About PDF input files
PDF files can be used as input for a Prinergy workflow. These PDFs can
come from several sources:
●
Saved directly out of creative software such as InDesign,
QuarkXPress, Illustrator, or Photoshop
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Created by distilling PostScript files from most creative software
using Acrobat
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Created by a PDF creation tool or suite such as Kodak Prepare
software
PDF or PostScript?
Saving creative work to a PDF file can have varying results depending
on the software and the features used to create the file.
Note: When Prinergy Workshop is installed, the system places some settings files
in the
Acrobat Distiller
folder. One of these files contains recommended
settings for Acrobat Distiller for distilling page and sheet mark PostScript files to
create PDF un-imposed marks files.
Separated PostScript
Separated files are locked down in terms of overprints and colorbreaks.
Composite files allow you to color manage and trap them.
Even though we recommend composite PS/PDF as input to Prinergy,
customers can still use separated files as input. However, distilling
separated PostScript can produce unwanted results in Prinergy
workflow, in that Distiller sometimes has difficulty determining the
color of the separated pages. When this file is brought into Prinergy,
Prinergy splits each separated page into its own subpage element. You
can overcome this issue by using the Separations Repair Acrobat plug-
in on the file before bringing it into Prinergy.
Advanced attributes
PDF 1.4 Transparency
: Prinergy supports transparent objects in digital
masters.
PDF 1.5 Layers
: Prinergy supports layered input files. For Layered PDF
Versioning (LPV) jobs, you can preserve layers of incoming PDF files.
For non-versioning jobs, Prinergy will automatically unite the visible
layers to a single layer during the refine process.
PDF 1.5 16-bit Images
: Prinergy does not support 16-bit images in
digital masters. However, 16-bit images will be converted to 8-bit
images during refine without converting the file to PDF 1.3.
PDF 1.6 OpenType Fonts and 3D Annotations
: Prinergy currently does
not support OpenType fonts in digital masters. Files with this kind of
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