Enfocus PitStop Pro 11 Level B, 1Y, Maintence Technical Information Page 1

Reference Guide

Selections...178Changes...

• Click the + button and browse to add a reference to an original document.• Select a reference and click the - button to remove it• Select an origina

• Select a Preflight Profile Compare configuration and click Select to compare the Certified PDFPreflight Profile to this configuration• Click Clear t

6.11 Providing a Certified PDF document with job informationAbout job informationCertified PDF documents can be provided with job information. Job inf

6.13 Viewing the edit log fileAbout the edit log fileThe Certified PDF mechanism in PitStop Prokeeps a record of every editing session of a CertifiedP

a given session and can store the information about these changes per session (“incrementally”)as you save your PDF document.This way of managing and

7. Click Close.Comparing sessionsAbout comparing sessionsAt some point in your PDF workflow, you may want to compare two versions of your Certified PD

Note: You cannot compare sessions in “optimized” Certified PDF documents. See Saving anoptimized Certified PDF document on page 107.To compare sessio

Note: You can change the color of the transparent overlay in the Preferences. Choose Edit >Preferences > Enfocus StatusCheck and click the colo

•Comparing sessions on page 105To save an optimized Certified PDF document1. Open your Certified PDF document in Adobe Acrobat.2. Choose File > Sa

• DocumentationThe PDF document receiver creates and publishes Specifications on CertifiedPDF.net. The PDFdocument creator uses Specifications from Ce

Absolute colorimetric remapping...196To change the rendering intent of an image...

MeaningStatusCertifiedPDF.netbutton colorYou have not registered on CertifiedPDF.net yet. Make sureyou have a CertifiedPDF.net account and then choose

7. Editing objects7.1 About line art and pixel imagesCategories of computer graphicsThere are two main categories of computer graphics:•Line art on pa

Line art is also known as object-oriented graphics or vector graphics.Figure 20: Line art describes shapes according to its geometric characteristics

or lose detail if they are enlarged or printed at a higher resolution than they were created for. Pixelimages are also called raster images.Figure 22:

The individual elements that make up a path are called segments. Sometimes a path can be justone segment, but it can also consist of multiple segments

7.3 Selecting objectsObject selection toolsTo select an object in your PDF document, you can use one of the two selection tools:•The Select Objects to

• If you select text, you will see that an outline is drawn along its baseline with an extra anchorat the left of the text line. These anchors are not

• Double-click the selected object.All similar objects, i.e. objects with the same selected attributes, will be selected.7.4 Hiding and showing select

able to do so. For situations like this, PitStop Pro enables you to change the order in which theobjects are stacked.Figure 27: Changing the stacking

C. Paste the “new” object over the “old” one and resize in one single stepTo replace an object1. Using the Select Objects tool , select the “new” obj

1. Copyrights© 2012 Enfocus BVBA all rights reserved. Enfocus is an Esko company.Certified PDF is a registered trademark of Enfocus BVBA; patent pendi

7.8 Changing the transparency of objectsYou can make objects transparent or change their transparency settings. Furthermore, you canremove transparenc

7.9 Changing the color of text or line-art objectsChange the color, and specify the fill and stroke attributesYou can change the fill or stroke color

• Cap style. The cap style determines the appearance of the stroke at the end of a path.• Join style. The join style determines the appearance of the

Join styleCap styleMeaningIconMeaningIconMiter joinButt capRound joinRound capBevel joinProjecting cap• If you selected a miter join style , set the

3. Define if you want to convert the Fill, the Stroke or Both4. Select the color space you want to convert the color to.5. If necessary, change the So

3. If necessary, change the color using the sliders or select another color model (Gray, RGB orCMYK) or spot color.4. In the fly-out menu, click Add c

Color lists in CSV formatYou can import a list of colors into the Color Libraries. For this, you need to have the list in CSVformat (Comma Separated V

4. If necessary, change the Constrain Angle (for SHIFT-rotate) or the Cross Hair Color in theEnfocus Inspector. You can change the Cross Hair Color by

• Hold down the ALT key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh) while dragging to create arotated copy of the selected object.To rotate an object by speci

The object’s point of origin towards which it will be scaled is indicated.Figure 32: The point of origin is in the center of the selected object.6. Do

2. Introduction2.1 The PitStop Pro documentation setThe PitStop Pro Help Set consists of the following volumes:• The PitStop Pro Help (HTML).• The Onl

You can move an object in two ways:• By dragging• By specifying a given distance and direction using the Enfocus Inspector.You can use magnetic guides

• Hold down the SHIFT key and drag the selected object confined to a horizontal or verticaldirection.Figure 36: Holding down the SHIFT key while dragg

7.14 Shearing an objectAbout shearingShearing an object sets the object askew, very much like you would push any of the corners of arectangular frame

The Enfocus Inspector changes accordingly.3. If necessary, change the Constraint Angle (for SHIFT-shear) or the Cross Hair Color in theNumeric feedbac

7.15 Transforming an object by specifying exact valuesIf you want to transform an object more accurately than by dragging and using one of the transfo

• Scale, rotate or flip the selected object by changing the values and clicking the buttons inthe Numeric Transforms area:Proceed as follows:To...Do o

A. Drawing from side keeps the sides of the shape in a fixed position along the xand y axisB. Drawing from center keeps the center point in a fixed po

A. A. First anchor pointB. B. SegmentC. C. Center pointD. D. Second anchor point and pointer5. Click at other positions to add new anchor points and t

The anchor points of the path become visible, but are not selected yet.Figure 43: Anchor points are visible, but not yet selected.3. Do one of the fol

7.19 Adding or removing an anchor pointReasons for adding or removing anchor pointsYou can add anchor points to or remove anchor points from any path

•Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > Colors on page 18•Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > Windows on page 24•Pref

The respective anchor point will appear selected (and display its direction points, if any) andwill then disappear. The shape of the path will then ch

7.21 Viewing the properties of a pixel imagePixel image propertiesIf you have pixel images in your PDF document, you can select them and view their pr

screen ruling (for example 150 lpi) x 2 = image resolution (300 dpi)Interpolation methodsResampling, i.e. adding or deleting pixels, can be done in va

To downsample an image, select Resample above and specify the threshold resolution indpi. Only images with a resolution higher than or equal to this t

• ASCII 85, which will increase the image data size by approximately 25 %To compress a single image1. Using the Select Objects tool , select a pixel

7.25 Viewing the halftone information of an objectAbout halftone informationYou can select an object in your PDF document and view its halftone inform

7. Alternatively, you can click the Previous button to search from anywhere in the document tothe beginning of it.8. If you want to replace the search

• Drag and select the entire text line.Figure 50: Dragging to select an text line which has been split into charactersTo select multiple adjacent text

2. Press and hold down the SHIFT key and select other text segments.Figure 52: Selecting nonadjacent text segmentsTo select text segments with similar

• To select multiple adjacent words, double-click the first word, hold down the SHIFT key andclick the last character of the last word.Figure 54: Sele

Note: You can open PDF 1.7 (Acrobat 8) documents in Adobe Acrobat 7, but you will get a warningsaying that the document “may not open or display cor

7.29 Editing a text paragraphParagraphs as logical text entitiesIf you need to make comprehensive changes to text which spans across multiple lines, y

3. If necessary, drag or resize the red box to change the position of the selected paragraph.Figure 59: Resizing the paragraph boxFigure 58: Using the

7.31 Changing the font properties of textWhat are font properties?Font properties are:• The name of the font family, for example Times-Roman• The size

• To change the alignment of the text, use the Edit Paragraph tool and click in the text.Select the Paragraph Alignment in the Enfocus Inspector.Fig

• You do not need to convert text to outlines if you simply want to change the fill or stroke colorof the text. Select your text, click the Fill and S

7.33 Splitting text segmentsSplitting a text segment into words or charactersYou can split a text segment into words or characters.Figure 68: Text seg

•Composite fonts on page 160Standard 14 fontsWhen working in PostScript and PDF environments, you may come across the notion “standard14 fonts” or “ba

Type 1 fonts have the following characteristics:• They are smaller in file size than TrueType fonts, which means that they occupy less space onyour sy

• TrueType fonts can print well on both non-PostScript and PostScript output devices. However,to print well on a PostScript device, the TrueType font

A. MasterB. Font propertyC. Design axisD. User-defined variant “in-between”To create the in-between variants, you require Adobe Type Manager.OpenType

CBAFigure 1: Text in wireframe mode: Outline (A), Black Fill (B), and greeked(C)Show center selection handleYou can choose to show or hide the center

In PDF files, an OpenType font can only appear as an embedded font. So if you are using aType 1-based OpenType font, you can embed it as Type 1 or as

7.36 Embedding versus subsetting fontsEmbedding fontsEmbedding a font implies that the entire font, i.e. every single character of the font, is copied

Placed PDF documents become “forms” and you can manipulate them using the Edit Form tool.To place a PDF document in a PDF document:1. Open a PDF docum

A. Object moved outside a regular rectangle.B. Object moved within a form: the object is cropped.To edit formsEditing forms can mean:•To edit individu

• To move the content within the form, click it, hold down the CONTROL(CTRL) key (Windows) orCommand( ) key (Macintosh) and drag it to the desired p

You can use any one of the two dedicated tools.Figure 70: Dedicated PitStop Pro tools used to edit PDF2Go documents.Note: You can edit the continuous

If you clicked on the LW layer, the Enfocus Inspector dialog box will display both the sourceand target color.•Figure 71: Enfocus Inspector when click

8. Global ChangesWith a Global Change you can change a specific aspect of your PDF document (a color, a font, ...)in the whole document, on specific p

3. Select a Global Change in the list.4. In the Run on part, select the page range in which you want to apply the Global Change.5. Specify when you ne

•Flip the page content on page 171•Rotate the page content on page 172Move the page contentSuppose you would like your PDF document, which is original

• Only objects inside the bounding outline should be selected.Bounding outline of your selection, the dotted rectangle also known as marqueeObject ins

change the physical position of the page content of odd and even pages throughout your entirePDF document by entering new values for the horizontal X

Scale the entire pageSuppose you have an A4-size PDF document (210 x 297 mm) and you need to scale the page boxesand the page content to fit the US Le

A. Flip the page content horizontally (left/right): over a vertical axisB. Flip the page content vertically (up/down): over a horizontal axisRotate th

8.4 Removing text or objects inside or outside a selected areaAbout removing objects: example of usageYou can select a given area in your PDF document

9. Select the page range in which you want to apply the Global Change.10. Specify when you need to see a report.11. Click the Run button to run the

Example of displayMeaningVariableJanuary 25, 2008The current date in the Coordi-nated Universal Time (UTC) zone.%UTC Date%UTC is an alternative name f

9. Automating tasks with Action Lists or QuickRuns9.1 About Action ListsAutomating repetitive tasksOne of the main reasons for using PitStop Pro is ed

ActionIllustration2. Change the selected fill color of an object.3. Select another fill color of the object.4. Remove the selected fill color of the o

9.2 Action typesAbout action typesBasically, when you create an Action List, you select something in the PDF document and youchange it into something

You can open the Enfocus Processing - Action Lists panel by•clicking the Enfocus Processing - Action Lists button • choosing Plug-Ins > Enfocus Pi

Default Styles for New ObjectsThis helps you to change the default setting configured for new text objects and new line-art objectsin the PitStop Pro.

The Action List Editor contains• General information and Locking Information• A list of actions at the left side• The Attributes for the selected Acti

Stop recording. See To create an Action List by recording on page 184Use a Variable Name instead of a fixed value.Ways to create or edit an Action Lis

In the example above, the selected "OR" operator affects the "Select font Times New Roman"action (purple) and the combination of t

2. Double-click an existing Action List to edit it, or click the action button and choose New tocreate a new Action List.The Enfocus Action List Edi

9. Click OK.To create an Action List by recording1. Open a (sample) PDF document in which you will do the actions you wish to record.2. Choose Window

When importing an Action List that is locked, the password needs to be entered upon importing.If the correct password is entered, the actions will be

The example aims to show the PDF documents before and after the Action List has been appliedand the necessary selections and changes to obtain the req

To create an Action List that changes the page layout of a PDF document1. Using the Enfocus Action List Editor, create an Action List that looks as fo

ActionStepSelect even pages8Select objects inside region8In the Attributes pane, specify: Use Trim Box. Select objects inside region.AND9Move page con

•Using the Enfocus Processing Panel shortcut, Alt+Ctrl+R and clicking the QuickRun button Note:All QuickRuns in the Favorites in toolbar database, wil

Wireframe objectPage boxesSelected objectSelected form objectNavigator dim colorSelected clipping maskParagraph editingPreferences > Enfocus PitSto

11. Click OK.To use a QuickRun1. Open a PDF document.2. If the QuickRun you want to run is part of the Favorites database, you can click the buttono

10. Color management10.1 About color managementColor monitors and color printers reproduce color in completely different ways.A color management syste

In theory, pure cyan, magenta, and yellow pigments should combine to absorb all color and produceblack. But because all printing inks contain impuriti

A. RGB color gamutB. CMYK color gamutFor more information on color gamuts and color spaces, see the Adobe Acrobat Help.Device-dependent colorDevice-de

space of another device. This remapping is done according to a specific remapping method, alsoknown as rendering intent. There are four remapping meth

This render intent is primarily designed for business graphics, where the exact relationship betweencolors (such as in a photographic image) is not as

But this matching method is useful when combining 2 output profiles for proofing. Since the colorgamut of the proofing device (2) should be bigger tha

This may lead to a loss of detail in some regions. Over most of the tonal range, a close match isobtained. This method is suited for spot colors.Figur

If you print a spot color at 100 %, a solid opaque color appears on your page (not a dot pattern). Atint of a spot color, i.e. a lightened spot color,

Saving the color in the color library will make the color available for other PitStop Pro tasks,such as performing global color changes or creating Ac

Contents1. Copyrights...122. Introduction...

4. Click the OK button in the Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences dialog box.5. Restart Adobe Acrobat.Enfocus Pack ManagerThe PitStop Pro help system can

Note: Select Keep to reset the selected spot color as is or click the button Keep all to keep allthe spot colors as they are.To duplicate a spot colo

For example, if you use an Action List or a Preflight Profile to tag all images in your PDFdocument with ICC profile A and some of these images alread

10.7 Using the Output Intent PanelIn the Enfocus Output Intent Panel, you can select and apply an Output Intent. The Default OutputIntent Templates ar

5. Click OK10.8 Color conversionYou can now convert any color to spot using one of the following options available in Global Changes:1. Convert to Col

1) Using the Convert to Color Space you can choose to maintain the image details but with therisk of losing color intensity. Pixels with different col

d. Remap any Channel to Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, CMYK or Spot color.For example: You have a file which has objects composed in CMYK and Spot red.

6. When you select an object which has both fill and stroke, the Fill and the Stroke checkboxeswill be activated. You can choose to remap either fill

11. Overprint11.1 The simple overprint and knockout theoryThe basic ruleYou may have overlapping colored objects in your PDF document, for example tex

OverprintKnockoutYellow plateResulting color inthe intersectionC: 40 %C: 0 %M: 0 %M: 0 %Y: 60 %Y: 60 %K: 0 %K: 0 %Different colors, common inksAn impo

Foreground objectBackground objectInk0 %Black100 %RedThere are no common inks because cyan, magenta, yellow and black are not specified in the spotcol

Local tabThis tab provides a list of locally stored packs (for example: packs that were downloaded but notyet installed, installed packs appear in the

C: 100 %M: 0 %Y: 0 %K: 0 %The cyan foreground object has been set to overprint, but still, the magenta and yellow in thebackground are knocked out. Co

•Common pitfalls of overprint behavior on page 213Color spacesA PDF document can contain objects of different color spaces: Separation, DeviceN, CMYK,

Object in Separation BlackObject in spot color black, Gray or 100 % KInk0 %Yellow100 %100 %Black• Be careful with color conversions, because the overp

Simple logic tells us to combine the inks, so we expect the following result:ResultCircle in the foregroundCircle in the backgroundInk40 %0 %40 %Cyan0

Foreground objectBackground objectnot specifiednot specifiedObject typeOPM 0Overprint modeC: 0 %Spot color Red 40 %Color spaceM: 10 %Y: 20 %K: 30 %The

Foreground objectBackground objectnot specifiednot specifiedObject typeOPM 0 or OPM 1 (no difference)Overprint modeDuotone:ICC-tagged CMYK, converted

Foreground objectBackground objectTextnot specifiedObject typeOverprint modeC: 0 %C: 10 %Color spaceM: 0 %M: 20 %Y: 0 %Y: 30 %K: 50 %K: 40 %We’re deal

C: 0 %M: 0 %Y: 0 %K: 50 %The overprint mode is irrelevant in this case because an image is overprint-mode-independent.Example4: Gray object on a CMYK

Illustrator overprint mode (OPM 1)Standard overprint mode (OPM 0)Magenta plateYellow plateBlack plateResulting color inthe intersectionC: 0 %C: 0 %M:

Overprint modeColor space and valuesObjectOPM 080 % Gray1OPM 180 % Gray2OPM 0C: 0 %M: 0 %3Y: 0 %K: 20 %OPM 1C: 0 %M: 0 %4Y: 0 %K: 20 %OPM 020 % of spo

Using this Preset Manager you can select a predefined set, and click Apply button to use it, oryou can create your own Color Management Preset using t

11.4 Changing the overprint settings of an objectMaking black text overprintText —especially fine text or text set at a small point size— on colored b

Figure 88: Overprinting black text compensates for misregistration.You can specify overprinting only for 100 % black text because printing text of any

Figure 89: Knocking out white text cuts out the inks on the separations underneath.To change the overprint settings of an object1. Make sure overprint

Force overprint on a gray objectAs a general rule, gray always has a knockout effect on the underlying inks, regardless of the Grayobject’s type or OP

Force Overprint on all separationsRegular overprintK: 60 % K: 60 %Force overprint on CMYK objectThe Force Overprint for all separations applied on a C

IndexAabsolute colorimetric remappingdefinition 196accelerating image display 32accessingEnfocus preferences 13Acrobat metadata 95Action List Editordi

Certified workflow status 95consulting 95CertifiedPDF.netbecoming member of the ~ community 109checking for updated Specifications 108contributing mem

CTSee continuous-tone layer 164Ddefault attributes of text and line artusing ~ for new objects 18deletinganchor point 139device-dependent colordefinit

greeking text (continued)wireframe view 31gridviewing 43guaranteed preflighting 91guidelines for creating Action Lists 181guidesadjusting 60inserting

member of CertifiedPDF.netcontributing 109subscribing 109menus of PitStop Procontext~ 29dedicated~ 29integrated~ 29metadata 95methods of compression 1

2. Using the Variable Sets in the toolbar, you can select a Variable Set Preset, open the VariableSet preferences, or open the Enfocus Variable Set Ed

page boxesdefinition 56types 58viewing 43, 56page contentchanging orientation 168changing position 47, 168flipping 171manipulating 168page content siz

QuickRuns (continued)when to use 188Rraster imageSee pixel image 112rectanglesdrawing 135redoingactions 47registration marksviewing 56regular prefligh

show the Enfocus Navigator or the preflight reportpreference 14showingall annotations in a PDF document 32objects 117selected objects 117sign-off 80si

vertical textediting 151viewing 31, 32, 42, 43, 44, 48, 56, 80, 103, 104, 141, 144, 145alternate images 44annotations 32, 44bleed 56document history 1

Page CoordinatesIf you select the Rotate x-y axis checkbox, absolute coordinates in PitStop panels take the Acrobatview rotation setting into account,

5. Restart Acrobat.Preferences > Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences > HelpYou can define the way you want to access help for the PitStop Pro applic

Specific change of an active editing session in the primary highlight color Other changes on the page in the secondary highlight color Proceed as foll

information will also be stored in the Certified PDF documents which you will be creating. Thus,the recipients of your Certified PDF documents will be

• Prevent it from displaying a dialog box which asks for the session comment every time you savea Certified PDF. Select the Do not show GUI on save ch

3. Looking at the PitStop Pro work area3.1 Looking at the PitStop Pro work area in Adobe AcrobatWhere to find the PitStop Pro menusIntegrated menusAs

3.4 The Enfocus Preset Manager...33Preset Databases...

A. Adobe Acrobat File toolbarB. Enfocus Edit toolbarC. Enfocus Workspace, View Settings and Color Management toolbarD. Enfocus Design Layout toolbarE.

3.3 The PitStop Pro View settingsViewing a PDF document in wireframe viewWhat is a wireframe view?You can view a PDF document in either one of the fol

2. Click the View Wireframe button to switch between preview mode and wireframe view mode.Showing or hiding annotationsAnnotated PDF documentsA PDF d

4. Fill in the General Information for the Action List.5. Click the button to add a new action.6. In the New Action Type dialog box select the chang

You can edit these Presets, but you cannot save an edited Preset to the Standard database.If you want to save an edited Preset, duplicate it from the

• Click the Action button and choose Refresh.Managing PresetsCreating a new PresetTo create a new Preset, you can click the action button and choo

1. Click the arrow in the filter to search either by Preset name, author, company or by Presetdescription.2. Enter your search text in the filter.You

2. In the browser dialog that opens, select the folder containing the Preset files you want to import.This adds the imported Presets in a group (calle

Managing WorkspacesIn the Workspaces panel, you can manage your workspaces using the Preset Manager: see TheEnfocus Preset Manager on page 33This Pres

2. Enter a Workspace Name.3. For each of the Categories, choose the Settings you want to use and their values.Note:You can also grab settings from you

5.5 To edit or create a Preflight Profile...755.6 Adding Action Lists to Preflight Pr

Applying a WorkspaceTo use a workspace for your current work:• Select it in the Enfocus Workspace Panel and click the Apply button.• In your toolbar,

BAFigure 7: Overprint preview off (A) and on (B)Use local fontsWhen you view a PDF documentwhich has fonts which are not embedded, you can use the Ado

BAFigure 9: Display Large Images off (A) and on (B)View transparency gridYou can use the Adobe Acrobat preference named Display transparency grid to s

BAFigure 10: View transparency grid off (A) and on (B): the graphic is not transparent, it has a white background.View gridTo align text and graphic o

BAFigure 12: View Page Boxes off (A) and on (B)Speed up (alternate) image displayIf you work with PDF documents which contain high-resolution images,

You can check whether Hide Annotations is on or off and fix this setting correspondingly.Figure 14: PDF document with annotations shown (A) or hidden

4. Working with PDF documents4.1 Copying and pasting object attributesAbout copying object attributesYou can easily copy an object’s attributes and ap

UsageUndoesButtonIn situations where you have done multiple changes andmaybe made some selections in between.Changes only.For example: select text, mo

To replace an object1. Using the Select Objects tool , select the “new” object, i.e. the object which you want to useto replace with the other one.2.

The Utility dialog displays the attributes of the selected text or object.Using the Enfocus InspectorWith the Enfocus Inspector, you can view and edit

Enfocus metadata...956.4 Checking the Certified PDF status of a

Change objects using the Fly-out menu in the Enfocus InspectorThe Fly-out menu contains a number of generic actions, related to the selected category

• be grey when no document is open or if no Design Layout is selected,• have a red cross when a Design Layout is selected but not applied,• have a gre

The page boxes are shown in the colors you chose in the Preferences.The Enfocus Design Layout PanelThe Enfocus Design Layout Panel allows you to manag

3. For each of the Overlay types at right ( Page Boxes, Guides and Zones), choose the Settingsyou want to use and their values. See Defining a Design

A Design Layout consists of:• A name• A description• Page Boxes. See Page boxes on page 56• Guides. See Using guides on page 59• Zones. See Zones on p

EffectShortcutApply the Design Layout to the entire document. See Applying a DesignLayout to your Whole Document on page 56Shift + EnterSwitch to the

• Select it in the Enfocus Design Layout Panel and click the Apply to Page button.• Activate the Design Layout, and select "Apply [the selected D

To view a PDF document’s trim and bleed1. Open a PDF document.Acrobat displays the PDF document in its full size.2. Click the View Page Boxes button.

2. Define the trim box• Set Snap to detected trim marks to try to detect trim marks and use these to define thetrim box. By clicking the Edit button,

A. Media box on page 59B. Bleed box on page 59C. Trim box on page 59D. Art box on page 59Media boxThe media box is the largest page box. The media box

Pixel images...1127.2 About paths, anchor points and dir

Managing Guides• Click the + button to add a new guide• Click the - button to remove the selected guide• Click the Duplicate button to create a duplic

document. The area between the safety box and the trim box is called the safe type zone: this isthe zone where you must not place any text or objects,

Define a Border zoneA Border zone uses existing page boxes.This can be used for example to define a safety zone based on the trim box.• Select Relativ

Layer settings can be changed using an Action List, or in the Enfocus Inspector.Change Layer settings in the Enfocus InspectorThe Enfocus Inspector al

5. Preflighting and checking PDF documents5.1 What is preflighting?Preflighting definedPreflighting is a term derived from the airline industry. The p

An example of a criterion is RGB colors. If you do not want RGB colors in your PDF documents,you can check this and have all RGB colors converted to C

5.2 Running a preflight checkRunning a preflight check can be done from the Enfocus Processing - Preflight panel, or, in aCertified PDF workflow, from

After finishing, the Enfocus Navigator will show all errors, allow to restart the Preflight, suggestsolutions, etc. See Using the Enfocus Navigator on

5.3 Properties of PDF documentsCategories of propertiesThe Enfocus Preflight Profile Editor gives you access to and control over, a large number ofpro

• Output intent: According to the PDF/X rules, a PDF document must contain the intended outputintent. This output intent identifies what the final out

To scale an object by dragging...1287.13 Moving an object...

Some of this information is set by the creator of the document ans some by the Acrobat. Theinformation set by the author can be modified if the securi

• Page size: fit to columns: Checks whether any pages in the PDF document have a horizontalpage size (width) which is not a multiple of a specific num

• Not suited for calibrated display: Checks whether any colors other than calibrated gray orcalibrated RGB are used in the PDF document.• ICC: unwante

• Embedded OpenType: Checks the PDF document for occurrence of "OpenType" embeddedfonts.• Embedded completely/subset: Checks whether the fon

• Image is skewed: Checks for images in the PDF document which have been skewed.• Image is scaled: Checks for images in the PDF document which have no

• You can label deviating properties as “Warning” if it is not a real problem in the strict sense ofthe word, but just something you would like to be

5. In the CHECK ON category, click a profile check in the list. Select the checkbox next to it toenable this profile check.6. In the Available Checks

5. If you add several Action Lists, use the and buttons to specify the order in which theAction Lists should be run.Note: Running two or more Act

MeaningRestriction levelNothing can be changed. You can only select the Preflight Profile andrun it in your PDF document.Locked5. Enter a password and

ResultsYou can click the plus sign (+) to expand the Errors, Warnings, Fixes or Failures categories. Clickan error, warning, fix or failure to see mor

7.25 Viewing the halftone information of an object...145About halftone information...

For example, your PDF document may contain annotations, and these annotations are reportedas a warning. You did not use a Preflight Profile which remo

ContentSectionOPI usage in the PDF documentOPI Informationall color spaces (RGB, CMYK, etc.) used in the PDF document, withadditional information wher

This can be set either in the Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences, or in the Enfocus Navigator. SeeUsing the Enfocus Navigator on page 78To view and inter

smooth integration of the Enfocus preflight technology with PDF file creation, color conversion,image optimization, imposition and proofing tools.More

Examples of checks that can change from jobto jobExamples of Common ChecksEtc…Etc…Types of Smart Preflight VariablesThere are two primary types of var

The following sections will go into more detail about each step.Creating a Variable SetA Variable Set contains all your Smart Preflight variables that

For example, if a variable for a trim page size is to be created, then it must have a "Length" variabletype. If a variable is needed to sele

DescriptionOptionsThe constant value defined here sets the default value to "Offset"2. Define the Rule Based variableDescriptionOptionsIn th

DescriptionOptionsFor this check, the Rule based value has been assigned to the Color Ink coveragevalue. Depending on the previous setting, this value

ELSE adds an alternative statement to the overall variable, and there is always an exceptionELSE statement at the end of the argument so that any exce

To find a PostScript font name...1607.36 Embedding versus subsetting fonts...

Constant variable values (in black text) can be modified. Constant variable changed to a value otherthan the default will display in bold text. Placin

6. Working with Certified PDF documents6.1 PDF workflow conceptCertified PDF is a PDF workflow concept developed by Enfocus based on customer requests

Note: You can also create Certified PDF documents with Enfocus Instant PDF. For more informationabout Enfocus Instant PDF, visit our Web site at www

Many printers, service providers, etc. are extremely reluctant to make any changes to theircustomer’s documents for fear of having to assume responsib

In the Certified PDF workflow, all the modifications done in a PDF document are logged per sessionand saved in an edit log file. Also, the edited PDF

6.3 What is an Enfocus Certified PDF document?Acrobat metadataAny regular PDF document contains metadata, i.e. information about the document itself.

MeaningButton• The Preflight Profile doesn’t match the Preflight Profile Comparison.• The PDF document or the selected Preflight Profile has been chan

be changed and is therefore a reliable source to pinpoint responsibility, for example. If peopleclaim or disclaim responsibility for a given change ma

any change made to the document will be “recorded” per editing session and can be traced in theedit log.Figure 18: Starting a Certified PDF workflow f

In the top right corner of the Preflight category, the status is shown of the Preflight only (withoutthe other Certified PDF aspects such as Original