User manual ENFOCUS SOFTWARE PITSTOP CONNECT 09

[. . . ] Copyrights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 1 Welcome to PitStop Connect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 2 Using PitStop Connect help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Installing and running PitStop Connect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3. 1 Getting ready to run PitStop Connect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Locating the installer from a product DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Downloading the installer from internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Installing PitStop Connect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3. 2 Running PitStop Connect for the first time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3. 3 Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Creating an activation account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Starting a trial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Activating licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Moving licenses between computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. Finding your way around PitStop Connect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. 1 PitStop Connect application components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Main window overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5. [. . . ] You can create a new Connector project, or, you can duplicate an existing project and edit this project. After you have finished setting the project properties, you can create a PitStop Connector. See also: · Creating a new project on page 16 · To duplicate a project on page 21 · To edit a project on page 22 · Setting the project properties on page 17 · To create a PitStop Connector on page 20 5. 1 Creating a new project In order to create a new PitStop Connector, you first need to create a new Connector project. In this project, you specify all the desired settings for your Connector. Once you have finished creating your project, you can convert this project to a PitStop Connector (see also To create a PitStop Connector on page 20). The Connector projects are stored automatically on your system in the user application support folder for PitStop Connect. Note: You can find the user application folder here: · /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/Enfocus/PitStop Connect (Mac OS) · /Users/<user>/AppData/Roaming/Enfocus/PitStop Connect (Windows Vista, Windows 7) · /Documents and Settings/<user>/Application Data/Enfocus/PitStop Connect (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003) To create a new project To create a new PitStop Connect project, do one of the following: · Click the · · button in the PitStop Connect toolbar Right-click/command-click on the Connector projects list (see Connector projects list on page 13) and choose New from the context menu Choose File > New in the application menu Note: 16 Enfocus PitStop Connect After you have created a new project, you can start setting the project properties for your new PitStop Connect project (see also Setting the project properties on page 17). 5. 2 Setting the project properties In the PitStop Connect project properties, you can set the following properties for your project: · · · · · Definition (see also Definition properties on page 17) Window (see also Window properties on page 17) Preflight (see also Preflight properties on page 17) Color (see also Color properties on page 18) Delivery (see also Delivery properties on page 19) Definition properties The Definition properties are needed for identifying your PitStop Connector. These properties determine the name of your Connector and the desired application icon. Window properties The Window properties are used for the main window of your PitStop Connector. Enter more specific information about your Connector in the Description field. Specify a background image for your PitStop Connector in the Background field. Preflight properties In the Preflight properties you determine which Action List(s) and Preflight Profile are used for preflighting. You can download Action Lists and Preflight Profiles from the Enfocus web site, or create your own using PitStop Pro, PitStop Extreme or PitStop Server. See also: · About Action Lists on page 27 · About Preflight Profiles on page 26 1. button to add your desired Action List(s) to the 17 Enfocus PitStop Connect Note: Use the button to remove an Action List from the list. Use the and buttons to move the selected Action List one position up or down in the list. The Action Lists will run in the same order as they are displayed in the list. This order can be important, changing the order might lead to different results. 2. In the Selected Preflight Profile area, click the button to add your desired Preflight Profile to the list. This step is mandatory, you cannot create a Connector without selecting a Preflight Profile. Disable Perform Certified full save (no rollback to previous sessions if you wish to enable roll-back. Enable Allow sign-off on files if you want the user of your Connector to be able to sign-off on the failed Preflight. Select Use other settings for images than for other objects if you want to use separate Color Management settings for images and other objects. [. . . ] Preflight errors If you receive a Preflight error, do one of the following: · Click Cancel. Correct the errors in you source file or correct your PDF file using PitStop Pro (see www. enfocus. com > Products > PitStop Pro for more information). to sign-off on the Preflight error(s) (see also To sign off on Preflight errors on page 25). · Click Continue to proceed to deliver the file (only possible if authorized by the creator of the Connector). [. . . ]