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A 'realistic' understanding of PDF production workflows Didier Haazen Chair Compliancy Testing Subcomittee
Topics
• A compliant flow? • Key components for a realistic and predictable workflow
• Where to begin • Other useful tools • Info and links
Intro: compliant wf’s
• The sometimes inconceivable approach − Take EPS − Place in Illustrator − Save as PDF/X-1a − Import in QXPress − Print to PS (HQ settings or PDF/X-4) − Re-render using Distiller − Place in Imposition tool − Send to RIP
Intro: compliant wf’s
• It may seem unrealistically • But we’ve seen situations that came pretty near…
Key components
• What needs to be in place • What are the areas where things mostly go wrong, and that could have been avoided would they have been addressed upfront
Guts
• New technology (often) means new opportunities
• Stagnation can lead to decay − I work with IDCS3, can I also use Live Preflight
in that version? − Can I also use the GWG 2012 preflight profiles
in Enfocus PitStop Professional 6.5?
Where to begin…
•GWG joboptions and preflight profiles − A set of settings files for many applications
to properly create and preflight PDF-files − Tested with more than 200 different
compliancy test files − Provided with documentation on how to
install and use − Completely free and downloadable from the
GWG website
Where to begin…
•GWG joboptions and preflight profiles − Developed and maintained by Publishers
and Printers from the industry − Ensure proper and predictable PDF
output
Where to begin…
• Ghent Output Suite − Free test suite from GWG − Based on current standards and proven
technology (PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-4) − Separated in individual categories, important
areas to check • Those areas that often cause problems in live situations
Where to begin…
• Ghent Output Suite − Created by real people, with real software and
containing real issues • Not hand crafted laboratory conditions
− Used by many companies (including vendors!) − Goes beyond RIP, but also layout, imposition,
PDF-rendering, etc
Ghent Output Suite v4
• Shall contain new challenging aspects − Live Transparency − Optional Content (groups) − JPEG2000 patches − 16 bits image support − OpentType fonts
• Proposal that is developed by now (amalgamated page)
Other useful tools
• VIGC PDF viewer check − A ‘quick and dirty tool’ to check if the proper
PDF viewer / PDF viewer settings are used
Other useful tools
• VIGC Output Essentials − A key tool to simplify and check the entire
layout process • Custom panel for both Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop
(CS5/CS6) • Including link to VIGC Live Preflight profiles for Adobe
InDesign (CS4 and up)
Other useful tools
• And don’t forget to check the VIGC RIP audit ‘Passed’ and ‘Perfect’ labels during your stay at Graph Expo
Other useful tools
• Passed (Graph Expo) − Agfa :Apogee Prepress v8 (AP 8.0.0b3) − Océ PRISMAsync Color Controller Version 13
Other useful tools
• Passed (drupa 2012) − EFI - XF v4.5.5 − Esko - Esko Suite 12 − FujiFilm - XMF v4.1.0.6 − GMG - ColorProof v5.3.1.97 − Heidelberg - Prinect 2011 SR1 − Kodak - Prinergy 5.2.2.2 − Xeikon - X800 Digital Frontend
• No Perfect scores at that time!
Info & links
• GWG joboptions and preflight profiles − http://www.gwg.org/applicationsettings.phtml
• GWG output test suite (v3) − http://www.gwg.org/ghentoutputsuite.phtml
• Stay informed (GWG) − http://www.gwg.org/future_specifications.phtm
Info & links
• VIGC PDF viewer check − http://www.vigc.org/vigc-pdf-viewer-check/
• VIGC output essentials − http://www.vigc.org/vigc-output-essentials/
• VIGC PDF RIP audit − http://www.vigc.org/vigc-pdfx-4-audit/