Add Printer Marks Offset

When using the 'Add Printer Marks' feature under Print Production tools, is there a way to set the offset of the resulting marks from trim? I get files every day that have no marks and the marks that this feature create just don't work. The offset appears to be only about .040". It needs to be 0.125" for most jobs. You can edit object on the marks after creation in Illustrator but that would be way too much work on a multi page file.
Is there a simple Acrobat plug in that would have this feature other than Pitstop available
Thanks.

You cannot adjust the printer marks offset in the 'Set Page Boxes' under 
Print production. I need to know how to change the offset of the 'Default' 
setting in the Add Printer Marks feature. Making the Quark Express marks the 
default would also suffice.
Thanks.
Mike
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