Apparatus and method for applying trim marks to a print media sheet

In a printing system with an input system and a print engine, a job being provided to the printing system by way of the input system, the job including an image with at least one image edge and an image outline, the image outline including a set of corners and having at least one peripheral edge substantially adjacent the at least one image edge, the image being represented by image data and the image outline corresponding with a first set of dimensions, the image data of the image being associated with an electronic page having both a second set of dimensions and peripheral edges, the image being printed on a substrate corresponding with the second set of dimensions, the first set of dimensions being smaller, in magnitude, than the second set of dimensions, a system for applying trim marks to the electronic page, comprising:

• a) a control system for linking the input system with the print engine, said control system,
• i) superposing the image outline on the electronic page in such a manner that the at least one peripheral edge of the image outline is substantially justified relative to the at least one peripheral edge,
• ii) in a first mode, shifting the image so that the image is spaced from each one of the peripheral edges of the electronic page,
• iii) in the first mode, applying sets of trim marks to the electronic page, each set of trim marks being positioned adjacent a corner of the image outline and
• iv) in a second mode, applying just one set of trim marks to the electronic page, the just one set of trim marks being positioned adjacent just one of the corners of the image outline;
• and
• b) a memory for storing a print ready representation, the print ready representation including the image superposed with the electronic page and at least one of the sets of trim marks being applied to the electronic page.