In PrimeCenter, you can manage your banners by adding grommets automatically. This is done by applying to your input file the preflight profile named "Place Grommets", included in the list of ready-to-use preflight profiles of PrimeCenter.

This article details the different variable settings of this preflight profile.

In PrimeCenter, you can automatically add grommets to manage your banners efficiently. This is done by applying the “Place grommets” check/fix profile to your input files.

Prerequisites

Before applying the profile, you may need to learn more about check/fix profiles:

• Understanding check/fix profiles and how to use them
• Managing check/fix profiles
• How to apply a check/fix profile to a file?
• List of check/fix profiles included in PrimeCenter

Configuring the "Place Grommets" profile

"By quantity" mode

Position & offsets

Position

Select the sides of your image where you want to place grommets.

Mode

Choose how grommets are placed:

• By quantity: Define the number of grommets for width and height.
• By distance: Define the maximum distance between grommets.

The available parameters depend on the selected mode.

Diameter

Set the diameter of the grommets.

Quantity/Spacing

• Quantity (if using "By quantity" mode): Specify the number of grommets for width and height.

• Spacing (if using "By distance" mode): Set the maximum distance between grommets for width and height.

• Offsets: Define the offset between the grommets and the image trimbox.

Style & color

• Thickness: Define the stroke thickness of the grommets.

• Pattern: Choose from:

  Solid	Tight	Medium	Space

• Stroke/Fill: Set a fill color and a stroke color to make grommets more visible.

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Example

In this example, the following settings are applied:

• Position: Top and bottom
• Mode: By quantity
• Diameter: 20 mm
• Quantity width: 6
• Offsets:

  Side	Top	Bottom	Left	Right
  Value	15 mm	0 mm	15 mm	0 mm