate or deactivate the option, click on its button. If it is orange, it means it is activated.

The labels are preferably always placed in the overlaps. Indeed, the number of the tiles being printed with the crop marks; they are therefore not available anymore after the tiles have been cut. This labeling function thus allows you to know which tiles you are currently dealing with.

 

By clicking on the […] button, the following window opens:

Here, you can change this information:

• Font size: There is no restriction on the font size. By default, it is set to 12.7.
• Opacity: text opacity in percentage. The default value is 50%, you can go from 1% (transparent) to 100% (opaque).
• Font color: Choose the text color. Double-click on the colored area to open the color selector.
  • You can choose your color in the following color spaces: LAB, XYZ, or HSB on the left or RGB, CMYK, or GREY on the right.
  • Enter the value or pick it with the pipette then click on OK to validate it.

• Label format. Enter the text you want to display on each tile. You can add the following variables:
  • %n = Poster name
  • %r = The tile row number
  • %c = The tile column number
  • %t = The tile number
  • %% = Character "%" (if you need to use a percentage, you need to repeat the corresponding character so that the software does not take it as a marker).

 

Use case

With the same method, just place one of the variables in the text so it will be replaced by its value in the print. For example:

Tile number %t from %n poster corresponding to L%rC%c on the plan

It will be printed, for the third tile of the first line:

Tile number 3 from the IceTones.jpg poster corresponding to L1C3 on the plan

In this example, the text is written in a very big size and will be printed on the image area of the tiles.

 

Flip-Flop effect

To activate or deactivate the option, click on its button. If it is orange, it means it is activated.

This button allows you to activate or deactivate the Flip-flop functionality, which consists of generating each second tile rotated by 180°.

This rotation can be useful when the printer has a non-homogenous output, darker on the left than on the right for example. The flip-flop effect will smooth the visual breaks that can be seen after the assembly.

In the example below, the gradient made by the printing has been emulated very strongly to schematize the flip-flop effect utility.

Printing and assembly of the three tiles without (left) and with (right) the flip-flop effect.