Need Help Printing several copies of the same image

Just tell your RIP you want 5 copies. This is basic basic printing....unless I am misunderstanding the question.

 

I haven't used Onyx in a few years, hopefully an Onyx user will chime in for you. I just assume it will stack them accordingly to fit the media, with whatever gap between them that you specify. That's what Production Manager does. Maybe it has some "conserve media" setting or something? I can't remember the exact setup screen in Onyx. But I guarantee there's a super easy setting for it.

 

If you group jobs together, then go to placement, you can adjust the settings there. I would give step by step, but am currently in an all day print job.

 

You bring one image in. Set your orientation and how many you want. This is very basic. I see you have no experience, but whoever sold you your equipment, this is one of the first things you are shown regardless of manufacturer.

 

In onyx on the right hand side there’s a drop down menu, can’t remember specifically but there should be 4 options, conserve media, group jobs together, fotoba marks etc.

you should choose group jobs together

 

Conserve media, enable rotation, set spacing between copies in the placement menu on the rhs of rip queue.

 

You just said how. In RIP Queue, Change your print type to "Group Jobs Together" or "Conserve Media" then in the individual job properties change the number of copies to 5 or whatever number you want.

Then if you want to modify the distance between copies in the group jobs together or conserve media settings you can set the horizontal and vertical distance to whatever number you would like.

 

Pretty sure onyx has tutorials for stuff like this but this is the most basic you can get! Lol

I’m still relatively new to onyx so I’m by no means an expert but I’ve found loads of helpful tools just rooting around the menus and playing about.

personal favourite is the grommets tool. No more dropping watermark grommet templates for me!

that and being able to create a cut file in onyx without needing any other software. Really idiot proofs it for everyone else when I’m not around

 

There are a few members here that sell media that can help you but yes, large format = larger prices.

there are also a lot of helpful members that will do their best with any of your questions, but you do need to know what you’re talking about and at least know some jargon.. pictures help a lot too!

I’m just glad you went with latex so I don’t see you here in two weeks asking how to save your dead (and very expensive) print head that you can’t pay to fix lol

 

Welcome to canada where everything costs a fortune.

Allgraphicsupplies.com will be your cheapest bet. If you're looking for just paper, not vinyl... Then spicers.ca (Who just bought all graphic supplies) has a wider selection of papers/media, and specializes in paper products.charge a flat $8 delivery fee...so it's good if you dont order often.

AGS Sells their "Poster paper" for $100 a roll. It's not the best product, but without knowing what your using it for... it's hard to recommend a good paper. But... buy a cheap $100 roll and learn on it, no point in wasting the good stuff.

 

I for one, don't like tying up my print tech with these matters. Use a vector program and set up your full page as needed. Step and repeat, copy paste, script or macros etc. You have much more control and can do it a lot faster. Maybe that's just me. I use macros to set up the quantity, registration marks, cut lines, layers, bleeds, spacing etc. Click, click, click export to pdf to the hot folder. All the print tech does is keep the printer rolling. He then throws that section of print back to me for plotting or if I'm busy he plots it himself.