User manual ENFOCUS SOFTWARE PDF STANDARDIZER QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] This Guide will describe to you step by step each option and choice that you will have to make in order to create a PDF Standardization flow. This Quick-Start Guide will also introduce you briefly to the three technologies that are embedded in PDF Standardizer : · Enfocus PitStop Server Library · Alwan CMYK Optimizer Library · Enfocus FullSwitch For a complete description of the features of each of these applications, you can refer to the individual manual of each application. 6 ALWAN PDF Standardizer Quick-Start Guide Enfocus PitStop Server Library overview Enfocus PitStop Server is the world leading software for PDF preflight and control. PDF Standardizer is supplied with the latest PitStop Server Library available. A library version means that you can use PDF Profiles in your PDF Standardizer flow, but you will not be able to create or define workflows using PitStop Server as a stand-alone application. [. . . ] This Wizard will help you create and define a Standardized PDF workflow that meets your needs in a very simple way. The Wizard will ask you simple questions, and depending on your answers, a flow corresponding to your needs will be automatically created for you. Remember that you will always be able to find additional information and explanation about each possible answer in the Information field as shown below: 1 2 1 2 PDF Standardizer Flow FullSwitch Flow Question 1: Where are your input files produced ? Choose PDF Standardizer, then click the Finish button. If you do not know tick "I don't Know" The answer to this question will determine Standard Input ICC Profiles for the flow. If you choose: Europe: ECI/ISO12647 ICC relevant Profiles will be used. If your PDF files originators use non standard RGB or CMYK profiles, you can choose Custom and select these profiles manually. 10 ALWAN PDF Standardizer Quick-Start Guide Question 2: Are you processing. . . Question 4: Where are you input files printed? PDF Standardizer allows you to set flows that are compliant with the latest Ghent PDF Workgroup 1v4 specifications. These specifications require that Ads and other Documents be processed distinctly. Difference between the two is the following: Ads: Allows only 1 page PDF documents. Question 3: Would you like to use any embedded profile(s) and intent(s) ? If you know, please tick the destination of the PDF files you produce. If you do not know tick "I don't Know" The answer to this question will determine a Standard Output ICC Profile for the flow. If you choose: Europe: ECI/ISO12647 ICC relevant Profiles will be used USA: IDEAlliance ICC relevant Profiles will be used. Question 5: On which printing process are your files printed? If you would like to use any ICC profile information embedded in a PDF file, tick Yes. Please choose your output printing Process among the available options. If your output process is a digital press, a digital printer, or an analog press having a custom profile, please tick Digital / Custom. PDF Standardizer will use a relevant ECI profile. ALWAN PDF Standardizer Quick-Start Guide 11 Question 6: How do you want to manage spot colors? Question 8: What would you like to do? This dialogue allows you to define Spot Colors management of your PDF documents (Q2) If you are not sure, please tick "I don't know", your spot colors will be kept unchanged. (Available paper options depend on the process you have selected in Q5) Preflight: allows you to preflight your file to check if it has is any PDF or color compliancy problem. Standardize: allows you to preflight and fix most PDF and color compliancy problems that may be found. A preflight report is also saved in the flow Report folder with found errors, warnings and successful fixes, A successfully Standardized and certified file will have no Errors left after Standardization. Question 8-1: Transparencies Management: (appears only if you choose Preflight in Q8) Please choose your actual paper category. Reject: PDF containing Transparent Objects will be put in Error Folder. Allow: PDF containing Transparent Objects will be processed by the following flow steps (CMYK Optimizer and PitStop certification). I don't know: If you are not sure, please tick "I don't know". [. . . ] Corresponding files are fully compliant with ISO PDF-X1a and ISO 12647. 7 - ERROR (OutPut Error Folder) Files that contain errors that were not possible to fix will be put in ERROR folder. You may want to fix these files or print them knowing found errors and risks. Example of errors that can not be fixed: Not embedded fonts, OPI links missing, etc. 8 - OUTPUT (OutPut Compliant Folder) Files that are fully compliant with ISO PDF-X1a and ISO 12647 are put in OUTPUT folder . [. . . ]