Marks producer

Marks producer

compile_pdf.marks stamps printer marks onto an input PDF. Twelve v1.0 mark types across three categories, plus an external-template ingestion mode.

Mark types

Production

• Register marks — four-corner cross-hairs for plate alignment.
• Crop marks — trim-box corner indicators.
• Bleed marks — bleed-extent indicators.
• Color bars — process + spot-ink ladder along the slug.

Proofing

• Fold marks — score / fold position indicators.
• Center marks — sheet/section centerline tickmarks.
• Slug text — operator metadata strip (job ID, date, plate).
• 1-up proofing slug — a single-cell proofing border.

Universal

• Cut marks — shop-floor cut indicators.
• Ink-key bars — densitometric step wedge.
• Tile-stitch marks — large-format stitching guides.
• Custom anchored shape — operator-defined polygon at anchor.

Ingestion modes

Programmatic (JSON template)

Each mark is a JSON record:

{
  "schema_version": "1.0.0",
  "marks": [
    { "type": "register",   "anchor": "trim_top_left", "offset_pt": 6 },
    { "type": "crop",       "anchor": "trim_corners",  "length_pt": 9 },
    { "type": "color_bar",  "anchor": "slug_top",      "inks": ["C","M","Y","K","PMS 185"] }
  ]
}

External file

Operators can upload a PDF / PNG / SVG to be stamped at a named anchor:

{ "type": "external", "file": "uploads/customer-watermark.pdf", "anchor": "trim_center" }

External files are treated opaquely — no compositing, no recoloring.

Codex surface consumed

• codex_pdf.geom.Box — bounding rectangles for anchor lookup.
• codex_pdf.geom.Point — anchor points.
• codex_pdf.geom.Polygon — non-rectangular mark zones.
• codex_pdf.geom.polygon_offset — bleed expansion / contraction.
• codex_pdf.geom.polygon_union — multi-mark merging.

No Compile-side geometry math.

Determinism guarantee

The same template + same input produces byte-identical output. Reference rasters at 300 DPI lock visual fidelity in CI.

Retention-for-training

Both endpoints honour the consent signal. JSON callers send the header X-Compile-Retain-For-Training; multipart callers can use the same header or the form field retain_for_training. Header takes precedence when both are present. See operations/retention.md.

Status

Shipped. POST /v1/marks/apply (inline JSON) and POST /v1/marks/apply-multipart (multipart upload — supports external-file marks) are live; the engine consumes Codex’s geometry primitives exclusively.