Share via

PrintablePlate.PrintPlate Property

  • Article
Publisher Developer Reference

Returns or sets True if the printable plate is set to print. The default is True. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression.PrintPlate

expression   A variable that represents a PrintablePlate object.

Return Value
Boolean

Remarks

This property corresponds to the Print plate check boxes on the Separations tab of the Advanced Print Settings dialog box.

Example

The following example returns a spot color plate and sets several of its properties. The example assumes that separations have been specified as the active publication's print mode.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub SetPlatePropertiesByInkName()

Dim pplPlate As PrintablePlate
ActiveDocument.AdvancedPrintOptions.UseCustomHalftone = True


Set pplPlate = ActiveDocument.AdvancedPrintOptions.PrintablePlates.FindPlateByInkName(pbInkNameSpot3)

With pplPlate
    .Angle = 75
    .Frequency = 133
    .<strong>PrintPlate</strong> = True
End With



End Sub

See Also