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Checking your document before exporting
Before creating an Adobe PDF file to send to a service provider, make sure that the
InDesign document meets your service provider's specifications. The following list offers
some recommendations:
Use the Preflight feature to check fonts, links, graphics, and other information. (See
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"Performing a preflight check" on page
View your Adobe PDF export settings prior to exporting, and then adjust them as
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necessary. You may be able to use the predefined Adobe PDF style, called "Press," when
you export your InDesign document. (See
settings" on page 374.)
If your document uses transparent objects or effects, check the flattener settings in the
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flattener style you intend to use. (See
styles" on page 294. Also review the issues in the topic
mation" on page 373.)
If your service provider uses a PostScript Level 2 RIP and your document contains DCS
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files, colorized TIFF images, or duotone EPS files created from a version of Photoshop
earlier than 5.0.2, either change the graphics in the document or create a preseparated
PostScript file. Otherwise, the exported composite Adobe PDF file won't include the
information necessary for color separation, and all colors will print on the black plate.
Use only high-resolution images in your document.
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For best results, use only CMYK images in a four-color-process job. Alternatively, you
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can convert RGB images (except those in placed Adobe PDF files) to CMYK in the
Advanced panel of the Export PDF dialog box.
Proofing and correcting a high-resolution composite Adobe
PDF file
PostScript color printers can generate good preliminary color proofs. Composites from a
desktop color printer help you to verify bitmap image resolution and preview overall page
design and color relationships. However, unless you create color proofs using a profes-
sional printing and proofing tool, these composites may not reveal some common press
problems, such as a pattern of interference lines called a moire pattern.
If you're using a color-managed workflow, you can use the precision of color profiles to
perform an on-screen preview (a soft proof ). You can examine how your document's colors
will look when reproduced on a particular output device. (See
page 348.)
Note: Unless you are using a color management system (CMS) with accurately calibrated
ICC profiles and are sure you have properly calibrated your monitor, don't rely on the on-
screen appearance of colors.
You or your service provider can do simple last-minute editing and touch-up on text and
graphics in Acrobat 5.0. If a document requires more extensive editing, update the
InDesign document and export it again to Adobe PDF.
Handing off a print-ready Adobe PDF file to a service provider
A service provider uses prepress applications and in-RIP technologies to perform preflight
checks, do trapping and imposition, and make the color separations of the pages in the
digital master.
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