Page 1 Adobe® InDesign® CS Printing Guide for Service Providers...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Previewing the output area and printable items ..................33 Checking for dif ferences if the f ile was conver ted from earlier versions of Adobe InDesign ..... 33 Checking for dif ferences if the f ile was conver ted from Quark XPress or Adobe PageMaker ....34 Pref lighting the document ..........................
Page 3 Expor ting Adobe PDF files ..................99 Common areas ............................... 10 0 General panel ..............................101 Compression panel ............................104 Mark s and Bleed panel ..........................106 Advanced panel ............................107 Securit y panel ..............................110 Summar y panel .............................. 111 Streamlining output with print presets ..............
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction Welcome to the Adobe® InDesign® CS Printing Guide for Print Service Providers. You’ll find this document useful as both a detailed technical reference for handling InDesign CS jobs from your customers, and as a training tool for your staff. This document is organized so that you can quickly find information about specific customer situations.
Page 5: Advancing The State Of The Art
Flattener Preview works the same way in Adobe InDesign CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, and Adobe Acrobat 6 Professional. As a result, the output improvements in Adobe InDesign CS can be grouped into the follow- ing general categories: •...
Page 6: Separations Preview Palette
Separations Preview palette Accurately predict how an Adobe InDesign document will color-separate, including spot colors. The Separations Preview palette displays changes you make to overprinting, rich black, and other press-related settings. An ink limit display shows the areas of a layout that exceed the ink limit you specify.
Page 7: Flattener Preview Palette
If you’re familiar with the Channels palette in Adobe Photoshop, you’ll quickly understand how the Separations Preview palette works. All process and spot inks defined in the file are listed in the palette, and you can hide or show inks to preview any combination of them.
Page 8: Bleeds, Slugs, And Pasteboard Enhancements
CS adds Bleed and Slug preview modes, which display a document on screen as it would appear when trimmed to the bleed area or slug area. (Adobe InDesign 2 already includes a Preview mode that displays a document trimmed to the page edge.) As you would expect, bleed and slug areas can optionally be included in print or PDF output.
Page 9: Mixed Ink S
screen. (Guides in Back is off by default.) In addition, the Guides and Pasteboard preferences now include a Minimum Vertical Offset option for extending the height of the pasteboard. Mixed ink s Create swatches that can be mixed using spot colors. A mixed ink is based not on color values but on inks already defined in the document, such as spot blue and process yellow inks.
Page 10: Pdf/ X -1A, Pdf/ X - 3, And Pdf 1. 5 (Acrobat 6 - Compatible ) Suppor T
PDF 1.5 layers or images compressed using JPEG 2000. Adobe InDesign CS can export document layers to PDF 1.5 layers. PDF 1.5 is also supported by Adobe Acrobat 6 Professional. However, most PDF prepress workflows are currently based on earlier versions of PDF, so PDF 1.5 workflows won’t be common until PDF 1.5 is supported by more RIPs...
Page 11: Enhanced Photoshop Color Suppor T
Info palette and when preflighting, and Photoshop EPS files can be color-managed if an ICC profile was embedded. For an EPS or DCS file to benefit from these enhancements in Adobe InDesign CS, the file must meet the following requirements: •...
Page 12: Info Palette
Effective ppi, which can be higher or lower than the Actual resolution if the image is scaled within Adobe InDesign CS. For example, if a designer imports an image that was saved at 300 dpi and scales it 200%, its effective resolution becomes 150 dpi. The Info palette reports horizontal and vertical resolutions, which can indicate non-proportional or anamorphic scaling.
Page 13: Display And Work Spaces
Overprint feature in a PDF exported for proofing or when printing to a composite device. Adobe InDesign CS also adds stroke styles, which let you customize dotted, dashed, and striped strokes. Custom stroke styles appear in the Type pop-up menu on the Stroke palette.
Page 14: Subset Control For Large Charac Ter Sets During Output
Subset Fonts With Glyph Counts Greater Than preference to specify a limit below which Adobe InDesign CS embeds only the subset of glyphs that are actually used in the document. By default, Adobe InDesign CS subsets any font containing over 2000 glyphs. If you want to specify a different limit, this option is available in the General Preferences dialog box.
Page 15: Helping Customers Prepare Indesign Files
(native .AI format, not EPS), Photoshop 4 or later, or PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5) or PDF 1.5 (Acrobat 6). Adobe InDesign CS can flatten EPS versions of Illustrator files that intersect an object that uses transparency, but results may not be satisfactory if the Illustrator EPS file was already flattened at settings that are not appropriate for high-resolution color output.
Page 16: Preparing Book Files
channels, and multitone files (such as files in Duotone mode), but not Photoshop files saved in Multichannel mode. • Preflight the document making sure that all fonts and high-resolution links are available. Without these items, transparency can’t be calculated to imagesetter resolutions. You can verify each image’s resolution using the Links and Images panel in the Preflight dialog box or in the preflight report.
Page 17: Using Presets And Settings Files To Fur Ther Streamline Customer Handof Fs
InDesign. Consider providing customers with presets that you can use to increase output reliability and job throughput, such as the following: • Document presets, new to Adobe InDesign CS. These presets save the settings in the Document Setup dialog box. •...
Page 18: Packaging Files For Handof F
Packaging an InDesign document is similar to using the Save for Service Provider command in Adobe PageMaker® or the Collect for Output feature in QuarkXPress™. With the Package command, your customers or customer service representatives can collect the files needed to...
Page 19 Cr e a t e Pa c k a g e Fo l d e r o r Pa c k a g e P u b l i c a t i o n p a n e l In this panel, you specify a name and location for the package folder, as well as whether to copy Fonts and Linked Graphics used in the document (a subfolder is created for each option you select).
Page 20 Include Fonts and Links From Hidden Layers: This option includes all fonts and linked files on hidden layers in an InDesign document. This option is turned off by default, mean- ing that Adobe InDesign CS only includes content on layers that are visible at the time the document is packaged.
Page 21: Handing Of F Adobe Pdf Files
Transparency must be flattened for PDF 1.3. • PDF 1.4 adds support for transparency. Some RIPs process PDF 1.4 directly. Transparency in an Adobe InDesign document doesn’t need to be flattened when exported to PDF 1.4 or above. •...
Page 22: Opening Indesign Files
Opening InDesign files As you open a file, InDesign lets you know whenever something about the file isn’t ready for final output, such as missing fonts or linked files. The rest of this section suggests actions to take in these situations. About InDesign icons and program versions Due to the way in which operating systems associate icons with programs, the icons for InDesign CS and 2.x documents will be identical.
Page 23 In addition, if a font is active in more than one format, Adobe InDesign CS displays each instance of the font in the menu with a format label after it (T1 for Type 1, TT for TrueType, and OTF for Open Type).
Page 24 2. In the Fonts in Document list, select a font. Missing fonts are identified by a yellow alert triangle ( You can also select fonts in the Fonts in Document list by clicking in the list and using the arrow keys. 3.
Page 25: Managing Link S And Relinking Impor Ted Files
5. To replace the font, select the new font you want to use from the Replace With list, and do one of the following: • Click Change to change just that instance of the selected font. • Click Change/Find to change that instance and then find the next instance. •...
Page 26 Links palette Missing link icon Page location Palette menu D Modified link icon Embedded graphic icon Relink G Go to link H Update link Edit original Every text or graphics file placed into an InDesign document is listed in the Links palette. If the Links palette isn’t already open, choose Window >...
Page 27 (There are a few cases where pasting can be desirable, such as pasting Adobe Illustrator paths into Adobe InDesign for further editing. However, customers do need to be aware that pasting doesn’t allow a graphic to be updated from an external file.)
Page 28 InDesign to stop tracking the source text files. If a customer uses a workflow where text is only edited and formatted within Adobe InDesign after it’s placed, unlinking text files can be a good idea to prevent unnecessary alerts caused by modified or missing external text files that are no longer needed.
Page 29: Handling Aler Ts About Missing Or Mismatched Color Profiles
Handling aler ts about missing or mismatched color profiles When you open a file, InDesign may present an alert saying that a file’s color profile is miss- ing or doesn’t match the current working space. The correct action depends on how your shop handles color management.
Page 30 You may notice that the Color Settings dialog box in Adobe InDesign CS is consistent with Adobe Photoshop 6 and later, and other recent Adobe products. 3. Deselect Enable Color Management, and click OK. H a n d l i n g p r o f i l e m e s s a g e s i n a c o l o r - m a n a g e d wo r k f l ow If you frequently encounter alerts indicating missing or mismatched profiles, advise custom- ers to use color settings that more closely match those in use at your shop.
Page 31 For a comprehensive overview of color management, see the chapter “Producing Consistent Color” in the Adobe InDesign CS User Guide or online Help. E xc l u d i n g i n d i v i d u a l g r a p h i c s f r o m c o l o r m a n a g e m e n t It’s possible for a document to exclude specific images from being color-managed.
Page 32 instances of this graphic, will remain color-managed if color management is turned on in the Edit > Color Settings dialog box. Note that at any time, you can use the Info palette to identify the color profile of a selected image.
Page 33: Preparing Indesign Documents For Output
Working with a book file Adobe InDesign CS can organize and manage sets of Adobe InDesign CS files in a book file, a file that works with a collection of documents that can dynamically share attributes and formats. For example, a reference book with ten chapters can be created as ten files that exist separately but are managed together for pagination, indexing, and other operations.
Page 34 • To find commands that affect files in a book, look on the palette menu for that book. For example, to preflight a book, you choose Preflight Book from the book palette menu. If you choose Preflight from the File menu, you’ll preflight the frontmost open document only, regardless of the documents selected in the book palette.
Page 35 Sy n c h r o n i z i n g d o c u m e n t s i n a b o o k When you synchronize a book, styles and swatches from the style source document replace those in the other documents.
Page 36: Previewing The Output Area And Printable Items
The Nonprinting option is available in the Attributes palette. Checking for dif ferences if the file was conver ted from earlier versions of Adobe InDesign In general, opening a document created with an earlier version of InDesign will not cause text to reflow.
Page 37: Checking For Dif Ferences If The File Was Conver Ted From Quark Xpress Or Adobe Pagemaker
Adobe InDesign CS significantly improves output of placed PDF files in areas such as detect- ing spot and process colors used in them. If you use Adobe InDesign CS to open an Adobe InDesign 2 document containing placed PDF files, the PDF files may output as if printed from Adobe InDesign 2 because the PDF files are not re-parsed during the conversion.
Page 38 All strokes and lines are converted to the line styles they most closely resemble. Custom strokes and dashes are converted to custom strokes and dashes in InDesign. For information about other conversion issues, check the support documents on the Adobe Web site.
Page 39: Preflighting The Document
Preflighting the document InDesign has a built-in Preflight command that automates the process of inspecting docu- ments for missing or incorrectly prepared components, such as fonts, or linked graphics and images. When you Preflight a document (choose File > Preflight), a Summary panel appears. If the document contains problems that require attention before you output the file, you’ll see warning icons ( To view more detailed information, click the panel names to display the Fonts, Links and...
Page 40 RGB data before saving files in those formats. RGB data can be detected in Photoshop raster EPS files.) Adobe InDesign CS adds two resolution indicators to the Links and Images panel. Actual PPI displays the resolution indicated in the original file (this value is written into the file by the application that created the image).
Page 41 original path or filename has been altered since the document was last saved, click Relink to locate the missing link. Repair All: The Repair All option provides a convenient way to resolve all missing or modified links. If the original path or filenames have been altered since the document was last saved, InDesign displays the Find Link dialog box so that you can locate the links and globally resolve missing or modified links.
Page 42 Co l o r s a n d I n k s p a n e l In the Colors and Inks panel you can view the inks specified in the InDesign document, including inks specified in placed EPS and PDF files. The Angle and Lines/Inch values displayed here are based on the optimized screens for the current PostScript printing device selected in the Print dialog box.
Page 43 P r i n t S e t t i n g s p a n e l The Print Settings panel summarizes the document’s current print settings. This can help your staff to identify differences between customer-supplied laser proofs and those created at your shop.
Page 44: Trapping Documents
Adobe Illustrator files (native format or PDF, but not EPS) are trapped if they were created by Adobe Illustrator 9 or later. PDF files can indicate whether they have been previously trapped; Adobe InDesign traps them only if they were not previously trapped.
Page 45 Note: The default trap settings should not be changed except by someone familiar with the press conditions for the job. Additional information about trap options is available in the Adobe InDesign CS User Guide and online Help. To create or edit a trap preset: 1.
Page 46 For Trap Width, type values to specify the amount of overlap for inks. Values up to 8 points can be used by Adobe In-RIP Trapping; values will be limited to 4 if you use built-in trapping. Default applies to all colors except black, and Black applies to solid black areas.
Page 47 Width setting is applied. Type a value from 0% to 100%, or use the default of 100%. For best results, use a value no lower than 70%. See “Trapping with blacks and rich blacks” in the Adobe InDesign CS User Guide or online Help. Black Density: Indicates the neutral density value at or above which InDesign considers an ink to be black.
Page 48 [No Trap Style] instead, if the document was created in an older version of Adobe InDesign. [No Trap Style] is the wording previ- ously used for [No Trap Preset] and means the same thing).
Page 49: Previewing Separations, Transparenc Y, And Overprints
On a press, black ink is not 100% opaque. However, when color management is disabled for an Adobe InDesign document, Black displays on screen as 100% opaque. This is not a useful simulation when evaluating how Black interacts with other colors, such as in areas where a rich black is applied.
Page 50 • You may want to disallow display performance overrides applied to individual graphics. When you use Overprint Preview, Adobe InDesign uses High Quality Display mode to show graphics at high resolution, except for graphics that have their own display performance settings.
Page 51 To preview areas that are over your ink limit: In the Separations Preview palette, choose Ink Limit from the View pop-up menu, and enter an ink limit value. Areas in red are over your ink limit, and areas with more saturated reds are further over the ink limit.
Page 52 O ve r p r i n t P r ev i e w Overprint Preview is a View menu command that simulates how objects that use the Overprint attribute will appear in color-separated output (or composite output when the Simulate Overprint option is enabled).
Page 53: Flattening Transparenc Y For High - Resolution Output
RIPs, software, and workflows, flattening in advance becomes less necessary. Adobe’s goal is to make working with native transparency as routine as it is to work with line screens today (which were a challenge in the early days of desktop publish- ing).
Page 54 H ow f l a t t e n i n g c h a n g e s t h e d o c u m e n t At its simplest, the process of flattening changes how overlapping transparency objects are drawn, without changing how they look, so that the document still appears to use transpar- ency but will successfully print on an output device that doesn’t handle native transparency.
Page 55 Preview palette (see “Previewing transparency flattener presets” on page 59). 3. If preflighting indicates that the document contains EPS graphics, ask the customer if any EPS graphics came from Adobe Illustrator 9 or 10. What you are looking for are EPS...
Page 56 files that may have been flattened at the wrong settings for high-resolution output. While EPS graphics from those programs may contain transparency editable by Illustrator, it will not be detectable as live transparency by InDesign, which sees EPS files as already flattened.
Page 57 However, transparency is not a problem for most Photoshop DCS 2.0 files because Adobe InDesign CS can recombine their plates, integrate them into a layout containing transparent objects, and then re-separate them.
Page 58 One DCS workflow is much easier in Adobe InDesign CS: working with Photoshop DCS 1.0 and 2.0 files. Adobe InDesign CS can merge most Photoshop DCS 1.0 and 2.0 files during export or output. As a result, you can preview transparency for a Photoshop DCS 1.0 and 2.0 file.
Page 59 To minimize training, the flattener controls in Adobe InDesign CS are now consistent with Adobe Illustrator CS and Adobe Acrobat 6 Professional. Adobe InDesign CS defaults to Medium Resolution for fast output on the customer’s desktop printer.
Page 60 To create or edit a flattener preset: 1. Choose Edit > Transparency Flattener Presets. 2. Do one of the following: • Click New to create a preset. • To base a preset on a predefined preset, select one in the list, and click New. •...
Page 61 Note: The rasterization that occurs depends on the complexity of the page and the types of overlapping objects. InDesign attempts to flatten objects only when necessary. Objects and spreads that aren’t affected by transparency aren’t flattened. 5. Do the following only if necessary: •...
Page 62 If stitching occurs in PDF files exported from InDesign, turn off Smooth Images in Adobe Acrobat (in the Smoothing panel in the Preferences dialog box). If the stitching disappears after changing the preferences, it’s only a screen display artifact and typically does not appear in printed output.
Page 63 The Apply Settings to Print button changes the flattener settings in the Print dialog box only. If you want to change flattener settings for PDF output, be sure to specify the flattener preset in the Advanced panel in the Export PDF dialog box. Also note that the Apply Settings to Print button changes the flattener settings for the entire document.
Page 64 above 1200 dpi. If you are printing on a device below 1200 dpi and this feature high- lights many characters on a page, you can make all text appear consistent by applying a preset where Convert All Text to Outlines is turned on. •...
Page 65 A p p l y i n g t r a n s p a r e n c y f l a t t e n e r p r e s e t s Although you can apply and preview transparency flattener presets at any time, an InDesign document isn’t flattened until it’s printed or exported.
Page 66: Print Dialog Box Reference
Print dialog box reference InDesign CS provides a wide range of printing options which may seem overwhelming at first, but the comprehensive range of options lets you precisely customize printing settings for your shop’s workflow. Once you’ve determined the best combinations of settings for InDesign in your shop, save those combinations as print presets.
Page 67: Common Areas
• Graphics (page 91). Options for downloading fonts and graphics, and the PostScript language data format. • Color Management (page 94). Options when using a color-managed workflow. • Advanced (page 96). Options such as OPI image replacement and transparency flattener presets.
Page 68 PPD other than the one properly set up with a particular device. If you or your customers want to create a PostScript file targeted to a PPD for a printer not connected to the computer, choose PostScript File in the Printer menu. For this reason, make sure your output devices are properly set up using the Add Printer wizard (Windows) or the Print Center (Mac OS X).
Page 69 The proxy has three views. To cycle through the views, click the proxy. The views are as follows: Standard view: Displays the spatial relationship between the current print settings and the current media (paper) size. It answers the question “What is the page position relative to the media?”...
Page 70 The Mac OS X Preview option generates a screen quality PDF that is not suitable for previewing a prepress-quality document. Instead, use any of the high-quality preview options Adobe InDesign provides: • To preview an output area, use the Preview Mode, Bleed Mode, and Slug Mode buttons at the bottom of the toolbox.
Page 71 C a n c e l b u t t o n If you click Cancel, changes you made in the Print dialog box won’t be saved. The only exception is that if you saved settings in a driver-specific dialog box, changes you made there will be saved.
Page 72: Setting Up Postscript Output Paths
Any output path that generates PostScript files can be directed to a drop folder for further processing by another workflow application, such as Adobe Acrobat Distiller. When you create a PostScript file, you’ll be asked to specify a folder location; that’s when you can specify a drop folder.
Page 73 Useful for pre-separated workflows that will be imposed later, to control Adobe In-RIP Trapping from InDesign, or to use InDesign’s built-in trapping. In-RIP separations and Adobe In-RIP trapping are available only if you select a PPD that supports them. •...
Page 74 • Supports all output color modes (composite or separated). • Can use InDesign to set up built-in trapping or Adobe In-RIP Trapping. • Can be printed to a file or directly to a device. To set up an AdobePS driver- and device-dependent PostScript output path: In the Print dialog box, choose a printer from the Printer pop-up menu.
Page 75 2. Click the Printer button at the bottom of the Print dialog box, and set the Destination to File. Specify any other necessary device-specific options as needed, and click Save. Save as File option turned on in the Apple LaserWriter driver- and device-dependent output path in Mac OS X.
Page 76: General Panel
Setup (Windows) or Printer (Mac OS X) at the bottom of the Print dialog box. Where options are duplicated, Adobe recommends specifying settings in the InDesign Print dialog box so that they can be saved as print presets, and to minimize potential conflicts and confusion about whether a setting has been made.
Page 77 printing performance, this option is unchecked by default. This option is disabled unless multiple copies are specified in the Copies text box. Pages: Either click All (the default), or type a page range using hyphens. For discontinuous ranges, you can enter commas and spaces. For example, to print page 1 and then pages 4 through 7, enter 1, 4-7.
Page 78: Setup Panel
example, if this option is on and the baseline grid is visible, the baseline grid will print, but if it isn’t visible, it won’t print. This option is primarily of use to designers and art directors. Service providers should usually make sure this option is off when creating final output or print presets.
Page 79 • If you targeted a device-dependent PostScript file (Printer: PostScript® file; PPD: <device name>), you can choose from the paper sizes defined in the selected PPD. The Custom paper size option may also be available if it’s enabled by the selected PPD. •...
Page 80 Constrain Proportions: Maintains the original aspect ratio of the page as you change the Scale Width or Height. As you change the scaling percentage of one dimension, InDesign automatically adjusts the other dimension to match. The original proportions are main- tained when you select Scale to Fit.
Page 81 • Manual. Prints a single tile. You set the top left corner of the tile by positioning the zero point of the rulers. The Overlap value isn’t available for Manual because only one sheet is printed. • Overlap. Specifies how much of each tile edge is repeated along the edge of any adjacent tiles.
Page 82 3. Specify a Width and Height if needed. The default Auto setting is useful for continuous media, such as a roll of film or paper. It will use only enough media to print the page and any page marks that are turned on. 4.
Page 83: Mark S And Bleed Panel
Mark s and Bleed panel This panel specifies items that expand the required print area beyond the page edge, such as crop marks and the bleed area. Note: InDesign does not automatically scale down the page to accommodate printer marks unless Scale to Fit is selected, so be sure the paper size is large enough to accommodate the page plus all printer’s marks.
Page 84 M a r k s s e c t i o n Printer’s marks Color bars Bleed marks Crop marks D Registration marks Page area (shown in gray for illustrative purposes) Slug area Printer marks 07/16/01, 6:03 PM All Printer’s Marks: Turns all printer’s marks listed below this option on or off. If this option doesn’t appear fully on or off, it means that some marks are on and some are off.
Page 85 B l e e d a n d S l u g o p t i o n s Use Document Bleed Settings: Applies the bleed values specified in Document Setup instead of specifying them here. Bleed: specifies the amount of bleed on each side of the page. The four options are labeled Top, Bottom, Left, and Right when Spreads is selected or Facing Pages is deselected in the Document Setup dialog box.
Page 86: Output Panel
Useful if you want all color conversion to be done by the device or if RIPs that support Adobe In-RIP Trapping, you want to send CMYK and RGB data to the output device. contact the following Adobe OEM partners •...
Page 87 In-RIP separations require a PostScript 3 output device, or a PostScript Level 2 device using a RIP that supports in-RIP separations. You also need a PPD that supports this device and a compatible Adobe PostScript printer driver. Additional important notes about output color modes: •...
Page 88 (select the type and choose Type > Create Outlines). • Adobe In-RIP. Sends color data that can be trapped at the RIP. This option is available only when In-RIP Separation is selected in the Color menu and the targeted device sup- ports Adobe In-RIP Trapping.
Page 89 Screening: Specifies the combination of screen ruling (in lines per inch) and resolution (in dots per inch) for output. The settings in this menu depend on whether composite or separa- tions output is specified: • For composite output, a Default setting is available. This simply uses the device’s default settings, since most desktop color devices don’t provide control over the line screen used by each ink.
Page 90 I n k M a n a g e r Use the Ink Manager for direct control over the output of each process color separation or spot color overlay. A key feature lets you use ink aliasing to quickly change the relationship between a document’s spot colors and the ink plates generated during color separation or PDF export, independent of the Swatches palette.
Page 91 Except for the ink name, each property displayed in the ink list can be changed in the options section below the ink list. Each ink in the list displays the following properties: • Ink status icon. Indicates whether the ink is set to be separated as a spot ( ) or process ) color.
Page 92 Note: The ink sequence option does not affect the order in which separations are output, and it has no effect on the order of inks on press. It only describes the ink sequence to the trapping engine for the purpose of calculating traps. •...
Page 93 enough for proper trap creation. Spot inks that are not easily simulated using process inks, however, may need their ND values adjusted so that the trapping engine traps them correctly. By typing new values, you can ensure that an ink that is observed as darker or lighter is perceived that way in InDesign;...
Page 94: Graphics Panel
Graphics panel The Graphics panel controls output of fonts and linked graphics. I m a g e s s e c t i o n Send data: Determines how linked image data is sent. Useful for omitting images for print- ing proofs or for some production workflows.
Page 95 InDesign print dialog box as described here. Adobe InDesign CS also includes a new preference that lets you subset fonts that contain large numbers of glyphs, such as Japanese fonts. For details, see “Subset control for large character sets during output”...
Page 96 This option is usually not needed for draft printing on a desktop printer unless extended character sets are in use. This option is disabled if None is chosen in the Download drop- down list. O t h e r g r a p h i c s o p t i o n s Note that if duplicate PostScript options are available in the printer driver (by clicking the Printer button at the bottom of the Print dialog box), for best results use the settings in the main InDesign print dialog box as described here.
Page 97: Color Management Panel
Color Management panel The Color Management panel provides control over color-managed jobs. Options in this panel are available only if color management is enabled in Edit > Color Settings. Even when color management is on, as in this example, some color management options may be unavailable if the targeted device doesn’t support the options.
Page 98 P r i n t s p a c e s e c t i o n Options in this section define the colorspace within which the source space colors will actu- ally be sent to the output device. Essentially, a color-managed job will be sent either with a profile or with printer color management.
Page 99: Advanced Panel
Advanced panel The Advanced panel provides control over OPI workflows, conversion of gradients, and transparency flattening so that you can create output compatible with most output devices. O PI s e c t i o n Options in this section enable support for OPI (Open Prepress Interface) workflows. For these options to work properly, high-resolution versions of linked graphics must be available where the OPI server expects to find them.
Page 100 Omit for OPI: Allows selective omission of imported graphics for later OPI replacement based on the graphic’s file type—EPS (encapsulated PostScript graphics), PDF (Acrobat files), or Bitmap Images. (Photoshop EPS files are considered to be EPS files even if they contain only bitmap data.) Selecting one of these options omits imported files of that type from the output stream, instead producing OPI comments for later handling by an OPI server.
Page 101: Summar Y Panel
In Adobe InDesign CS, the targeted PPD file—and the full path to it—are now included in the summary.
Page 102: Exporting Adobe Pdf Files
This section covers the settings and options available when you export an InDesign docu- ment as an Adobe PDF file. When you choose File > Export and select Adobe PDF, InDesign generates a completely independent exported file without using a PostScript printer driver or a PPD.
Page 103: Common Areas
For a complete description of using PDF export presets, see “Streamlining output with PDF presets” on page 117. Note: Check the InDesign Adobe PDF settings periodically using the Summary panel in the Export PDF dialog box. InDesign always uses the last set of options defined; it doesn’t...
Page 104: General Panel
General panel The General panel contains basic printing options like those available in the Print dialog box (see the Print Dialog Box General panel description on page 73). It also lets you specify which PDF attributes are exported. Pa g e s s e c t i o n The Pages section is identical to the Pages section in the Print dialog box, except that it does not have Sequence and Print Master Pages options.
Page 105 6 automatically generate page thumbnails, so this option is most useful for Acrobat 4, where deselecting this option can reduce the file size. Optimize for Fast Web View: Optimizes an Adobe PDF file to reduce file size. InDesign restructures the file to prepare for page-at-a-time downloading (byte serving) from Web servers.
Page 106 Grids and guides export in the same color as used in the document. eBook Tags: Generates an Adobe PDF file that automatically tags elements in the story based on a subset of the Acrobat 5 and Acrobat 6 Professional tags that InDesign supports.
Page 107: Compression Panel
For ease of training, this panel is now very similar to the same Compression panel in Adobe Illustrator CS and Acrobat Distiller 6. Options in this panel give you control over how images and other elements in the InDesign document are compressed.
Page 108 Color Bitmap Images: To compress color images, select Downsample To and specify a dpi value; InDesign only downsamples the image when its resolution exceeds 1.5 times the value you specify. For compression, we recommend choosing Automatic, and setting Quality to Maximum. Note that JPEG 2000 compression (available when you specify Acrobat 6 compatibility) may not be supported by all RIPs and prepress applications.
Page 109: Mark S And Bleed Panel
Marks and Bleed panel in the Print dialog box. As with the Print dialog box, this panel now includes upgraded controls corresponding to the improved bleed and slug support in Adobe InDesign CS. See “Marks and Bleed panel” on page 80.
Page 110: Advanced Panel
Co l o r s e c t i o n The Color settings specify how to represent color information in the exported Adobe PDF file. For example, if a customer used a mix of RGB and CMYK objects, the color settings can control how the RGB objects are converted to CMYK upon export, as in the Output panel of the Print dialog box (see page 83).
Page 111 Include ICC profiles: Embeds profile information for color management at viewing or printing time. The advantage is that if the application or output device that uses the Adobe PDF file needs to translate colors into another color space, it has the profile information.
Page 112 If InDesign cannot embed a font due to the font vendor’s settings and someone who opens or prints an Adobe PDF file does not have access to the original font, InDesign temporarily substitutes the font with a Multiple Master typeface: either AdobeSerMM for a missing serif font or AdobeSanMM for a missing sans serif font.
Page 113: Securit Y Panel
Securit y panel You can limit access to an Adobe PDF document when you export it. When files have restricted features, any tools and menu items related to those features are dimmed. In Adobe InDesign CS, the Security panel is consistent with the same panel in Adobe Illustrator CS and Acrobat 6 Professional.
Page 114: Summar Y Panel
Require a Password to Open the Document: Prevents access to the file unless the User Password is entered properly. The password is required even if the PDF file is opened in another program that can open PDF files, such as Adobe Illustrator. If you select this option, enter a Document Open Password.
Page 115: Streamlining Output With Print Presets
Streamlining output with print presets To output InDesign files with a minimum of time and work, take advantage of the print presets feature. With print presets, job settings are easy to standardize with minimum potential for operator error. Set up workflow-specific print presets on the computers in your shop before starting to handle customer files.
Page 116: Setting Up Print Presets
Setting up print presets You can create a print preset whether or not any documents are open, or from inside the Print dialog box. A print preset saves the state of every option in Print dialog box panels. The available print presets are shared across open documents, but each open document can use a different print preset.
Page 117 5. Save the printer-specific settings: • On Windows, settings are saved when you click Print in the Print dialog box. • On Mac OS X, click Save Custom Settings. 6. If the printer-specific dialog box isn’t already closed, click the Save, Print, or OK button (the exact button name varies depends on the printer driver).
Page 118: Distributing Print Presets Throughout Your Shop
Distributing print presets throughout your shop Once you’ve defined your shop’s print presets, you can easily copy them to other computers that run InDesign in your shop. To save printer settings into a file you can move to other computers: 1.
Page 119: Applying Your Print Presets To Customer Files
Applying your print presets to customer files When you open a customer file and choose File > Print, the document uses the settings last saved with the document. The saved settings may target the customer’s desktop printer or proofing device, so they will usually not be ready for high-end output right away. You can quickly set the job up for your shop simply by applying a print preset you’ve defined.
Page 120: Streamlining Output With Pdf Presets
PDF preset are compatible with Acrobat 5 or 6. • Screen. Creates compact Adobe PDF files that will be displayed on the World Wide Web or an intranet, or that will be distributed through an email system for on-screen viewing. This set of options attempts to create as small a document as possible.
Page 121 In this case, output quality is a much higher priority than file size. The objective is to maintain all the information in an Adobe PDF file that a commercial printer or service provider will need to print the document correctly. This PDF...
Page 122: Setting Up Pdf Expor T Presets
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