will recomposite the DCS on OPI into the composite page allowing you
to use Prinergy trapping.
About Illustrator
To prepare Illustrator 8 files for use in Prinergy:
●
When you save a file, include the document fonts to ensure you
don't have to add the fonts in Prinergy. If you choose not to include
document fonts, you must set the font search path in Prinergy.
●
Handling DCS files should be largely unnecessary. Copydot images
should be saved as PDF in TIFF Assembler Plus and then placed into
Illustrator. Contone images with spots can be saved from
Photoshop as PSD, TIFF, or PDF and then placed in Illustrator. If,
however, DCS files still need to be placed in Illustrator, you must
create a low-resolution placement file from the DCS using an image
sampler. Place the
.samp
file in the Illustrator file, and refine in
Prinergy using a refine process template with OPI.
●
Ensure any die lines are stroked with a unique spot color and are set
to overprint. If this isn't done, the settings can be corrected in
Prinergy, but it is more efficient to correct in Illustrator.
●
Ensure varnishes are filled and/or stroked with a unique spot color
and are set to overprint.
●
Save your file as an Illustrator EPS Level 3 using the following
settings in the EPS Format dialog box:
○
Compatibility
-8.0
○
Preview
-8-bit IBM PC
○
Under
Options
, select
Include Placed Files
,
Include Document
Fonts
, and
CMYK PostScript
. Deselect
Include Document
Thumbnails
.
To prepare Illustrator 9 and later files for use in Prinergy:
●
Follow the instructions for preparing Illustrator 8 files.
●
Illustrator 9 and later is capable of outputting PDF 1.4 (native
transparency), and PDF 1.5 (layers), both of which Prinergy handles
well.
○
Native transparency can be useful because of its increased
quality and smaller files. Enable Native transparency in the Save
PDF dialog box by selecting
Compatibility: Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4)
.
Alternately, selecting
PDF/X-4
from the
Standard
drop-down
list in the Save PDF dialog is another good starting point for
creating good PDFs for Prinergy's use. Check the other panels in
the dialog box to ensure that other settings are appropriate for
your environment.
○
Layers are useful only if you are preparing files for use with
Layered PDF Versioning jobs. Enable layers in the Save PDF
dialog box by selecting
Compatibility: Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5)
, and
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