Note: Effective July 11, 2023, we will update our processes by implementing support for a new automated print code tag. This new print code tag will read "$PrintCode" and the previous print code tag "ScoutAutomatedPrintCode" will continue to be supported on titles prior to this date. Thus, you may see the old "ScoutAutomatedPrintCode" tagline in Lakeside Scout on titles uploaded prior to this date.
The new "$PrintCode" tag will improve the automated placement of your print code, as well as make the tag more universally accepted by other print manufacturers that can support automated print code replacements.
We encourage users to start using the $PrintCode tag on any new files being uploaded, to include corrected copyright pages, as time allows. As mentioned above, the previous "ScoutAutomatedPrintCode" will continued to be supported on all legacy work and any work in progress.
There is no need to alter your files that are currently in Lakeside Scout Portal or your work in progress that have the older "ScoutAutomatedPrintCode" tag.
In the event you upload a file in the near future with the older "ScoutAutomatedPrintCode" tag, it will still continue to be supported.
Lakeside Book staff will apply the new print code when titles are uploaded from the Lakeside Book archive.
The current, default format* contains the printing run and the calendar year when the file is delivered to manufacturing.
• If the tagline font is fully embedded and not subsetted, the automated print code will appear in the requested font at the requested point size and color.
• If the tagline font is not fully embedded and is subsetted, the font and point size cannot be honored. In this scenario, a member of our support team may reach out to request a new file be uploaded with the font fully embedded.
Here is an example of the "$PrintCode" tagline as seen in Lakeside Scout.
ISBN: 9781234567890
$PrintCode
Printed in the Unites States of America
Here is the same example after automation is applied and the file has been delivered to manufacturing. This specific example illustrates the fourth printing run in the year 2023. NOTE: This example also shows an account with auto alignment turned on so, by default, the print code is centered on the replaced text string. See this article for alignment options.
ISBN: 9781234567890
4 2023
Printed in the Unites States of America
* FORMAT OPTIONS
The default format shows printing and calendar year as shown above; however, Lakeside Scout does have some flexibility for other formats as shown here.
4 2023; default; Shows printing as digit followed by 4 digit calendar year.
Third Printing, 2023; Shows printing as letters followed by a , (comma) followed by 4 digit calendar year.
3; Shows printing as digit - no calendar year.
1 2 3 4 5 LBC 27 26 25 24 23; Shows printing counting up, followed by LBC (Lakeside Book Company) followed by 2 digit calendar year counting down
23 24 25 26 27 LBC 5 4 3 2 1; Shows 2 digit calendar year counting up followed by LBC (Lakeside Book Company) followed by printing counting down
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; Shows printing counting down; a print number is dropped after each printing and not replaced. On the 10th and subsequent printings, this will only show as 10 or 11 or 12, etc.
As with the alignment option you choose, the format option is set at the account level and is applied to all titles within that account.