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DeskPack PowerTrapper 14.1 User Manual

1. Automatic LA Cancel OK 2 In the pop up that opens choose the trapping pair to apply the rule to using the From and To lists You can create a rule to trap from to e any color e a particular ink process spot or opaque 18 LeskPack Power Trapper In this case you can choose the ink name from which Minimum Density the rule will apply and if the color must be pure no other separation in the color object to apply the rule Note From Spot Ink NI Any Spot Ink M Minimum Density 0 _ Color must be pure If Spot Ink is selected the dropdown underneath will contain all Spot Colors used in the document e A specific Printing Method e a particular object image gradient or empty background e the registration color 3 Choose the contents of the rule Automatic lets Power Trapper calculate the trapping direction Always Trap always spreads the From color object on the To color object Do Not Trap never traps the From and To colors objects together Trapping Distance Use this to define a special trapping distance for the trapping pair Trap Color Intensity Use this to define a special trap color intensity for the trapping pair Pull Back e Automatic lets Powerlrapper decide if there should be a pull back on the trapping pair e Always Pull Back always creates a pull back on the trapping pair The darkest ink of the pair i
2. the Inspection Setup tool under the Eyedropper tool in the toolbar e the Inspection Setup palette which can be opened by selecting the Inspection Setup tool or by adding an Inspection point LeskPack Power Trapper x Inspection Setup Inspection Points Default dE 2 CIELAB Delta E Classic af a 151 724 mm 97 225 mm 2 62 0 76 766 mm 183 448 mm OF 1 0 66 113 mm 185 86 mm 7 nspection Boxes Default Profile Warning Warning Warning Dynamic Art Boxes Default Profile Warning 3 7 1 Adding and changing Inspection points The Inspection Setup palette shows all the Inspection points indicating the coordinates distance from the top left corner of the trim box Lab value and default deltaE value Select the Inspection Setup tool from the Illustrator toolbar and click in the job to insert a new Inspection point The Inspection point will be visible in the job with its number next to it e Select an Inspection point in the palette to highlight the corresponding Inspection point on the Illustrator job You can select multiple Inspection points Select one or more Inspection points and click the delete button points e You can manually change the Lab and deltaE value for every Inspection Point to delete the Inspection PH Click the Refresh button to update the Inspection Point list of E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper You can move an Inspection point in two ways e
3. Use Adobe Dialog JPEG jpg i Macintosh PICT pct New Folder iacl ipsa Cancel Export Text Format txt Windows Metafile wmf Forma 3 Click Export E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 4 Inthe PDF Export Preferences dialog that opens fill in the export preferences see PDF Export Preferences on page 10 5 Click OK to export the file PDF Export Preferences When exporting your files to the Normalized PDF format you need to set a few Preferences PDF Export Preferences Images And Linked Files C Embed Images 9 Save Links Add Preview max 72 DPI Q Copy Linked Files Next To Output File e Use Links And Apply Server Mapping Copy Links If Not On File Servers OPI And Server Mapping Settings Trim Box Borders Trim Box from Document Fit Media Box to Artwork Outline All Text Export Hidden Objects and Layers Expand Patterns Contourize Bitmaps wi Convert Blended Objects to Images Resolution High 600 dpi H4 You can also open the PDF Export Preferences by choosing Illustrator gt Preferences gt Esko gt PDF Export Preferences Images and Linked Files 1 In the Images and Linked Files group choose to either Embed Images in the Normalized PDF or Save Links to the images e f you choose to embed the images you don t have any more preferences to fill in and you can just click OK Note his doesn t save the images link
4. ee Convert Blended Objects to Images in the PowerTrapper Preferences will convert blended objects to images before trapping The Resolution for these images can be set to High 600 dpi Medium 300 dpi or Low 150 dpi If the Use Postscript Compatible Image Traps preference is on the image trap color option has no influence on the result Trapping will not generate any extra image data but image traps will create traps with lineart representing vectorized pixels The lineart will also use Postscript Overprints instead of the multiply blend mode These image traps are always created using the Use Original Data option Note that to have a correct visualization of your traps you need to switch on the Overprint Preview in the Illustrator View menu Note The Use Postscript Compatible Image Traps is only applied when using PowerTrapper in Adobe Illustrator When using PowerTrapper Client this option is not applied since it is not compatible with the Trap tasks in Automation Engine 14 If Keep Links in Image Traps is selected default a trap for a linked image will consist of the linked file and a clip mask This will cause the linked file to be placed and shown in the Links palette for every trap In case of a high number of traps this might cause stability issues for Adobe lllustrator If the option is off the image for the traps is embedded and turned into a symbol which is then used for every trap with a different clip mask
5. m i J To show them again click again or select Show All Edges in the menu e To hide the Distance Shape Intensity or Pullback Ink column select Hide Distance Shape Intensity Pullback Ink Column in the palette s fly out menu E To show the column again select Show Distance Shape Intensity Pullback Ink Column in the fly out menu Hefining your Iraps You can use the Color Pairs palette to select certain traps and change their trapping settings 1 Select either e the color pair s to edit in the palette e the traps to edit in your document if you want to only edit certain traps of a color pair 2 Make your desired changes as explained below to change a color pair s trapping direction mM 2 click Swap Trap Direction B H Trap direction can be from left to right from right to left or bidirectional In case of bidirectional trapping the trap will go half the trapping distance in each direction 85 86 DeskPack Power Trapper to change a color pair s Note When you change the direction for only certain traps of the color pair the color pair will be duplicated in the palette e g one entry for spread and one for choke i gt A 2 2mm GIG 100 1 0 0 a 2mm g E 100 trap type choose Normal Trap m Pullback or Li Reverse Trap tal in the Trap column You can also use this to trap a non trapping color pair trap distance click the Distance value to edit i
6. M i r w Pd X M MAC fT O Hi Res Images j 1 Shared Images ES F JU Jti The link to an image called My Image psd is Server Hi Res Images My Image psd on the Mac and should be NNServerNShared ImagesMMy Image psd on the PC When adding the Server Mapping in the OPI And Server Mapping dialog you should enter the Share Details as follows by e name ofthe file server in Server Name e name of the shared folder containing the images as seen from your local Mac in Local Share e name of the shared folder containing the images as seen from the other PC in Server Share LeskPack Power Trapper Share Details Server Name Server i Local Share Hi Res Images i Server Share Shared Images i Zim aed CO i Note e You can use subfolders in a Server Mapping Share Details Server Name Server B Local Share Hi Res Images Hu Server Share ImagesVXHi Res TT a e You can also use Server Mappings to replace images for example to swap low resolution for high resolution images when the low resolution and high resolution images have identical separations Share Details Server Name Server I Local Share ILowRes Server Share HiRes i ee To add the Server Mapping do the following 1 In the OPI And Server Mapping dialog click the plus sign button to the lower left of the Servers pane This opens the Share Details dialog Share Details
7. Server Name B Local Share FA Server Share i AEEEEEEM 13 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 2 Enter or choose the name of the file server containing your linked images in Server Name 3 Enter or choose the name of the file server s share containing your linked images as it appears on your local machine in Local Share 4 Enter the name of the file server s share containing your linked images as it appears on the other machine that will use your Normalized PDF in Server Share OPI And Server Mapping Server Name Local Share Server Hi Res Images Shared_lImages Servers 5 f you want to add another Server Mapping to use your Normalized PDF on yet another machine repeat steps 1 to 4 To edit a Server Mapping double click it To remove a Server Mapping select it and click the minus button to the lower left of the Servers pane OPI Mapping The lower half of the OPI And Server Mapping dialog configures OPI Mapping which defines the rules for image substitution when exporting a Normalized PDF in a more specific way than Server Mapping OPI stands for Open Press Interface To add an OPI mapping do the following 1 Click the plus sign to the lower left of the list pane This opens the OPI Rule Editor dialog 14 5 6 DeskPack Power Trapper OPI Rule Editor If All of the following conditions are met Full Path Is Hd lJobFiles Originals Images e X Apply the follow
8. Ink Manager Preferences Default Values Ink Name Angle Ruling Cyan e 120 Ipi Magenta 52 5 1120 Ipi Yellow 7 5 1120 Ipi Black 82 5 120 Ipi 5pot 45 1120 Ipi Show inks of non printable layers Show inks of hidden layers Ivi Use ClassicCalors Ink Book Preferred Ink Book designer Hd FK ba Cancel In the Ink Manager Preferences you can set the Default Values angle and ruling for CMYK inks You can also set the default angle and ruling to be used for new Spot inks However these defaults can be overruled when using a Spot ink that was used before with a different Angle and Ruling value The Angle and Ruling for all used spot inks are saved in the Preferences file You can also define if inks that are only used in non printable layers or hidden layers should be shown in the ink manager by setting the Show inks of non printable layers and Show inks of hidden layers option Note The Remap Ink functionallity also takes the Show inks of non printable layers and Show inks of hidden layers option into account When switched off inks on non printable or hidden layers will not be remapped Enable Use ClassicColors Ink Book to use the ClassicColors Ink Book When using a ClassicColors Ink Book for your HP device you can enable the Use ClassicColors Ink Book option to avoid conflicts for inks using generic names such as White 23 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trappe
9. This will not affect the Links palette nor wil it affect Adobe Illustrator s efficiency This does not change the original image See also Color and Shape Settings on page 74 In the Standalone Trapping Preferences you can set the location where PowerTrapper Standalone saves the Trap Presets See Defining a Trap Preset on page 82 e When choosing Use Shared Trap Ticket Folder Trap Presets are saved in the default shared users folder e Users Shared EskoArtwork Trap Tickets on Mac OS X 91 ESKOS 92 DeskPack Power Trapper C Documents And Settings All Users Documents EskoArtwork Trap Tickets on Windows XP C Users Public Documents EskoArtwork Trap Tickets on Windows 7 e When choosing Use Custom Trap Ticket Folder Trap Presets are saved in the folder you define by clicking the Browse button Note Because PowerTrapper in earlier versions before 10 1 used a different default location upgrading to 10 1 or higher will try to set the Preference to Use Custom Trap Ticket Folder pointing to the previous Default folder so you can keep using your Trap Tickets LeskPack Power Trapper o White Underprint 5 1 Copyright Notice Copyright 2015 Esko Software BVBA Gent Belgium All rights reserved This material information and instructions for use contained herein are the property of Esko Software BVBA The material information and instructions are provided on an AS IS basis without warranty of any kind There ar
10. Share My Screen Device Central Close W Save 885 Save As 1t 385 Save a Copy dS Save as Template Check In Save for Web amp Devices i365 Revert F12 Place Place File Save for Microsoft Office D Bad n Export Show in Finder Open In Visualizer Update Scripts f Document Setup AP Artist Document Color Mode ME DD DU D 0ELL XAALL EskoArtwork XMP File Info X 1 881 Print AF Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File ArtiosCAD Export adds the item Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File to the Structural Design menu Only ARD files can be included when exporting to a new ArtiosCAD file 3 3 LeskPack Power Trapper or Edit Object Type Select Effect View Window Help New AN New from Template 38N Open go de Opacity 100 x E ja x Open Recent Files p Tu Untitled 1 300 CMYK Pr Browse in Bridge X880 Share My Screen Device Central Close AW Save 885 Save As 1t 385 Save a Copy dS Save as Template Check In Save for Web amp Devices X1 385 Place Structural Design Ir Place File 7 Place from Shapes Save for Microsoft Office Open from Shapes Export Open In Visualizer Scripts b Document Setup d Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File Document Color Mode gt m EskoArtwork XMP File Info X 1 861 Print AF Select the contours to export
11. A Parsoraph EEG Fash Text Opacity too P3 uv a White wine bottle ai 193 87 CMYK Brevi m Studio x Pound HW peanut amp amp Double click a panel to display it in the document window a amp meu Victe Wine ruth Lea Bear essences SEE MeL Fl o NEES ee Update the Structural Design File If the structural design file has been modified while still editing the Illustrator file an update of the Structural Design file can be forced A dedicated Update for Structural Design files is found in the File menu Choose File gt Structural Design gt Update SO LeskPack Power Trapper or Edit Object Type Select Effect View Window Help New AN New from Template CHEN Open 0 4 epar ity 10 x Open Recent Files b GaelicGhost_6pack ard 150 C Browse in Bridge X20 I Share My Screen Device Central Close EW Save a5 Save As aS Save a Copy X 365 Save as Template Check In Save for Web amp Devices VOS Revert F12 Place Place File Place from Shapes Save for Microsoft Office Open from Shapes Export aa Show in Finder ee eee Scripts Save as Document Setup AP Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File Docume
12. Advanced Settings Click the triangle beside Advanced Settings to show the advanced settings Truncate Traps If you want to truncate traps into black differently select Into black and choose the truncation mode On Center or On Edge For more information about truncation modes see Truncate Traps Processing Settings Color Pairs PowerTrapper can trap all hits occurrences of a color pair the same way or recalculate the trap direction for different hits Each hit can have its own decision default this recalculates the trap direction for each hit of a color pair Same decision for all hits this traps all hits of the same color pair in the same direction Same decision for objects smaller than this uses the same trap direction for hits of a color pair belonging to small objects and recalculates the trap direction for hits belonging to bigger objects LeskPack Power Trapper Use the field next to the option to determine the maximum size of small objects The unit used is the General unit defined in Illustrators Unit amp Display Performance Preferences The default size is 1 mm or equivalent in your chosen unit Restrictions In some cases PowerTrapper can safely ignore certain object types to speed up the trapping e Respect existing traps if your document has already been trapped select this option to keep the existing trap layer out of the trapping process e Ignore bitmaps this keeps bitmap pixel data from be
13. ER 36 30 Me Pago BOX PUGA sera m mm 51 POTATO UC O rey E EE EEE EEEO EN EEN E E EE E 51 JOL daa ie BOA Mi lt 1 6 5 i aone E E ee 51 SOS M ciel dele cic E o4 3 7 Ihe Inspection Setup Plugs ecce terim ntu tpe E R alice Ki tutte NOU usa OR n 56 3 7 1 Adding and changing Inspection points emen nennen 57 3 7 2 Adding and changing Inspection DOXES c ccc seems 58 3 4 9 Dynamic Art PIacernaolcdelS anaga eee 58 3 7 4 Import and Export eene nnne nnn 58 D 0 MESSIS is E AE E EEA EON TEE MR MM KENN pt a RON DIM RUNE RARE o9 30 1 WINS IVS SS SS hcl Uo E 59 3 8 2 Filtering the WICSSAG CS sey ecesaies cunts esateernereusiengeescdiedsanud isd dxowsdatdcedeaewicebnenadaieliolueuaatortennsianetiadedveneciveniablaatieels 60 3 8 3 SAVING TS MESSSOSS totum DI dinates arbor nu Mdsipt qun abitum Y dta ainia aniihi eaaa 61 3 8 4 Clearing the Messagges sees eene nennen nine nnn 62 cuo comen 62 CES NIB regie a omm 62 Contents 9 9 2 OCISCI RegiSLtEabloll soos asa ind vant Ron Es d adici es me dti uw aliud M pdUs d UNT dard 62 4 PowerTrapper for Adobe IlustratOR sss aipdcotoma vtri tov mereri v Wu reU EUR conte Dr tete en etd 64 A GOVONE NOGE ROT T OO EO AN 64 4 2 Introduction to PowerTrapper Standalone sss ee nenne nennen 65 7 P Wa S appn ACG er TTE EUNT 65 4 2 2 What is PowerTrapper Standalone see nenne nennen 66
14. For Mac in the extra folder of the installation disk e For PC goto Start gt Programs gt Esko gt DeskPack Plug ins gt Data Exchange gt Extra If a Collada file contains multiple printable parts a dialog will ask you to choose one Choose that part of which you want to create the graphics in Adobe Illustrator Select Printable Part Printable Part The Collada file has multiple printable parts Please choose the one to use Y Designl M3 PA fi Design2 M3 PA Design3 M3 PA Cancel ox When an Illustrator file is opened that contains CAD data two checks are performed 1 First of all the plug in checks whether the structural design file still can be found in its original place If that is not the case the plug in will look for the structural design file in the same directory where the Illustrator file is If it finds the structural design file there it will use this structural design file instead otherwise you will be asked to browse to the new location of the file 2 A second check is performed to see if the structural design file has been modified since it was originally embedded in this Illustrator file If so the Illustrator document will be updated Placing a structural design file If a structural design file is already loaded and you place a new structural design file the new structural design file will replace the old structural design file This implies that you can never have more than one structur
15. Ink Options opens the ink options dialog Ink Book process process process process PANTONE Colors M PANTONE Colors M PANTONE Premiu Ruling 133 00 133 00 133 00 133 00 120 00 120 00 120 00 120 00 120 00 Angle 22 50 52 50 7 50 82 50 45 00 45 00 52 50 52 50 52 50 P P All Dotshape Round Round Round Round None None Samba LeskPack Power Trapper Ink Options Convert Ink to Convert Ink to CMYK Convert all Spot Inks to CMYK Update Ink List Process Inks in Images Hide Screening Details Show Printing Method Reverse Ink Order Save CMYK Ink Order as Default Restore Default CMYK Order Sort Light To Dark Sort Dark To Light Convert Ink to has the same functionality as the Convert to Other button E Convert Ink to CMYK has the same functionality as the Convert to CMYK button El Convert all Spot Inks to CMYK converts all the spot inks in the document to their CMYK equivalent Note Keep in mind that this function will also convert white objects created by the White Underprint plugin using a special spot ink Update Ink list refreshes the ink list Process Inks In Images The plug in uses Illustrator to determine which inks are used in external images Illustrator has some limitations e With linked EPS images it is not possible to detect whether CMYK was used in the linked image Ink Manager will assume that CMYK
16. Overprint Preview mode to see your traps more accurately PowerTrapper Standalone doesn t trap hidden objects If you want to exclude an object from trapping you can either hide it or use a rule 4 3 Trapping with Power Irapper standalone 66 To introduce you to Powerlrapper here is how to add simple traps to a document Ts Open the document you want to trap LeskPack Power Trapper 2 Go to Window gt Esko gt PowerTrapper gt Trap or use the Option Shift Command X shortcut on Mac 3 In the Trap dialog that opens enter the Trapping Distance you want to use Trap easytrap Trap Preset Custom HH amp Direction Color amp Shape Processing Trapping Normal Trapping Trapping Distance 0 2mm Minimum Ink Difference 10 Image Trapping Automatic H Pull Back Automatic HH Advanced Settings Add Rule Cancel Trap 4 Go to the Color amp Shape tab and choose e how to Truncate Traps on center or on edge e how to shape the End Caps square round or object dependent e how to shape the Trap Corners round beveled or mitered 67 E S KO x LeskPack Power Trapper Trap easytrap Trap Preset Custom HH Distance amp Direction Processing Trap Color Intensity 100 Image Trap Color Use Original Image Data EH Truncate Traps End Caps i Trap Corners Advanced Settings ee 2 Add Rule Cancel Trap N
17. PDF Export 11 43 27 D Ce Font Futura CondensedLight is missing PDF Export 11 43 27 D e Font Futura Condensed is missing PDF Export 11 43 27 D e Font Futura CondensedBold is missing POF Export 11 43 27 D e Font HardwoodLP is missing PDF Export 11 43 26 D a Font Helvetica Condensed Bold is missing PDF Export 11 43 26 D o Font Halvetica Condensed is missing PDF Export 11 43 26 D e Font Helvetica Black is missing PDF Export 11 43 26 D Ce Font Helvetica Condensed Black is missing PDF Export 11 43 26 D e Font Utopia Boldltalic is missing PDF Expart 11 43 24 Show All When filtering messages for example filtering out the warning messages or showing only the last message you can see Show Filtered at the bottom right of the palette Messages x D e Linked file Users steve Documents 5G5 Color Strategies Team ApplePie High PDF Export 11 43 27 D Linked file Users steve Documents 5GS Color Strategies Team ApplePie High trapX i 11 42 50 D e Linked file Users steve Documents 5GS Color Strategies Team ApplePie High trapX i 11 41 23 Show Filtered 3 8 3 Saving the Messages To save all messages in a text file 1 Select Save Messages as in the fly out menu 61 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 2 In the browser window that opens choose the name and location to use for saving your file 3 8 4 Clearing the Messages e To remove all messages from the Messages palette select Clear in the
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19. and Media Boxes you can either e Select the Trim and Media Box Tool from the Al tool palette Use the Trim and Media Box to click and drag the Trim and Media Box e Select the Trim and Media Box Tool from the Al tool palette e ALT drag scale from the center out e SHIFT drag constrained scaling 53 E S KO x LeskPack Power Trapper e ALT SHIFT drag constrained scaling from the center out OR Select a preset from the drop down menu OR Use the numeric input field The numeric input field appears when you select Move Trim Box and Media Box in the dropdown menu Move Trim Box and Media Box Distance Horizontal 100 pt Vertical 100 pt Cancel M Preview Tip Double clicking Trim and Media Box tool in toolpalette opens the Move Trim Box and Media Box dialog OR You could use one of the fit to options to Artboard artwork selection cad or crop area Tip The units are defined in the Illustrator preferences 3 6 3 All Page Boxes Using the All Page Boxes mode you can set all 5 page boxes Media Box Crop Box Bleed Box Trim Box and Art Box o4 LeskPack Power Trapper Media box this is the page format Crop box includes the Bleed box and all marks Bleed box defines the trimmed page plus the bleed Trim box this is the net document format Art box the Art box can be used to specify any section of the page ah ODN You can see the dimensions
20. and text will go to a Dimension Layer e All other linetypes will go to an Annotation Layer For convenience a swatch library ArtiosCAD Line Types is included with the plug in You can display the swatch library by selecting Window gt Swatch Libraries gt ArtiosCAD Line Types In this swatch library all ArtiosCAD design line types have been predefined Include a copy of ARD You can choose to include a copy of the ARD file that was loaded in the Illustrator document The resulting ARD file will contain the selected objects AND what is in the CAD layers in Illustrator Remove lines It is possible to remove some lines of the original ArtiosCAD file This is meant to modify cutout windows Do not attempt to remove fold lines with this tool If you do this the original fold angles will be lost 39 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper AO Place this ArtiosCAD file in the document If you switch this option on the resulting ARD file will be placed in the Illustrator document It will replace the structural design file that was loaded originally Preview In the preview window you see a preview of what will be saved You can highlight the selected contours by toggling on Highlight Selection You then see the distinction between the contours that are newly added to the resulting ARD file and those contours that come from the original ARD file If you click Save As the Save As dialog opens eo Save As Save As Nose C
21. copyright 2005 2006 Autodesk Media Entertainment Portions of this software are copyright 91998 2003 Daniel Veillard All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 91999 2006 The Botan Project All rights reserved Part of the software embedded in this product is gSOAP software Portions created by gSOAP are Copyright 92001 2004 Robert A van Engelen Genivia inc All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 91998 2008 The OpenSSL Project and 1995 1998 Eric Young eayQcryptsoft com All rights reserved This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation http www apache org Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat the Acrobat logo Adobe Creative Suite Illustrator InDesign PDF Photoshop PostScript XMP and the Powered by XMP logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Microsoft and the Microsoft logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper Portions of this software are owned by Spatial Corp 1986 2003 All Rights Reserved JDF and the JDF logo are trademarks of the CIP4 Organisation Copyright 2001 The International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress Press and Postpress CIP4 All rights reserved The Esko software contai
22. in the color pair list e Never on Dark Areas The centerline is forced not to get beyond the center of dark areas e Never The centerline is forced not to get beyond the center of any area An example LeskPack Power Trapper During trapping this example will generate the following color pairs EE PAIRS LEMLTCENI NIC ttn Peck ee Cl c eua we 5 Ome 09353 x 2 NS I eua wx o H NED 5 0 93 wx ED CN 0 omgua wo a T ee eee il By default Automatic this color pair list results in the following traps lf the parameter is set to Never on Dark Areas this will result into If the parameter is set to Never this will result into 6 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 74 Color and Shape Settings Trap Color Intensity By default PowerTrapper uses the full color of the object to spread in the trap 100 trap color intensity However you can create a trap of a lighter color by reducing the trap color intensity percentage Image Trap Color Choose how to trap your images 1 Use Original Image Data default when spreading an image PowerTrapper uses the underlying image data when the image is clipped to create the trap see example 1 below Note When there is no underlying image data the image isn t clipped it will create an empty trap 2 Extend Image Data Powerlrapper will automatically extrapolate the image along its clipping path edge to ensu
23. loaded ArtiosCAD file followed by _copy 10 Click Save If you have Studio Designer you will automatically see the ARD file with the new cutout folded in 3D STUDIO SO LeskPack Power Trapper 3 6 he Page Box Plug in 3 6 1 Introduction Page Boxes are used to define the outside borders and margins of your document and it is used in the Esko Software Suite workflow environment Page Box definitions are saved as part of the Illustrator file used by the plug ins Shuttle and PowerLayout Client Page Boxes are not taken into account when printing directly from Adobe Illustrator nor are they exported when exporting to a non native format via standard Adobe plug ins They do not appear as objects in the Layers palette You can find the Page Box plug in in Window Esko Trim Box and Media Box The Page Box plugin can work in two modes e Trim Box and Media Box defining only those two page boxes See Trim Box and Media Box on page 51 e All Page Boxes See A Page Boxes on page 54 You can switch mode by selecting Switch to mode from the flyout menu 3 6 2 Trim Box and Media Box 1 Trim Box and Media Box z Switch to All Page Boxes Trim Box Borders Fit Trim Box to Artboard wt custom Fit Trim Box to Artwork p Width 210 002 mm Orientation Fit Trim Box to Selection freon ove 3 Fit Trim Box to CAD 4 Fito Pal El Fit Media Box to Artboard nme oe Fit Media Box to Artwork e
24. to the ARD file and choose File gt Structural Design gt Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File The Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File dialog opens 38 LeskPack Power Trapper Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File Preview ArtiosCAD File Save selected objects in C Main Design Layer Q Annotation layers based on Adobe Illustrator layers Layers based on ArtiosCad Line Type swatches Iv Include a copy of Nose Clip box 125 kraft ARD Board information and graphics layers are not copied Rebuilding the design will mot be possible cca nn Remove Lines Place this ArtiosCAD file in the document The current ArtiosC AD file will be replaced by this saved file Mi Highlight Selection Cancel Save As Save selected objects in You can choose to save the selected objects in the Main Design Layer or in Annotation Layers If you save them in Annotation Layers an ARD file will be created with annotation layers with the same name as the illustrator layers Next to this you can choose Layers based on ArtiosCAD Line Type swatches If the selected objects are stroked with a swatch color with an ArtiosCAD line type name e g cut crease bleed then this option will create layers depending on the stroke color name e Cut and crease lines will go to a Main Layer e Outside Bleed lines will go to an Outside Bleed Layer e Outside Coating lines will go to an Outside Coating Layer e Dimensions
25. 01 The International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress Press and Postpress CIP4 All rights reserved The Esko software contains the RSA Data Security Inc MD5 Message Digest Algorithm Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems in the U S and other countries Part of this software uses technology by BestTM Color Technology EFI EFI and Bestcolor are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging GmbH in the U S Patent and Trademark Office Contains PowerNest library Copyrighted and Licensed by Alma 2005 2007 All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Correspondence regarding this publication should be forwarded to Esko Software BVBA Kortrijksesteenweg 1095 B 9051 Gent info eur esko com 4 2 Introduction to Power Irapper Standalone 4 2 1 What is Trapping The trapping process is a safeguard against possible even likely fluctuations in the printing process Minor discrepancies in registration slight paper shifting or stretching of e g PE foil can cause inks to misregister When two adjoining colored objects do not meet exactly you can end up with a printed result like the one below White Gap Dark Line The overlap creates a dark area and the gaps cause an undesirable light area To prevent these potential discrepancies a trap can be added causing the original colors to sl
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27. 44 Expart Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File Preview ArtiosCAD File Save selected objects in Main Design Layer Annotation layers based on Adobe Illustrator layers Q Layers based on ArtiosCad Line Type swatches Ivi Include a copy of FIRETRUCK ARD Board information and graphics layers are not copied Rebuilding the design will not be possible Remove Lines f Place this ArtiosCAD file in the document The current Artios CAD file will be replaced by this saved file M Highlight Selection Cancel S 4 Do one or more of the following e Save the selected objects in the Main Design Layer e nclude a copy of the original ARD file e Place this ArtiosCAD file in the document For more information on the different options please refer to Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File on page 37 5 Click Save As The selected objects are saved in the Main Design Layer They get the cut line type which is the default if you did not specify a swatch with as name an ArtiosCAD line type Apart from the selected objects the original ARD file is copied in the resulting ARD file and the resulting ARD file is immediately placed in the Illustrator document If you have Studio Designer you will automatically see the ARD file with the cutout folded in 3D LeskPack Power Trapper Orientation tal Be a How to modify a cutout window in an ArtiosCAD file 1 Open or Place an ARD file that already c
28. Click within the Inspection point and drag it to the new location e Inthe Inspection Point list change the coordinates for the Inspection point 3 2 Adding and changing Inspection boxes The Inspection Setup palette shows all the Inspection boxes Select the Inspection Setup tool from the Illustrator toolbar and click and drag in the job to insert a new Inspection box The Inspection box will be visible in the job with its number next to it When creating a new Inspection box the Default Profile is used Select an Inspection box in the palette to highlight the corresponding Inspection box on the Illustrator job You can select multiple Inspection boxes Select one or more Inspection boxes and click the delete button to delete the Inspection boxes You can manually change the Profile You can move or change an Inspection box in different ways e Click on the center point of the Inspection box and drag it to move the Inspection box to a new location e Click one of the 8 handles on the Inspection box and drag to modify the Inspection box 3 3 Dynamic Art Placeholders The Dynamic Art section of the Inspection Setup palette shows all Dynamic Art placeholders defined in the job Enable the checkbox in front of a Dynamic Art placeholder to use it as an Inspection box When adding a Dynamic Art placeholder the Default Profile is used Select a Dynamic Art placeholder in the list to highlight the corresponding Dynamic Art pla
29. For ARD files written by older versions of ArtiosCAD the plug in will use your Current language settings for text encoding In most cases it makes sense to click this option Current language settings If this option is selected the plug in will always use the text encoding of your system instead of the encoding that might be specified in the structural design file 35 E S KO x LeskPack Power Trapper Other You can specify directly which text encoding should be used In the example of a German ARD file that is opened on a Chinese system you should switch the text encoding to Western European Windows Latin 1 If you click OK the layer palette will be refreshed using the new text encoding For the example above the layer palette shows 3 5 3 Structural Design Export 36 structural Design Save as The Structural Design Save as saves a copy of the linked Structural Design file which is placed in the Illustrator file to a new location The Illustrator file will link to the newly saved Structural Design file Choose File gt Structural Design gt Save as LeskPack Power Trapper or Edit Object Type Select Effect View Window Help New AN New from Template DEN E Open wo rle Opacity 100 E Document Setup d B OPen Recent Files T 3 GaelicGhost 6pack ard 150 CM Browse in Bridge
30. OSs ZONK a E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper Contents T CS oem NOICE een enn E ee nee ee eee eee te E ere ee eT 4 2 About DeskPack PowerLayout sss mener nennen nine nnne nnn 6 SW Dala EX NNE T 7 Su eese noe Mm mmm 7 3 2 Introduction to Data Exchange sss eee eene nnne 8 3 2 1 Data Exchange Preferences sss sse eene nennen inni 8 3 3 The Pim 016 suits M RT Oemm 9 lt 6 rc a Mieres Um 9 3 3 2 Saving a File as Normalized PDPF essent nina 9 S9 InKed AMIOSCAD GrapriiCS sucer pui RIEN ne TUR HOP OU D durH dX UH Det Eco oofupie Dus bnt eae 17 9 4 The Ink Manager PIBUG IDi trier R Hon Rb MEI a nea tuba a ER a Rc AVR snes 17 3 4 1 Using the Ink Manager palette sssssssesse enne nennen nennen 17 CERAM ak 1 9 NT OO AE E A er ee ee eee 18 3 4 3 The Ink Manager flyout menu sss nennen nennen 19 3 4 4 Printing Method seen nennen enne nennen inei nni 21 OE REN 8 ge UP o NR REOR DR 22 3 4 6 INK Mangadgsr Prefereri BS imsar Eeke ii nidos 23 CN NE Known Ig iie RERO 24 5 9 Th otumctural Design PMO UW i s trtbd bir tede atado at sate satan cat er OA Iu iE Eben IUD MEN DUE 24 eB IEC I OU rote ec arsenate o o ooo omm 24 3 5 2 Structural Design Import eene nennen 25 9 5 9 str ctural Desigri EX DOM oygina EN curatio io EEE
31. Preferences LeskPack Power Trapper When choosing Use Shared Trap Ticket Folder Trap Presets are saved in the default shared users folder e Users Shared EskoArtwork Trap Tickets on Mac OS X e C Documents And Settings All Users Documents EskoArtwork Trap Tickets on Windows XP e c Users Public Documents EskoArtwork Trap Tickets on Windows 7 When choosing Use Custom Trap Ticket Folder Trap Presets are saved in the folder you define by clicking the Browse button Note Because Powerlrapper in earlier versions before 10 1 used a different default location upgrading to 10 1 or higher will try to set the Preference to Use Custom Trap Ticket Folder pointing to the previous Default folder so you can keep using your Trap Tickets 4 3 2 The Trap Layer Powerlrapper creates traps in your document s Trap Layer and leaves the other layers intact If your document doesn t contain a trap layer PowerTrapper will create one Layers X 3 E Trap Layer a gt LinaChips bag Te Fund logo i LA Text lj b paprika B Layers tah al al 4 3 3 The Trap Select Tool You can find the Trap Select tool lr in the Tools panel Use it to select trap areas in your job or double click it to open the Trapping dialog You can e click between two adjoining color areas to highlight the edge and select the trap e make a rectangle selection to highlight all edges and select all traps in that rectangle Not
32. ack Power Trapper The Esko software contains the RSA Data Security Inc MD5 Message Digest Algorithm Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems in the U S and other countries Part of this software uses technology by BestTM Color Technology EFI EFI and Bestcolor are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging GmbH in the U S Patent and Trademark Office Contains PowerNest library Copyrighted and Licensed by Alma 2005 2007 All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Correspondence regarding this publication should be forwarded to Esko Software BVBA Kortrijksesteenweg 1095 B 9051 Gent info eur esko com E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 2 About DeskPack PowerLayout The DeskPack PowerLayout for Illustrator bundle offers dedicated step and repeat functionality combined with PDF import and the ability to add dynamic marks It combines the following plug ins e Data Exchange on page 7 Free e Dynamic Marks e PDF Import e PowerLayout Standalone e Seamless Repeat LeskPack Power Trapper 3 Data Exchange 3 1 Copyright Notice Copyright 2015 Esko Software BVBA Gent Belgium All rights reserved This material information and instructions for use contained herein are the property of Esko Software BVBA The material information and instructions are provided on an AS IS basis without wa
33. added ink and the edge of the black object 6 Set the Miter Limit as you would for trapping Miter limit determines whether sharp corners in objects appear pointed or beveled You can also select Bevel and Round options Note The Miter Limit option is only available when the Miter option is selected 7 Use the To dropdown to select the colors you want to change into rich black All areas using the selected color and above the Minimal Density percentage will become rich black by adding the Add color 8 Enable No Other Inks Present if you only want to create rich black from pure inks and not in areas that already contain a mix of inks 9 Click Create to generate a layer of overprinting objects to enrich the source ink The layer will be called Rich Black by default 4 6 Power Irapper Preferences You can open the Powerlrapper Preferences by choosing Illustrator gt Preferences gt Esko gt PowerTrapper Preferences Mac or Edit gt Preferences gt Esko gt PowerTrapper Preferences Windows 9O LeskPack Power Trapper PowerTrapper Preferences vi Convert Blended Objects to Images Resolution High 600 dpi _ Use Postscript Compatible Image Traps Image Trap Detail Default vi Keep Links in Image Traps Standalone Trapping Preferences Use Shared Trap Ticket Folder Use Custom Trap Ticket Folder Trap Ticket Folder Location Users jva Desktop CMS F Browse
34. al horizontal direction In the example underneath the trap was generated with no vertical distortion so 100 i e using the entered trap distance and horizontal distortion set to 5096 i e half the trap distance GO LeskPack Power Trapper e ee 4 If necessary use the button to add contents to your rule From Spot Ink Hd To Process Ink Hd PANTONE Orange 021C jm Magenta Hd Minimum Density 0 Minimum Density 0 M Color must be pure Mi Color must be pure Trapping Direction Force Trapping from From to To ie Trap Color Intensity HH 50 End Caps 4 aa E Cancel ox You can use the button to remove contents 5 When you are done defining your rule click OK You can now see your rule at the bottom of the Trap dialog Pure PANTONE Orange 021C to pure Magenta Add Rule Remove Rule Cancel Trap When trapping your document PowerTrapper will trap the trapping pairs that match rules according to those rules and the rest of your document according to the main trapping settings If necessary you can add another rule or remove a rule previously created You can also edit a rule by double clicking it in the Trap dialog 81 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 82 irap Presets With PowerTrapper you can save all your trapping settings as a preset to be able to reuse them on other documents Trap Presets can be sh
35. al design file in an Illustrator document The difference between placing and opening a structural design file When opening a structural design file the artboard will adopt the size of the bounding box of the structure When placing a structural design file the artboard will not be changed Open or Place from Shapes You can open files from Shapes directly or place them into existing lllustrator files by using the commands in File Structural Design 2 3 LeskPack Power Trapper Edit Object Type Select Effect View Window Help ig New EN New from Template t 88N Open 92 rle lai Opacity 100 56 Document Setup J Open Recent Files i Untitled 1 300 CMYK Pre dA Browse in Bridge X380 Share My Screen Device Central Close a6 W Save 6S Save As 1385 Save a Copy NS Save as Template Check In Save for Web amp Devices iPS Place Structural Design P Place File Place from Shapes Save for Microsoft Office Open from Shapes Export Show in Shapes Open In Visualizer i Update Scripts Save as Document Setup HP Document Color Mode gt EskoArtwork XMP File Info X ir 38 Print AP You can choose a new Shape to download and purchase from the store or you can use an already downloaded Shape from the library on your computer In order to access the Shapes store you must have already ente
36. ared between different Esko Applications PackEdge ArtPro DeskPack The Trap Presets list contains 6 default Presets that can t be changed or removed e Default e Bi directional including a rule to trap into both colors e Combipress including a rule based on Printing Method e Offset optimized for offset printing e Reverse e Sharpening including a rule optimized for sharpening Defining a Trap Preset 1 Define your trapping settings in the Trap dialog Add rules if you need to See Distance and Direction Settingson page 69Color and Shape Settingson page 74 Processing Settings on page 76 and Rules on page 77 2 In the Trap Preset list choose Save Trap Untitled 1 Trap Prese Custom H ion Color amp Shape Processing Trapping Normal Trapping PA Trapping Distance 0 2mm Minimum Ink Difference 10 Image Trapping Automatic TH Pull Back Automatic FA Advanced Settings Fe AddRule Cancel Trap 3 Give your preset a name and click OK You can now see your preset in the Trap Preset list To reuse it in the future just select it in the list e To delete a preset select it in the Trap Preset list then select Remove e To edit a preset select it in the Trap Preset list make your changes in the trapping settings then save it again with the same name e The location where the Trap Presets are saved is set in Illustrator gt Preferences gt Esko gt PowerTrapper
37. ayer will be created e If a different White Underprint ink is used e If the White Underprint layer doesn t exist yet If the White Underprint layer was locked hidden or no longer positioned as top layer Click Window Esko White Underprint to open the White Underprint palette Select one or more objects in the Illustrator document Set the White Underprint settings see White Underprint settings on page 95 A c N In the White Underprint palette e Click Add to add White Underprint for the selected artwork the plug in will compute the union of the selected artwork and add the resulting paths at the top of the White Underprint layer e Click Subtract to subtract the selected artwork from the White Underprint layer The plug in will compute the union of the selected artwork and put the resulting paths at the top of the White Underprint layer in overprint and at 096 of the selected White Underprint ink Note If you want the White Underprint to be slightly bigger than the original objects you should use a spread an outward offset when adding to the White Underprint layer and a choke an inward offset when subtracting from the White Underprint layer If the White Underprint should be slightly smaller you should do it the other way around o 4 White Underprint settings To set up White Underprint 1 Select Window Esko White Underprint to open White Underprint dialog box 2 Define the Offset the distance betw
38. b Setup on page 22 e Reverse Ink Order will turn the order of the inks upside down e By default the process colors are in Cyan Magenta Yellow Black order If you change this order and apply Save CMYK Ink Order as Default the changed order will be used as default order By selecting Restore Default CMYK order the original default order is restored e By using Sort Light To Dark or Sort Dark To Light you can rearrange the order of inks based on the luminocity Note that Opaque and Technical inks are placed at the bottom of the list but also sorted light to dark or dark to light 3 4 4 Printing Method You can set the Printing Method for every ink The Printing Method information can be used in SmartNames or for Automation Engine task that handle the printing method By default the Printing Method column is hidden By selecting Show Printing Method in the fly out menu you can make it visible You can change the Printing Method in the Ink Manager palette You can select one of the predefined printing methods or create a new printing method 21 E S KO x LeskPack Power Trapper Presets As from version 12 1 2 when connected to an Automation Engine Server the list of Printing Methods is loaded from the Automation Engine server Note This implies that Printing Methods saved in earlier versions of Deskpack are no longer visible and will need to be redefined Printing Methods can be saved in the Automation Engine Config
39. ceholder on the Illustrator job You can select multiple Dynamic Art placeholders You can manually change the Profile Disable the checkbox in front of a Dynamic Art placeholder to stop using it as an Inspection box 3 4 Import and Export 58 When exporting normalized PDF Inspection points and boxes added to a job are saved in the PDF file and these Inspection points and boxes will be recognized by Packadge and AE Also when opening a normalized PDF from another Esko product such as PackEdge the Inspection points and boxes information stored in the PDF document will be shown in the Inspection Setup palette LeskPack Power Trapper Note Dynamic Art placeholders are not saved as such in normalized PDF The selected Dynamic Art placeholders will be exported as Inspection Box If you import the normalized PDF in Adobe Illustrator again or open the normalized PDF file in e g Packedge these Dynamic Art placeholders will be shown as Inspection Boxes 3 8 Messages The Messages plug in is included with all Esko DeskPack plug ins It displays the information warnings and errors from all the other DeskPack plug ins and tells you which plug in generated them You can filter the messages you see when the Messages palette is open and clear or save all messages if you need to 3 8 1 The Messages Palette The Messages palette pops up automatically when another DeskPack plug in generates a warning or an error You can also
40. ck area is not very different from the composed color In the example below the left color is composed of 100 purple ink and 20 cyan The darkest ink purple is not very different from the composed color so using the Automatic pull back option will create a pull back The right color is composed of 100 dark red ink and 20 blue ink The darkest ink dark red is very different from the composed color so using the Automatic pull back option will not create a pull back e Only Pull Back Rick Black this only creates pull backs on rich black e Do Not Pull Back this never creates any pull back Advanced Settings Click the triangle beside Advanced Settings to show the advanced settings Trapping Distance If you want to use a different distance when trapping into black spot colors or images or when creating pull backs enable the corresponding option and enter the trapping distance to use f1 E 2 K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 2 The unit used is the General unit defined in Illustrator s Unit amp Display Performance Preferences Image Trapping If you don t want images to be trapped with each other disable Trap images to images Pull Back If you chose to use Automatic pull back see Pull Back the Also pull back light inks option is available Enable it if you want to create pull backs even when the pullback ink ink remaining in the pull back area is visibly different from the composed color Enable Pull back ima
41. dragging traps from different sessions only the traps from the current session are highlighted If no traps from the current session are selected the latest created trap session becomes active and only traps from that session will be highlighted Clear Sessions in the Fly out menu removes the Color Pairs information from all sessions but does not affect the trap layer or the traps and vice versa removing the trap layer does not remove the Sessions Therefor if you want to restart trapping completely it s advised to remove the Trap Layer AND apply Clear Sessions You can rename a Session by activating it and clicking Rename Current Trap Session in the Fly out menu Trap Sessions are saved when saving the Color Pairs Note To be able to use the option Respect existing traps you have to select the trap as well otherwise Powerlrapper will assume the document was changed and the trap sessions will be removed oaving and Loading Color Pairs After trapping a document with PowerTrapper Standalone you can save its color pairs This ensures you won t need to re edit the color pairs if you need to change the traps later on oF E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper OO When to Save Color Pairs You can save color pairs as soon as you are finished editing them If you haven t saved your color pairs doing the following will discard them e closing your document e using PowerTrapper Standalone Viewer or Instant Trapper on an
42. e Selecting one or more traps in your document using the Trap Select Tool also selects the corresponding color pair s in the Color Pairs palette See 7he Color Pairs Palette on page 84 OO E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper Tip Sometimes the highlight color doesn t contrast enough with your document s colors to be easily visible In this case you should modify the Trap Layer s highlight color 4 3 4 The Color Pairs Palette 84 After trapping your document the Color Pairs palette shows the trapping settings associated with each of your document s color pairs It pops up automatically after trapping or you can go to Window gt Esko gt Trapping gt Color Pairs to open it Color Pairs X Hits Pair Trap Distance Shape Intensity Pullback link 1 A ag 0 3 mm lg Hj A 100X process M 1 E m 0 3 mm F A d 100 2 bE 0 3 mm ug Oa 100 3 Pairs Le d E m a For each color pair the palette shows e the number of Hits occurences of that color pair in the document n El the type of object in the pair empty background Ld flat color B image ll or gradient Note When you click on the flat color icon you will see the ink percentages the type of trap performed on that color pair normal trap ry pullback all reverse trap ial e the trapping Distance used the traps Shape truncation g caps z corners a e the Intensity of the trap color e the Pullback Ink when the trap is a pu
43. e Fit Media Box to Selection 5 LE d Fit Media Box to Bleed CAD ion 0 mm Right 0 mm Fit Media Box to Al Bleed Box 6 pir O 2a LH I Fit Artboard to Trim Box T Fit Artboard to Media Box 7 Leone 0 T ipt Mn wx i T v Use Transform Bounds V Show Trim Box and Media Box Move Trim Box and Media Box 9 E See more Page Boxes Delete Trim Box and Media Box 1 Trim Box Size Select the size from the dropdown list 2 Trim Box Width Length Enter the Width Length if you want a custom size 51 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 52 Tip The units are defined in the Illustrator preferences 3 Trim Box Orientation Select the orientation portrait landscape Note When the Trim Box is being dragged or Width or Height editboxes edited the radio buttons Portrait Landscape flip automatically so that Landscape is active whenever Width gt Height and Portrait whenever Width lt Height 4 Fit Trim Box to 1 Fit Irim Box to Artboard Fit Irim Box to Artwork Fit Trim Box to Selection Fit Trim Box to CAD 5 Media Box Margins enter the top bottom left and right values Tip The units are defined in the Illustrator preferences 6 Fit Media Box to 1 Fit Media Box to Artboard H Fit Media Box to Artwork Fit Media Box to Selection Fit Media Box to Bleed CAD when no bleed was defined the cad will be taken as reference 7 Fit Artboard to e Fit Artboard to Trim Box e Fit Artboard to Media Box 8 Show Tri
44. e convertion might change the final result The following message is shown Rasterized Blend combines art in overprint and not in overprint mode Rasterization may have caused changed appearance 3 3 3 Linked ArtiosCAD Graphics When you export a document with linked ArtiosCAD graphics to Normalized PDF the graphics are treated slightly differently When choosing Embed Images in the Preferences e The ArtiosCAD graphics are embedded in your Normalized PDF e The original link information is saved in your Normalized PDF When choosing Save Links in the Preferences e The ArtiosCAD graphics are embedded in your Normalized PDF e They are also copied to the location you define Next To Output File or on another server according to a Server Mapping if defined e The link to the copied graphics is saved in your Normalized PDF 3 4 The Ink Manager Plug in 3 4 1 Using the Ink Manager palette The Ink Manager palette is a powerful pre press color editing and proofing tool Easily identify where Pantone colors are used within a document or where custom spot colors can be found then convert these colors to a custom spot color or to process colors The Ink Manager palette also allows you to specify crucial ink parameters such as the ink type angle and lineature Once defined these parameters are saved inside the Illustrator document Note Screening for Illustrator allows you to make exceptions to these ink parameters Wi
45. e no warranties granted or extended by this document Furthermore Esko Software BVBA does not warrant guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the software or the information contained herein Esko Software BVBA shall not be liable for any direct indirect consequential or incidental damages arising out of the use or inability to use the software or the information contained herein The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Revisions may be issued from time to time to advise of such changes and or additions No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a data base or retrieval system or published in any form or in any way electronically mechanically by print photoprint microfilm or any other means without prior written permission from Esko Software BVBA This document supersedes all previous dated versions PANTONE PantoneLIVE and other Pantone trademarks are the property of Pantone LLC All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Pantone is a wholly owned subsidiary of X Rite Incorporated 9 Pantone LLC 2015 All rights reserved This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group Portions of this software are copyright 9 1996 2002 The FreeType Project www freetype org All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 2006 Feeling Software copyright 2005 2006 Autodes
46. ected point to the new position It is possible to flip the structural design so that you can add graphics to the back of the structural design This feature is only enabled for ArtiosCAD files The lower part of the palette shows the width and height of the Structure and Bleed bounding boxes Bleed Offsetindicates the offset between the structure and the bleed contour The bottom part provides information whether or not fold angles and animation were defined in the structural design Click one of the Rotation icons to rotate the structural design contours Rotation always happens around the center of the structure contour LeskPack Power Trapper Create Varnish Plate Choose Window gt Esko gt Structural Design gt Create Varnish Plate Create Varnish Plate Use Bleed Outline Use Artboard Q Use Bounding Box of Structure Offset O pt e f you choose Use Bleed Outline then the contour will be created from the bleed outline minus the coating free areas if any e f you choose Use Artboard then the contour will be created from the Artboard minus the coating free areas e f you choose Use Bounding Box of Structure then the contour will be created from the Bounding Box of the structure minus the coating free areas When choosing Use Artboard or Use Bounding Box of Structure you can specify a positive or negative offset The resulting varnish plate will be enlarged or shrunk with the specified offset in relati
47. een the edge of the White Underprint layer and the edge of the object under which White Underprint is applied By default the offset is set to Spread outward Offset You can also choose to Choke inward offset 3 Set the Miter Limit as you would for trapping Miter limit determines whether sharp corners in objects appear pointed or beveled You can also select Bevel and Round options Note The Miter Limit option is only available when using mitered corners 4 Define if White Underprint should be generated only on visible parts of selected objects by setting the Only Visible Parts option 5 In the Gradients section set how to handle Gradients e None By default objects with a gradient fill will be backed using a 100 solid white 95 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper e Choke by distance a gradient will be added to the White Underprint layer The gradient will be choked over the entered distance and run from the minimum to 100 e Bump minimum o a gradient will be added to the White Underprint layer The gradient will follow the same density as the original object but values below the minimum 96 will be bumped up to the minimum value e Clip to minimum 9 a gradient will be added to the White Underprint layer The gradient will follow the same density as the original object but values below the minimum 96 will be clipped to 096 5 0 White Underprint Ink The Ink used for White Underprint can be defined by selecting Option
48. fly out menu 3 9 Esko Document Setup By choosing File gt Esko Document Setup you can open the Esko Document Setup dialog The settings made here are saved in the Esko XMP Document Information 3 9 1 Distortion The vertical and horizontal distortion value is saved with the document and used by Esko RIPs when generating the final output It allows to compensate for distortions in certain printing methods e g flexography On mounting a flexo plate on the press it is stretched out in one direction By making the output slightly smaller than needed e g 95 we compensate for this distortion Values for vertical and horizontal distortion is limited to 90 110 3 9 2 Screen Registration The Screen Registration parameter allows to choose if the RIP should reset the screening origin for every one up e or keep the same screening origin for the complete document Below a schematic representation of a Repetition with left and without right resetting the screen origin for every one up 62 e LeskPack Power Trapper wwwwwww esccse0409 0090 ecccc00000 esccesg05000 ec00000000 m ww ww ww ww wr o000000001 0000000001 0o000000001 oc0000000 HERAT HUE 63 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 4 Power Irapper tor Adobe Illustrator 4 1 Copyright Notice 64 Copyright 2015 Esko Software BVBA Gent Belgium All rights reserved This material information a
49. g When you click Settings in the OPI and Server Mapping group of the PDF Export Preferences dialog of Data Exchange Preferences the OPI and Server Mapping dialog appears OPI And Server Mapping Servers OPI Mapping Preview Mapping Note This dialog is available only when you have chosen to Save Links in exported Normalized PDF files When you export a Normalized PDF OPI Mapping is applied first and then Server Mapping E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper TZ Servers The top pane of the dialog configures Server Mappings You need to use Server Mappings when the Normalized PDF you output e has linked images that are located on a different machine file server e will be used on another machine not your local machine or the file server Server Mappings allow you to map the image links from one share name to another automatically on output This ensures that the links are not broken when the Normalized PDF is used on another machine For example e the linked images are saved ona file server called Server in a shared folder called Images e your copy of Illustrator with PDF Export is on a Mac and the shared folder containing the images is mounted as Hi Res Images e the Normalized PDF you export will be used on a PC where the shared folder containing the images is mounted as Shared Images Server A uw Images 7 lj N A JU N N d PC
50. g an ink will affect only line art However if you have the Channel Mapping or Color Engine plug in installed and licensed converting an ink will also result in the corresponding channel mapping for all images See the Channel Mapping documentation for more information E Convert to CMYK To convert a selected opot Color from your document Ink list to a Process Color Mix CMYK click Convert to CMYK More than one ink can be selected at a time Note Convert to Other and Convert to CMYK are only available if you have a license for boostX Channel Mapping or Color Engine Plugin 3 4 2 Ink Options 18 LeskPack Power Trapper Ink Options Ink Name PANTONE Bright Green C Ink Group spot Ink Cancel Ink Book EI PANTONE solid Coated mmn a Ink Type Normal m s Ruling 120 LPI Angle 45 Dotshape None Printing Method Unknown Save printing method to presets P il Double click an Ink from the list to open the associated Ink Options dialog There you can specify the Ink Type Lineature Angle and Dotshape of the selected ink The Ink Book dropdown contains all Ink Books that have the current ink defined By default the last used ink book is shown Available Ink Types are Normal Opaque Varnish and Technical The ink type for process inks cannot be changed The ink type is always normal The following Pantone inks are always opaque inks Pantone 8003 C Pantone 8021 C Pantone 8062 C Pant
51. ge 2 piece beverage can Flexibles Outer Height 205 mm Category Structural Design Contents 1000 ml Printable Parts Description Metal bod Outer Diameter 85 mm Copyright Esko nv 2008 Packaging and printing pre production solutions Disclaimer Licens v 4 3 If you bought a new Shape the Shapes window should switch to the Shapes Library automatically To use an existing Shape click Library in the Shapes window Select the desired Shape and click Place zc 3 LeskPack Power Trapper 006 Place from Shapes eames G History Home Info Reveal In Store LIBRARY Description Type 4 Cell Power Wing Tray Tray with horizontal dividers forming shelfs to display the products in rows Scalable Artios CAD STORE gt Beverage Can 1000 ml Large 2 piece beverage can Collada 3D Model 3 Shapes Store Activities Cancel Place 4 The Shape is either placed in the open Illustrator document or opened as a new document Only the printable area of the Shape is visible in Illustrator If you have one of the Studio products use the Studio palette to view the Shape with the printable area Shown below is a white wine bottle from Shapes with the label designed in Illustrator and with the 3D model shown in the Studio palette illustrator File Edit Object Type Select Filter Effect View Window Help S Wed 8 24AM Characters BAZA see6 P Character Zapfino M Ror pp feo
52. ges and gradients if you want to create pull backs on images and gradients Trap decision e By default PowerTrapper uses the color luminance Use Lightness to define the trapping direction except for opaque inks for which the Inks order is used e trap direction from brightest to darkest e lf the Treat spot colors as opaque option is chosen color luminance is used only for CMYK For opaque and spot inks the trap direction is determined by the ink sequence e trap direction for spot colors only towards the separation listed the lowest in the Separations palette darkest e trap direction goes from the process to the spot color if the spot color is below the process color in the Separations list e trap direction if the spot color is above the process color from brightest to darkest e By selecting Use separation order the trap direction is determined by the ink sequence for all inks including CMYK e trap direction towards the separation listed the lowest in the Separations palette darkest e Use reverse separation order does the same using the reversed ink sequence e trap direction towards the separation listed the highest in the Separations palette darkest Note Using the Separation Order option will give the same result as changing all inks including CMYK to Opaque Overshoot Mode You can choose between the following three overshoot modes e Automatic default The centerline behavior is according the rules determined
53. h the target spot inks on the place of the process ink In other cases the overprint will blend these two fills and produce expected visual appearance In this particular case Illustrator will not blend these fills because both contain the same spot ink and Illustrator then ignores the overprint An operator is informed about that e Similar issue comes when the object already contains two gradient fills An operator is again warned 3 5 The Structural Design Plug in 3 5 1 Introduction 24 Introducing Structural Design Structural Design enables the Adobe Illustrator users to read in an ArtiosCAD ARD file an Esko flexible bag file and or a Collada dae or zae file This structural design can then be aligned to the graphics and this alignment will be maintained in the rest of the Esko workflow e g ArtiosCAD Visualizer PackEdge ArtPro Plato RIPs On top of that you can create a varnish plate from the bleed outline from the Illustrator artboard or from the bounding box of the structure automatically excluding the coating free areas Structural Design Export allows an Adobe Illustrator user to export contours from Illustrator to native ArtiosCAD ard format It also allows adding and modifying cutout windows to a loaded ArtiosCAD file LeskPack Power Trapper 3 5 2 Structural Design Import General Principles The Structural Design plug in enables you to open or place structural design files inside Adobe Illustrator The impo
54. his software are copyright 9 1996 2002 The FreeType Project www freetype org All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 2006 Feeling Software copyright 2005 2006 Autodesk Media Entertainment Portions of this software are copyright 91998 2003 Daniel Veillard All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 91999 2006 The Botan Project All rights reserved Part of the software embedded in this product is gSOAP software Portions created by gSOAP are Copyright 92001 2004 Robert A van Engelen Genivia inc All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 91998 2008 The OpenSSL Project and 1995 1998 Eric Young eayQcryptsoft com All rights reserved This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation http www apache org Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat the Acrobat logo Adobe Creative Suite Illustrator InDesign PDF Photoshop PostScript XMP and the Powered by XMP logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Microsoft and the Microsoft logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation LeskPack Power Trapper Portions of this software are owned by Spatial Corp 1986 2003 All Rights Reserved JDF and the JDF logo are trademarks of the CIP4 Organisation Copyright 20
55. ightly overlap each other 65 LeskPack Power Trapper Trap In general trapping is necessary when The two colors each consist of at least one ink but they have no common inks The two colors have one or more common inks but the percentages of those common inks are significantly different in the two colors for example a color made of 50 M and 10 C will be trapped with a color made of 50 Y and 80 C Placing a fine line where the colors join made of a color that contains components of both adjoining colors can trap such areas effectively 4 2 2 What is PowerTrapper Standalone The PowerTrapper Standalone plug in allows you to define trapping settings to automatically trap your documents in Illustrator You can define common and advanced trapping settings see The Trap Dialog on page 68 create specific trapping rules for trapping pairs of your choice see Rules on page 77 save all your trapping settings as a preset to be able to reuse them on other documents see Trap Presets on page 82 select your traps for further editing see The Trap Select Tool on page 83 have a visual overview of the trapping settings by color pair and refine them if necessary see The Color Pairs Palette on page 84 remove your traps at any time as Powerlrapper Standalone trapping is non destructive your traps are created in a separate Trap Layer see The Trap Layer on page 83 Note We recommend you use Illustrator s
56. ill not show extra inks that are present in the high resolution images e When exporting the file using Shuttle only the inks from Ink Manager are shown not any extra ones present in the high resolution images e PDF Export Viewer for Illustrator and PowerTrapper Client and Standalone will use the high resolution images and will know about any extra inks Trim Box and Other Settings Trim Box In the Trim Box Borders group of the PDF Export Preferences dialog the Trim Box Borders drop down list lets you choose how the edge of the exported PDF file is chosen using the Trim Box from Document using the Current Artboard or by using the Artwork Bounding Box Fit Media Box to Artwork expands or shrinks the Media Box as appropriate Other Outline All Text converts all text to outlines Export Hidden Objects and Layers includes hidden objects when the PDF file is exported If Expand Patterns is selected patterns will be replaced by actual objects The path containing the pattern fill will then be filled with the objects as defined in the pattern Contourize Bitmaps will convert 1 bit images linked or embedded into vectors Convert Blended Objects to Images will convert blended objects to images You can set the resolution for this images to High 600dpi Medium 300dpi or Low 150dpi LeskPack Power Trapper Note In case of converting blended objects with different oveprint setting one is overprinting the other is not th
57. information except for linked ArtiosCAD graphics see Linked ArtiosCAD Graphics on page 17 e f you choose to use linked images fill in the other preferences of the dialog 2 Enable Add Preview max 72 DPI if you want your Normalized PDF to have a low resolution preview of the linked images This preview allows you to view the linked images when opening your file in Acrobat for example 1O LeskPack Power Trapper e Choose Copy Images Next To Output File to copy them next to the folder in which you will save the Normalized PDF so other applications like ArtPro or PackEdge can still open them when the links are broken e Choose Use Links And Apply Server Mapping to keep the images where they are but update the links for example if the images are in a shared folder located on a different machine 3 Choose where to copy the linked images 4 When choosing Use Links And Apply Server Mapping fill in a Server Mapping if the share names on the client machine and on the other server do not match a When checked Copy Links If Not On File Servers verifies if linked images are already on fileservers and if they are not copies them along with the exported Normalized PDF file Choosing this option also enables the File Servers button where you add the machines that store linked images so that Esko workflow servers can find them For more information see What is a Server Mapping and Adding a Server Mapping OPI and Server Mappin
58. ing changes e Replace Full Path B lJobFiles Fixed Images WS Cancel Cx After the word If decide how many conditions that must be true for this mapping rule to take effect All Any or None For the condition In the top pane of the dialog choose the element of the image file s path to examine in the first field Image paths are in URI Uniform Resource Identifier format such as file mymac MacHD images lowres tests Spacebar CMYK eps As you select elements further controls appear on the same line to refine the condition For example if you choose Full Path Is you can click to browse for a folder or click x to revert to the previous folder To add a condition click to remove a condition click Once you have defined the conditions define the changes to the path in the lower pane of the window Use the same process to define the changes as you did to define the conditions choose the change then set its options on the same line To add a change click to remove a change click Click OK to finish defining the rule To add another rule click to remove a rule click Consider again this example URI file name file ImageServer LOWRES images lowres tests Spacebar CMYK eps The condition Extension Is Equal To EPS will match Folder Name Starts With lowres will match You can specify the text ending with to state that it must be the entire Folder name and to make sure tha
59. ing trapped Bitmap data is contourized before trapping which may slow down trapping depending on the bitmap s contents Bitmaps with lots of small isolated islands will typically take a longer time to trap A If the Respect existing traps is enabled traps in the selection will be kept and no trapping is performed on these locations If the option is off selected traps will be removed and will be re trapped This only works for traps created by PowerTrapper or Instant Trapper Attention When you indicate an object type to ignore it will be ignored completely as if it did not exist in the job Also the ignored objects will not truncate trapping areas resulting from other objects below them Small Gaps Some input jobs contain very small unintentional gaps between neighboring objects preventing the correct trapping of these objects Although it is better to clean up such jobs before trapping PowerTrapper can ignore these gaps automatically To use this option select Close when smaller than and enter the maximum size small gaps can have The unit used is the General unit defined in Illustrator s Unit amp Display Performance Preferences The default size is 0 01 mm or equivalent in your chosen unit Attention If you set a big gap size trapping may become slower and small parts of the job may be ignored during trapping Rules Rules allow you to define custom trapping settings for specific trapping pairs Whe
60. is present in the linked EPS images unless the user has specified otherwise e TIFF images with spot channels always have CMYK channels even if those channels are empty So with externally linked images the plug in doesn t really know whether CMYK is used Process Inks in Images offers a manual solution If you click this option the Process Inks in Images dialog box appears LeskPack Power Trapper Process Inks in Images Process Cyan IV Process Magenta IV Process Yellow IV Process Black Cancel By default all toggles are switched on which means that the plug in will assume that external images contain cyan magenta yellow and black If you know that there is no cyan in the externally placed images you can switch Process Cyan off Click Apply and at the bottom of the Ink Manager the indication Disabled in Images C will appear The plug in will assume that only magenta yellow and black were used in the externally placed images If cyan is used in other objects of the document it will be listed in ink manager e Show Hide Screen Details When you hide the details only the Ink name is shown When you show the details the type LPI angle and dotshape of the inks will also be shown e Show Hide Printing Method will show or hide the chosen Printing Method See Printing Method on page 21 e Show Hide Job Setup will show or hide the Job Setup column See Jo
61. k Media Entertainment Portions of this software are copyright 91998 2003 Daniel Veillard All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 91999 2006 The Botan Project All rights reserved Part of the software embedded in this product is gSOAP software Portions created by gSOAP are Copyright 92001 2004 Robert A van Engelen Genivia inc All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 91998 2008 The OpenSSL Project and 1995 1998 Eric Young eayQcryptsoft com All rights reserved This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation http www apache org Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat the Acrobat logo Adobe Creative Suite Illustrator InDesign PDF Photoshop PostScript XMP and the Powered by XMP logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Microsoft and the Microsoft logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation 93 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper Portions of this software are owned by Spatial Corp 1986 2003 All Rights Reserved JDF and the JDF logo are trademarks of the CIP4 Organisation Copyright 2001 The International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress Press and Postpress CIP4 All rights reserved The Esko software contains the RSA Data Securi
62. lip box 125 kraft_copy ard fa 88 E 0 0 Structural Designs 7 Im cearch DEVICES Name Date Modified Can 330ml zae Thursday 23 April 2009 10 11 SHARED Can 500ml zae Thursday 23 April 2009 10 11 PLACES Friday 16 January 2009 15 50 E Desktop Thursday 28 May 2009 11 19 ay Applications Monday 15 May 2006 17 03 SX cla Monday 26 November 2001 16 55 d Monday 29 September 2008 13 32 kraft ARD Yesterday 16 57 90 vim Wednesday 3 July 2002 09 49 Monday 3 August 2009 19 11 New Folder Cancel C Save If you have an ArtiosCAD file loaded in your Illustrator document the software suggests as file name the name of the loaded ArtiosCAD file followed by copy We recommend you not to overwrite the original ARD file as some functionality of the ARD file will be lost graphics layers are not copied and it will not be possible to rebuild the created ARD file and text will be contourized Note Placed EPS objects and or pixel based objects cannot be copied to an ARD file The fill color of the selected contours is not maintained in ArtiosCAD Rather the stroke color of the contour determines the line type in ArtiosCAD If the selected contour is in the Main Design layer the pointage of the contour will be 2 In all other cases the pointage will be O ArtiosCAD Copy to Clipboard Note This function is only available on PC LeskPack Power Trapper It can be found on the Edit menu Object T
63. llback Viewing Traps e To select all the traps of a color pair in your document click that color pair in the Color Pairs palette Note Use Command or Shift to select several color pairs and highlight all the corresponding traps in your document To select traps without showing the highlight color around them click or select Don t Highlight Selected Edges in the palette s fly out menu To show the highlight color around selected traps again click again or select Highlight Selected Edges in the menu To zoom on selected traps click lor select Zoom to Selected Edges in the menu LeskPack Power Trapper To revert to the previous zoom click A again or select Don t Zoom to Selected Edges in the menu e f the Trap Select tool is active use the arrow keys to browse through the color pairs Activate the Zoom to Selected Edges to browse and visualize your traps one by one in your job Note Use Arrow left right to expand or collapse the trapping pair list Viewing Trap Settings You can hide trapping settings that you are not using to make the Color Pairs palette smaller e To hide all color pairs that are not trapped with each other select Hide Non trapping Color Pairs in the palette s fly out menu To show them again select Show All Color Pairs in the fly out menu To hide all color pairs that don t have traps selected in your document click AE or choose Hide Unselected Edges in the palette s fly out menu
64. lustrator sublayers You can unlock these layers They are grouped under a layer that gets the name of the structural design file 25 3 26 LeskPack Power Trapper lil Main Design Bleed Outline 7 Dimensions E Overall dimensions gt tx Main Design gt _ Main Design Layer 1 Layer 1 The different structural design line styles cuts creases bleed are translated to hard coded custom colors All ArtiosCAD line styles are supported Text amp Dimensions Generic special rule Cut Nick Crease Print registration Second Height Crease Outside bleed Matrix Crease ______ Inside bleed Generic perforation Outside coating Partial Cut Inside coating Generic Cut and Crease Glue Generic Perf in Channel Print images Glue assist Annotation Reverse crease Annotation2 Reverse partial cut Annotation3 Partial cut and crease Annotation4 BS Half crease Annotation5 Side bevel Other lines In case a Collada file is placed a check is performed to see if the Collada file has a printable part defined A printable part is an Esko extension to the Collada format Collada files with one or more printable parts can be created with ArtiosCAD Studio Toolkit for Flexibles Studio Toolkit for Labels LeskPack Power Trapper and Studio Toolkit for Shrinksleeves For more information on the printable part in a Collada file please see the white paper which can be found e
65. m Box and Media Box To display or hide the trim Box and Media Box use this toggle 9 See more page boxes In case page boxes other than Trim and Media box are defined this link will open the All Page Boxes version of the palette See A Page Boxes on page 54 10 Trim Box and Media Box dropdown menu e Switch to All Page Boxes see All Page Boxes on page 54 e Fit Irim Box to Artboard LeskPack Power Trapper e Fit Trim Box to Artwork e Fit Trim Box to Selection e Fit Trim Box to CAD e Fit Trim Box to Crop Area e Fit Media Box to ArtBoard e Fit Media Box to Artwork e Fit Media Box to Selection e Fit Media Box to Bleed CAD when no bleed was defined the CAD will be taken as reference e Fit Media Box to Al Bleed Box e Fit Artboard to Trim Box e Fit Artboard to Media Box e Use Transform bounds if this option is enabled TrimBox MediaBox will respect as they are defined in Adobe Illustrator If disabled TrimBox MediaBox will respect visible bounds e Move Trim Box and Media Box open the Move Trim Box and Media Box interface e Delete Trim Box and Media Box The figure below illustrates the Trim Box borders and Media Box margins of an output document as interpreted on an Esko system The full black line represents the borders corresponding to one of the above options while the dotted black line indicates the margins of the document Moving and Scaling Trim Box and Media Box To move or change the size of the Trim
66. n Window N Cancel JA OK Hide New Lines 5 In this dialog you can select the lines you would like to remove It will not be possible to select the new lines You can choose to hide the new lines by enabling Hide New Lines 6 Click and drag a rectangle around the original cutout window This window will be grayed out This means that it will be removed in the final ARD file LeskPack Power Trapper Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File Click a line to remove or restore it Fit In Window Press spacebar 3 and click to zoom in Press spacebar X and click to zoom out Press spacebar and drag to pan M Hide New Lines Cancel OK 7 Click OK This bring you back to the Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File dialog In the preview window you notice that the original cutout has been removed AQ 3 LeskPack Power Trapper Preview ArtiosCAD File Save selected objects in Main Design Layer 3 Annotation layers based on Adobe Illustrator layers Layers based on ArtiosCad Line Type swatches Ivi Include a copy of carrier cutout ard Board information and graphics layers are not copied Rebuilding the design will nnt be possible Remove Lines vi Place this ArtiosCAD file in the document The current Artios CAD file will be replaced by this saved file M Highlight Selection 8 Click Save As 9 Specify a file name in the Save As dialog The software suggests the name of the
67. n to Use Rules In most cases the general trapping settings you enter in the Trap dialog will give you excellent results but in some cases you will need to refine them using rules Rules allow you to specify exceptions to the general trapping settings for certain color pairs They are an advanced feature and should be used only by experienced users For example you can use them in the cases below e To set a different trap distance for a specific spot ink Sometimes you need a larger trap distance for spot inks if there is no other ink to help cover leaks on the press Cf E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper e To prevent trapping or ink pull back in specific cases Depending on the type of the adjoining colors trapping and or pull back may be undesirable e To force a specific trap direction Power Trapper determines the trap direction based on the relative lightness of the adjoining colors If the colors have a similar lightness level it selects an arbitrary direction You can use a rule to make it always use a particular direction for a color pair e To specify a different shape and or truncation mode for certain color pairs For example you can choose to use On Center truncation when trapping under a 10096 black line and On Edge truncation on all other color pairs Creating a Rule 1 Click the Add Rule button at the bottom of the Trap dialog From Any Color E To Any Color Hd Trapping Direction
68. nd instructions for use contained herein are the property of Esko Software BVBA The material information and instructions are provided on an AS IS basis without warranty of any kind There are no warranties granted or extended by this document Furthermore Esko Software BVBA does not warrant guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the software or the information contained herein Esko Software BVBA shall not be liable for any direct indirect consequential or incidental damages arising out of the use or inability to use the software or the information contained herein The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Revisions may be issued from time to time to advise of such changes and or additions No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a data base or retrieval system or published in any form or in any way electronically mechanically by print photoprint microfilm or any other means without prior written permission from Esko Software BVBA This document supersedes all previous dated versions PANTONE PantoneLIVE and other Pantone trademarks are the property of Pantone LLC All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Pantone is a wholly owned subsidiary of X Rite Incorporated 9 Pantone LLC 2015 All rights reserved This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group Portions of t
69. ning color pairs which are likely to cause registration problems like ugly light gaps and unwanted halo effects PowerTrapper Standalone automatically chooses the most appropriate trap direction based on the relative luminance of the adjoining colors Lighter colors are generally trapped into darker colors to minimize the visual effect of the trap e Reverse Trapping This prevents overprint of adjoining color areas by trapping these color pairs with a white knockout erasing trap The white knockout trap is put on top of the lighter of the two colors This is useful to prepare a job for Dry Offset printing e g metal beverage cans where overprinting of inks is not allowed as the inks would contaminate each other on the blanket Trapping Distance Enter the width you want to give your traps The unit used is the General unit defined in lllustrator s Unit amp Display Performance Preferences The default trap width is 0 2 mm or equivalent in your chosen unit 69 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 10 Minimum Ink Difference Trapping is applied to two adjoining colors when either e The two colors each consist of at least one ink but they have no common inks e Thetwo colors have common inks but there is a difference of at least the Minimum Ink Difference percentage for two or more inks making up these colors These differences in ink percentages must be in opposite directions For example with the default minimum ink diffe
70. ns the RSA Data Security Inc MD5 Message Digest Algorithm Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems in the U S and other countries Part of this software uses technology by BestTM Color Technology EFI EFI and Bestcolor are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging GmbH in the U S Patent and Trademark Office Contains PowerNest library Copyrighted and Licensed by Alma 2005 2007 All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Correspondence regarding this publication should be forwarded to Esko Software BVBA Kortrijksesteenweg 1095 B 9051 Gent info eur esko com 3 2 Introduction to Data Exchange The Esko Data Exchange plug in for Adobe Illustrator combines several plug ins into one package for easier installation The combined plug ins are e he PDF Export Plug In on page 9 e he Structural Design Plug in on page 24 e he Ink Manager Plug in on page 17 e he Page Box Plug in on page 51 e Messages on page 59 e he WebCenter Connector Plug In Along with a combined installation there are new features in the updated plug ins e Support for OPI Open Press Interface server mapping in PDF Export e A combined Preferences dialog for PDF Export and TrimBox MediaBox that also works with Shuttle and Launch Task in client server configurations e The ability to always save or not save XMP data in Illus
71. nt Color Mode fe KS EskoArtwork XMP File Info xI Print AF Align Structure and Graphics Interactive Move Structural Design tool 31 E S KO x LeskPack Power Trapper 32 The Move Structural Design tool has been added underneath the Illustrator select tool Select this tool to move the structural design interactively without unlocking the structural design layers Hold down the mouse button and drag to move the structural design Tip If you choose View gt Smart Guides the structural design will snap to the graphics Structural Design window LE Sas aes 324 mm Print Side Front Structure W 519 mm H 351mm Bleed Offset mm x Fold angles defined z Animation mot defined The Structural Design palette provides information on the structural design file s bleed and structure contours and it allows you to rotate or numerically move the contours Open the palette by choosing Window gt Esko gt Structural Design gt Show Structural Design Window The upper part gives you the coordinates of the left top point of the bounding box around the structure contour The coordinates are relative to the origin of the Illustrator file You can choose to see the coordinates of nine points on the bounding box You can also choose to see the position of the bounding box around the bleed contour By entering a new value in the X and Y entry fields you move the sel
72. ntage of the contour will be 2 In all other cases the pointage will be O 41 E S KO Xx LeskPack Power Trapper Relationship between stroke color in Illustrator and line type in ArtiosCAD If the contours are stroked with a swatch color with an ArtiosCAD line type name e g cut crease then the corresponding items in ArtiosCAD will have the corresponding line type For example if you give your contour a stroke color with as name Annotation the contour will be in line type Annotation in ArtiosCAD If the name is not an ArtiosCAD line type name the contour will be a cut line For convenience a swatch library ArtiosCAD Line Types is included with the plug in You can display the swatch library by selecting Window gt Swatch Libraries gt ArtiosCAD Line Types In this swatch library all ArtiosCAD design line types have been predefined How to add a cutout window to an existing ArtiosCAD file 1 Open or place an ARD file If you also have Studio Designer you will see a 3D view of your folded box in the Studio window Orientation 2 Create and select the cutout shape that you want to add to the ArtiosCAD file 42 LeskPack Power Trapper 150 cy Outside Bleed Dimensions E Overall dimensions b Main Design 3 Choose File gt Structural Design gt Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File The Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File appears 43 E 5 K O Xx LeskPack Power Trapper
73. of all Page Boxes in the Page Box list You can 1 Select a Page Box in the list Its details will be shown in the bottom part of the dialog 2 Enable or disable the specific page box by enabling the Set Box option 3 Enter the offset width and heigth You can click the button to swap width and height In the Size dropdown you can select any of the preset sizes 4 Click one of the Fit to buttons to fit the selected page box respectively to the ArtBoard Artwork Selection or CAD 5 Use the Show All Page Boxes to show or hide all Page Boxes in your job OO E S KO x LeskPack Power Trapper ALL PAGE BOXES Media Box 0 mm 0 mm 355 mm 355 mm 1 Crop Box Trim Box 5 mm 5 mm 35 mm 200 mm Art Box Details Trim Box 2 V Set Trim Box gc E 4 Ci ea oS 5 vi Show All Page Boxes 3 7 The Inspection Setup Plug In o6 The Inspection Setup Plug In allows you to define Inspection points or Inspection boxes in your job For each of these Inspection points you will see the Lab value and DeltaE For every Inspection box you can set the Profile Inspection points and boxes will be exported e g to be used in an Inspection System in inline presses This Inspection System will warn if the values measured at a specific position are more different from the entered Lab values than the allowed deltaE or if the Inspection box or Dynamic Art box doesn t match the defined profile The plug in consists of e
74. of this software are copyright 2006 Feeling Software copyright 2005 2006 Autodesk Media Entertainment Portions of this software are copyright 1998 2003 Daniel Veillard All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 1999 2006 The Botan Project All rights reserved Part of the software embedded in this product is gSOAP software Portions created by gSOAP are Copyright 2001 2004 Robert A van Engelen Genivia inc All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 1998 2008 The OpenSSL Project and 1995 1998 Eric Young eay cryptsoft com All rights reserved This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation http www apache org Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat the Acrobat logo Adobe Creative Suite Illustrator InDesign PDF Photoshop PostScript XMP and the Powered by XMP logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Microsoft and the Microsoft logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation Portions of this software are owned by Spatial Corp 1986 2003 All Rights Reserved JDF and the JDF logo are trademarks of the CIP4 Organisation Copyright 2001 The International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress Press and Postpress CIP4 All rights reserved LeskP
75. on to the artboard or the bounding box This tool outputs a contour filled with a light yellow spot color This contour will be put in a new layer named Varnish This layer will be inserted directly under the structural design layers Note Create Varnish Plate will automatically exclude the coating free zones in the structural design file if any 33 3 34 LeskPack Power Trapper gt 2 vom ei Le j Varnish a Expand Structural Design Layer Choose Window gt Esko gt Structural Design gt Expand Structural Design Layer Expand Structural Design Layer Expand Structural Design Layer Main Design HH Into a New Layer Layer P Ivi Keep Line Types Select the structural design layer that you want to expand into a new Illustrator layer All art on the structural design layer will be copied to the new Illustrator layer The art on the new layer is no longer tagged as structural design objects The resulting objects are in CMYK and no longer in the technical structural design inks If you would like to keep the technical structural design inks toggle on Keep Line Types One common use where you would use this tool is when you are interested in creating a clipping path from the bleed outline of the structural design file otructural Design Preferences If you open or place structural design files created by older versions of e g ArtiosCAD 7 3 the structural design la
76. one 8100 C Pantone 8201 C Pantone 8281 C Pantone 8321 C Pantone 871 C Pantone 872 C Pantone 873 C Pantone 874 C Pantone 875 C Pantone 876 C Pantone 877 C The ink type of these inks cannot be changed Note If you change an Ink to Technical or Opaque the ink will be moved to the bottom of the Ink list If you change the ink order afterwards this new order will be respected Dotshape shows a list of all dotshapes available for the FlexRip However it is possible to enter any dot that is available on your rip instead of the proposed dotshapes Only use a dotshape that is installed on the rip that will be used to expose the document Note Entering a dotshape is not compatible with Nexus HIP These Ink options are stored in the Illustrator document and are used by other DeskPack plug ins like Power Trapper Client PowerLayout Client etc For example PowerTrapper Client will ignore varnish and technical inks and will take the opaqueness of inks in account when determining trap directions You can define the Printing Method See Printing Method on page 21 Note Global swatches cannot be converted 3 4 3 The Ink Manager flyout menu 19 ESKOS 20 INK MANAGER Ink Name Type 1 Process Black Normal 2 E Process Magenta Normal 3 Process Yellow Normal 4 Process Cyan Normal 5 Cut Technical 6 varnish Varnish 7 PANTONE 583 M Normal 8 E ranton zoom Normal 9 7 PANTONE Silver Normal Base Inks 9
77. ontains a cut out window If you also have Studio Designer you will see a 3D view of your folded box in the Studio window 45 LeskPack Power Trapper STUDIO Orientation tal 3 2 Create and select the new cutout shape that you want to add to the ARD file 3 Choose File gt Structural Design gt Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File The Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File appears 46 LeskPack Power Trapper Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File Preview r ArtiosCAD File Save selected objects in Main Design Layer Annotation layers based on Adobe Illustrator layers Q Layers based on ArtiosCad Line Type swatches Ivi Include a copy of carrier cutout ard Board information and graphics layers are nat copied Rebuilding the design will mot be possible Remove Lines Ivi Place this ArtiosCAD file in the document The current ArtiosCAD file will be replaced by this saved file Iv Highlight Selection Cancel Save As In the preview window you notice that you do not get the desired result We need to remove the original cutout window 4 Click Remove Lines The Remove Lines dialog appears AT E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 48 Export Selected Objects to ArtiosCAD File Click a line to remove or restore it Press spacebar 3 amp and click ta zoom in Press spacebar X and click to zoom out Press spacebar and drag to pan Fit I
78. oo close to the contour of another object it is truncated on the other object s edge End Caps This option specifies how to shape the ends of an open trap E Square default this option ends the trap at right angle to the adjoining object Round l this rounds the ends of the trap This option is typically only used in combination with white knockout reverse trapping Attention We recommend not to use Round End Caps together with Truncate Traps On Center as this can generate some artefacts the round caps will be truncated Object Dependent With this option the trap is a logical continuation of the contour of the spread object Trap Corners This option allows you to change how the traps sharp corners will be handled 19 E S KO Xx LeskPack Power Trapper 16 Round J default a round cap will be placed at all corners c Beveled this will cut sharp corners off Mitered m this option works with a miter ratio Trap Corners d d The miter ratio serves to limit the length of the sharp corner the distance from the base of the trap to the corner point The default miter ratio value is 4 This means that if the length of the sharp corner is more than 4 times the Trapping Distance then the corner will be cut off beveled If it is less than 4 times the Trapping Distance the corner will be left as it is Mitered Miter Ratio 4 Mitered Miter Ratio 3 a a Round Beveled
79. open it from Window Esko Messages MESSAGES p The ink Process Cyan has different settings than the ane from the 1 Up document PowerLayout Standalone 14 25 37 o checkdigit amp Dynamic Barcodes 14 26 30 correct code is 1234567890128 Dynamic Barcodes 14 28 30 e Check color used Dynamic Barcodes 14 28 30 e 13 or 15 or 18 digits required Dynamic Barcodes 14 26 19 e 13 or 15 or 18 digits required Dynamic Barcodes 14 28 18 5 The link CansumptionContext ServingSize Lacale en LS is missing Dynamic Tables 14 27 58 Extra Info 13 or 15 ar 18 digits required Show All This palette shows you the message s severity Q information D warning or error e the message s text in the Message column e which Plugin generated the message e the Time the message was generated at Tip You can click the column headers to sort the messages and drag the columns horizontally to adjust their widths You can also use the palette to get extra information and or select the objects that generated warnings or errors e click a message to display extra information at the bottom of the palette o9 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper D O Font Helvetica Condensed Bold is missing Al Synchronize D ar Font Helvetica Condensed is missing Al Synchronize Extra Info Font Helvetica Condensed Bold is missing Text will use another font This may change the text flow e click the triangle in front of a message to see the list of objects i
80. ote For more information about the different trapping settings you can choose see e Distance and Direction Settings on page 69 e Color and Shape Settings on page 74 e Processing Settings on page 76 5 Click the Trap button to trap your document This creates your traps in a new Trap Layer Note e To cancel the trapping process use the Escape key e To undo your traps once trapping is done use Command Z 4 3 1 The Trap Dialog The Trap dialog is where you define all your trapping settings 1 Goto Window gt Esko gt Trapping gt Trap use the Option Shift Command X shortcut on Mac or double click the Trap Select tool to open the Trap dialog 68 LeskPack Power Trapper Trap easytrap Trap Preset Custom Hd amp Direction Color amp Shape Processing Trapping Normal Trapping Trapping Distance 0 2mm Minimum Ink Difference 10 Image Trapping Automatic Pull Back Automatic Advanced Settings H Add Rule Cancel Trap 2 Choose your trapping settings in the Distance amp Direction Color amp Shape and Processing tabs 3 If needed define trapping rules 4 Save your trapping settings as a trap preset to be able to reuse them on another document Note The Trap Preset List contains 6 default presets Distance and Direction Settings Trapping You can choose between two trapping modes e Normal Trapping This selects adjoi
81. other document open in Illustrator Note This doesn t affect your document s traps In those cases PowerTrapper Standalone will ask you if you want to save your color pairs File 2 This will invalidate your current trapping color pairs Do you want to save the color pairs for document Where are Color Pairs Saved Your color pairs are saved in a file next to your document This file has the same name as your document and tcp as extension ti File lai File l tcp Note There can be only one color pairs file per document If you make changes to your color pairs and save them again your color pairs file will be updated If for some reason you need another version of your color pairs file first save your document under a different name then save the color pairs again Saving Color Pairs e To save your color pairs select Save Color Pairs in the Color Pairs palette s fly out menu Note This is only available when you have unsaved color pairs Loading Color Pairs e To load color pairs that you saved previously select Load Color Pairs in the fly out menu LeskPack Power Trapper This is only available if you have saved color pairs for the current document Note You cannot load another document s color pairs You cannot load color pairs if you have changed the document after trapping Messages e Could not load the trapping color pairs Document may have changed since saving the pairs Bri
82. r The Preferred Ink Book is the Ink book shown by default when opening the Add Ink from Ink Book dialog 3 4 7 Known limitations Since DeskPack Suite 10 1 Assembly 6 InkManager has been using different method for the ink converting The new method uses Illustrator s Appearance allowing multiple fills and stroke in a single object instead of creating temporary inks BG Inks Beside many advantages it brings a couple of limitations having connection with the Illustrator limitations or behavior Re mapping process inks to spot inks As it is impossible to simply change one of the process inks to the spot ink the only solution is adding a new fill to the object with the new spot ink and use overprint to mix these fills together e Adding a brand new fill is not possible on text objects on the character level Text objects using various inks on separate characters aren t mapped and an operator is warned e Re mapping of process to spot inks on paths using Effects on fill or stroke will raise a warning because adding a new fill could change the visual appearance Re mapping inks in gradients He mapping of the process ink to the spot ink generates a new fill due to the same reason as before e Let s have an example that the gradient already contains the target spot ink on one of its stops and another stop contains the process color being transformed The re mapping one of the process inks will add a new fill with the same gradient but wit
83. re the trap looks as expected even if there is no clipped image data outside the visible image see example 2 below 3 Use an Approximate Flat Color Instead of using existing or extrapolated image data in the trap PowerTrapper will use a solid color A suitable color is determined by averaging the image s colors along its boundary with the object to trap see example 3 below Note If the Use Postscript Compatible Image Traps preference is on the image trap color option has no influence on the result Trapping will not generate any extra image data but image traps will create traps with lineart representing vectorized pixels The lineart will also use Postscript Overprints instead of the multiply blend mode These image traps are always created using the Use Original Data option Note that to have a correct visualization of your traps you need to switch on the Overprint Preview in the Illustrator View menu Note Convert Blended Objects to Images in the PowerTrapper Preferences will convert blended objects to images before trapping Truncate Traps Powerlrapper can truncate the trap so that it doesn t stick out on another color There are two truncation modes e On Center Jg default when a portion of a trap comes too close to the contour of another object PowerTrapper Standalone limits it to half the distance between the trapped object and the other object LeskPack Power Trapper On Edge i when a portion of a trap comes t
84. red the Shapes server settings and your Shapes account information in the Shapes Preferences dialog in Preferences gt Esko gt Shapes Preferences Server Address shapes esko com User Name cla Password ssassaas Cancel OK Opening and placing a file from Shapes follows the same general workflow This example will show you how to place a Shapes file 1 In an open Illustrator document click File gt Structural Design gt Place from Shapes The Shapes window appears in the state you last used it either at your local computer s Shapes Library or at the online Shapes Store Zo LeskPack Power Trapper S dore Gd Sh Logged in cl m Q sns h EM A Purchase Histo apes sy Ww P n Results Plastic Containers 10 shapes per page g Search Shapes Sort by author Thumbnails 9 2D 3D Pages lt lt lof2 gt gt gt m Sgen EA Todes f z AV Margarine Tub 500g PET Bottle 1 liter PET Bottle 2 liter EskoArtwork D Esl k EskoArtwork D 4 2 If you want to use a new Shape choose it and buy it It gets downloaded to your local machine s Shapes Library Logged in cla ESKO D Change profile artwork Sh apes i Purchase History Results Shapes Beverage Can 1000 ml Browse Shapes Y Shapes W Plastic Containers Metal Containers EskoArtwork 5 gt Beve rage A _ Media Pack dU s Lar
85. rence percentage of 10 the following two colors will be trapped 1st color C 5 M 10 Y 50 K 15 10 K 2nd color C 596 M 1096 Y 8596 K 596 35 Y Increase the minimum ink difference to trap colors that are more different lower it to trap colors that are more similar Image Trapping e Automatic default this determines the most suitable trap direction automatically by comparing the average lightness of the CT image with the lightness of the adjoining area then traps the lighter color into the darker one e Always Towards Images this always traps line art under adjoining CT images e Always Towards Line Art this always traps CT images under adjoining line art Pull Back An ink pull back keeps away all but the darkest ink of a color area composed of multiple inks that borders to a very light background It prevents individual inks from the composed color to become visible on the background due to registration errors during the printing process Ink pull back is also known as Cutbacks or Keepaways The example below shows an object with 10096 dark blue and 5096 magenta on an empty background 5096 magenta is pulled back and a fine line of 10096 dark blue remains The color that remains dark blue is the pull back ink LeskPack Power Trapper no pullbacks On Screen pullbacks pullbacks e Automatic default this creates pull backs on rich black or rich colors when the color left in the pull ba
86. rranty of any kind There are no warranties granted or extended by this document Furthermore Esko Software BVBA does not warrant guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the software or the information contained herein Esko Software BVBA shall not be liable for any direct indirect consequential or incidental damages arising out of the use or inability to use the software or the information contained herein The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Revisions may be issued from time to time to advise of such changes and or additions No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a data base or retrieval system or published in any form or in any way electronically mechanically by print photoprint microfilm or any other means without prior written permission from Esko Software BVBA This document supersedes all previous dated versions PANTONE PantoneLIVE and other Pantone trademarks are the property of Pantone LLC All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Pantone is a wholly owned subsidiary of X Rite Incorporated 9 Pantone LLC 2015 All rights reserved This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group Portions of this software are copyright 9 1996 2002 The FreeType Project www freetype org All rights reserved Portions of this software are copyright 2006 Feeling Software
87. rted structural design files are linked to the Adobe lllustrator ai files but they are not embedded After opening or placing a structural design file the file appears in the Adobe Illustrator layer palette The structural design paths are special paths that cannot be modified accidentally By default the structural design layer and its sublayers will be locked You can unlock the structural design layers This enables you to select individual structural design paths and use the illustrator alignment tools to align graphics to the structural design paths Open or Place an ARD BAG DAE ZAE Tile From Suite 10 0 onwards when the plug in is present a dedicated Place File showing only Structural Design files is found in the File menu Choose File gt Structural Design gt Place File The appropriate file types also appear in the Illustrator Open and Place dialogs Open __ Structural Designs FAVORITES ix on hold F 6x Can 5 leeve zae E production Fy Can 300ml zae wr Structural Designs i Fj Can 500ml zae DEVICES c coffeepa 6pads bag gt Creamed ch M bag E Fj GAELICG 6pack ard Fj Mooh Milk box ard F Nose clip kraft ard waterbottle 1 5 L dae Enable All Readable Documents Cancel After opening a structural design the structural design objects are converted to special Illustrator objects that cannot be modified accidentally The structural design layers are converted to locked Il
88. s from the fly out menu of the White Underprint palette and entering the name of the Ink to be used for White Underprint In case the defined ink doesn t exist yet a new spot color will be added to the swatches using the Ink name and the Color patch When the name of an existing swatch is entered this ink will be used for White Underprint Note White Underprint can only use Spot Colors If an existing swatch name is entered and the swatch is not a spot color a warning will be generated A swatch by this name already exists but is not defined as a Spot Color Multiple White Underprint inks can be used in 1 document After you ve applied White Underprint using a first ink just change the name and color patch of the White Underprint ink in the Options dialog As of then any new White Underprint objects will be generated using the new White Underprint ink Note In order to prevent changes to existing White Underprint objects be sure not to have any active selections while changing the White Underprint ink If you wish to modify the color values of the existing White Underprint ink please do so directly in the Swatch library 5 6 Include White Objects 96 The Include White Objects option can be set by selecting Options from the fly out menu of the White Underprint palette If the option is disabled default no White Underprint is generated for white objects colored with CMYK 0 0 0 0 By selecting the option those objects will
89. s the pullback ink remaining ink in the pull back area Do Not Pull Back never creates a pull back on the trapping pair 19 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper Fe Pull Back Distance Use this to define a special pull back distance for the trapping pair Pull Back Fill Mode e Normal gives normal pull backs Sharpen allows sharpening on pull backs This sharpening is used e g for white text on images on CD s or DVD s Sharpening is done by pulling back the image and adding 10096 black in the trapping area Reverse Automatic lets Power Trapper decide if the trapping pair should have a reversed trap Always Trap Reversed always generates a reversed trap for the trapping pair Do Not Trap Reversed never generates a reversed trap for the trapping pair Truncate Traps Choose if traps generated for the trapping pair should be truncated on center or on edge See Truncate Traps for details End Caps Choose how to shape the ends of open traps for the trapping pair square round or object dependent See End Caps for details Trap Corners Choose how to shape the trapping pair s trap corners round beveled or mitered See Trap Corners for details Direction Mode Select into both colors to use bidirectional trapping In case of bidirectional trapping the trap will go half the trapping distance in each direction Horizontal Vertical distortion Set the percentage of the trapping distance to be used in vertic
90. t trap truncation choose On Center ug or On Edge ur in the Shape column end caps choose Square J Round or Object Dependent zi in the Shape column trap corners g choose Round in the Shape column trap color intensity click the Intensity value to edit it pullback ink for pull back traps only click the pullback ink to change it to another ink Click Update Traps a to apply your changes to your document s traps cl Beveled or Mitered Note To change several color pairs the same way use Command or Shift to select them then make the changes in one color pair Clicking Update Traps will apply your changes to all selected color pairs Trap Sessions Every time you select Trap or Trap Selection in Powerlrapper the previous sessions of Color Pairs are kept and a new Session is started LeskPack Power Trapper Note Changing the document will remove previous trap sessions Only if the document is untouched in between trapping the different trap sessions will be available You can switch to a previous session by selecting the session from the dropdown in the Color Pairs palette COLOR PAIRS Trap Session Trap Session 2 D Wis pair Te Distance Shape tes OO LED uesud If you select a trap using the Select Trap tool the Color Pairs dialog will switch to the corresponding session Note The Select Trap tool can only highlight traps from a single session If you select by
91. t directories starting with for example lowres plus will not match Server Name Is Equal To imageserver will also match as the case is not compared When you use more than one condition in a rule the Replace 1st Matching Part Of Path and Replace 2nd Part Of Matching Path changes become effective Consider this file file Serv SharedImg LORESIMAGES ANIMALS LOWRES myimage eps with conditions of Folder Name Contains LORESIMAGES and Folder Name Contains LOWRES 15 E S K O x LeskPack Power Trapper 16 e and changes of Replace 1st Matching Part Of Path HIGHRESIMAGES and Replace 2nd Part Of Matching Path HIGHRES The first change will replace LOWRESIMAGES with HIGHRESIMAGES since it was first and the second change will replace LOWRES with HIGHRES Notes and Restrictions To copy the OPI settings between computers so they all are the same copy AE10 OPISettings prefs In Windows that file can be at C Documents and Settings username AppData Roaming Adobe Adobe Illustrator CSx Settings but its exact location depends on the type of login local or domain and Illustrator version CSx where x is a number On the Mac this file is normally in Users username Library Preferences Adobe illustrator CSx Settings Copy the file to the same location on the target machines There are a few restrictions when using OPI Mapping e The high resolution images must be accessible from the client workstation e Ink Manager w
92. t relates to M Ce Font Halvetica Condensed Bold is missing Object 1 Object 2 e click one of the objects in the list to select it in the file e double click that object to select it and zoom in on it in the file e double click the message to select and zoom in on all objects it relates to in the file 3 8 2 Filtering the Messages You can show or hide certain types of messages using the palette s fly out menu e To hide e all informational messages select Hide Info Messages in the fly out menu e all warnings select Hide Warning Messages e allerrors select Hide Error Messages Hide Info Messages Hide Warning Messages Hide Error Messages Show All Clear Save Messages as e To show them again select either e Show Info Messages e Show Warning Messages e Show Error Messages Show Info Messages Show Warning Messages Hide Error Messages Show All Clear Save Messages as CO e To only show the last message select Show Last in the fly out menu e To show all messages again select Show All When showing all messages you can see Show All at the bottom right of the palette Messages x LeskPack Power Trapper Message 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 jPugn Hime D e Linked file Users steve Documents 5G5 Color Strategies Team ApplePie High PDF Export 11 43 27 al D o Font StoneSans is missing PDF Export 11 43 27 D a Font StoneSans Semibold is missing
93. th Screening for Illustrator objects can have different settings for ruling angle and dotshape Please refer to the Screening for Illustrator documentation for more information To use the Ink Manager palette choose Window gt Esko gt Ink Manager The Ink Manager palette appears 1f 3 LeskPack Power Trapper Ink Book Dotshape Printing Method Process Cyan process Round Fogra R Process Magenta process Round Fogra RJ Process Yellow process Round Fogra R Process Black process Round Fogra R PANTONE Orange 021 C PANTONE Solid C SambaFlex 4 C54 PANTONE Hexachrome Green U PANTONE Solid U SambaFlex 4 C54 Base Inks 6 Delete Ink Variant To delete an Ink Variant made with Screening for Illustrator select the ink variant which needs to be removed and click the Delete Ink Variant button The objects will get the ink settings of the parent ink EF Refresh To update the lists of inks used within your document click the Refresh button After modifying a document click the refresh button to update the list of used inks 1 Select To identify objects containing specific inks within a job select the ink you wish to search for and click the Select button It is possible to select more than one ink at a time Bl Convert to Other To convert a selected ink from your document Ink list to another ink click Convert to other More than one ink can be selected at a time Note Convertin
94. trator documents when you save them e Esko Document Setup 3 2 1 Data Exchange Preferences Update XMP on Document Save directly on the Preferences gt Esko menu controls if the document s XMP data is updated when the document is saved in the Al format or as Adobe PDF with preserved Illustrator editing capabilities and is turned on by default Deselecting this option results in slightly faster document saves LeskPack Power Trapper 3 3 The PDF Export Plug In 3 3 1 Introduction The PDF Export plug in allows you to directly export your Illustrator files to the Normalized PDF format The Normalized PDF format contains all the Esko metadata necessary to ensure compatibility with your Esko workflow e list of linked images e barcode information e placed CAD graphics metadata e inks information and other document properties 3 3 2 Saving a File as Normalized PDF To save your Illustrator file as Normalized PDF using PDF Export 1 Goto File gt Export 2 In the dialog that opens choose your file s name and location and choose the Normalized PDF pdf format lt gt 88 um Test files Qsearh DEVICES a 3 AP Files FGHARED Ga barcodes j ll icc PLACES Ed inF gap bmp ee m JPC Targa tga i SHARED i PD PNG png C TEMP Junk m Tif AutoCAD Drawing dwg Test files IE AutoCAD Interchange File dxf Normalized PDF pdf Enhanced Metafile emf Flash swt
95. ty Inc MD5 Message Digest Algorithm Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems in the U S and other countries Part of this software uses technology by BestTM Color Technology EFI EFI and Bestcolor are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging GmbH in the U S Patent and Trademark Office Contains PowerNest library Copyrighted and Licensed by Alma 2005 2007 All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Correspondence regarding this publication should be forwarded to Esko Software BVBA Kortrijksesteenweg 1095 B 9051 Gent info eur esko com 5 2 White Underprint 94 White Underprint allows you to create a white background underneath the selected objects This white background can be necessary when printing on transparent or metal material The White Underprint plug in can generate white underprint objects for all kinds of Illustrator objects To open the White Underprint palette click Window gt Esko gt White Underprint The White Underprint palette appears WHITE UNDERPRINT Offset mm Miter Limit 4 V Only Visible Parts ss Gradients Min Density None Subtract LeskPack Power Trapper 5 3 Adding and Removing White Underprint White Underprint objects will be created in a top level White Underprint layer and will be put in overprint A new White Underprint l
96. uctions are provided on an AS IS basis without warranty of any kind There are no warranties granted or extended by this document Furthermore Esko Software BVBA does not warrant guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the software or the information contained herein Esko Software BVBA shall not be liable for any direct indirect consequential or incidental damages arising out of the use or inability to use the software or the information contained herein The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Revisions may be issued from time to time to advise of such changes and or additions No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a data base or retrieval system or published in any form or in any way electronically mechanically by print photoprint microfilm or any other means without prior written permission from Esko Software BVBA This document supersedes all previous dated versions PANTONE PantoneLIVE and other Pantone trademarks are the property of Pantone LLC All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Pantone is a wholly owned subsidiary of X Rite Incorporated Pantone LLC 2015 All rights reserved This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group Portions of this software are copyright 1996 2002 The FreeType Project www freetype org Alll rights reserved Portions
97. ure tool or in the Ink Options by selecting Save to presets Ink Options Ink Name PANTONE Bright Green C oK Ink Group Spot Ink Cancel Ink Book EJ PANTONE Solid Coated SS DESEE Ink Type Normal s Ruling 120 LPI Angle 45 Dotshape None P Printing Method Unknown y _ Save printing method to presets If there s no connection to an Automation Engine the presets are saved locally in the Adobe Illustrator Preferences 3 4 5 Job Setup 22 You can check the Job Setup for every ink indicating if the ink settings correspond with the ink specifications in the Job Folder By default the Job Setup column is hidden By selecting Show Job Setup in the fly out menu you can make it visible The status of the Job Setup column can be e Grey no information from the Job Setup is available e g the document is not saved in a Job Folder e Green the ink in the document has the same parameters as defined in the Job Folder e Yellow the ink in the document is not specified in the Job Folder LeskPack Power Trapper e Red the ink in the document is specified in the Job Folder but uses different parameters The affected parameter will be colored in red in the Ink Manager 3 4 6 Ink Manager Preferences The Ink Manager Preferences can be opened from Illustrator gt Preferences gt Esko gt Ink Manager Preferences Mac OS or Edit gt Preferences gt Esko gt Ink Manager Preferences Windows
98. xKermel 15 33 43 Show All 4 4 Selective Trapping When using the Trap button in the Trap dialog trapping is always done on the complete file To apply traps on a selection only you can use Selective Trapping Selective trapping can be done by choosing Window gt Esko gt PowerTrapper gt Trap selection All other options are the same as for normal trapping see The Trap Dialog on page 68 Note The trapping will be calculated only on the selected objects If an object is not selected it will not be taken into account when calculating traps even if the object is on top or behind the selected objects 4 5 Add Rich Black The Rich Black tool can be used to obtain a darker black by overprinting all black areas with the ink that you specify for example Cyan 1 Open the Rich Black dialog by choosing Window gt Esko gt PowerTrapper gt Rich Black 89 LeskPack Power Trapper RICH BLACK Add Process Cyan Density BOX Offset 0 07 mm Oe Miter Limit 4 mcs os To Process Black E Min Density 70A wi No Other Inks Present p I 2 Select objects using the standard Adobe lllustrator selection tools 3 Use the Add dropdown to select the ink e g C you want to add to create a rich black The dropdown will contain all inks present in the job You can add another ink using New Separation if needed 4 Enter the Density you want to apply 5 Set the Offset to define the distance between the edge of the
99. yer names might be visualized incorrectly In the picture below the and u in bemaBung are not visualized correctly LeskPack Power Trapper j Bemai ing j Main Design _ Layer 1 This happens when the layer name that was saved in the structural design file used a different text encoding than the one that is used to visualize the layer name in Illustrator As structural design files created by older versions of e g ArtiosCAD lt 7 3 do not contain the used text encoding the plug in can only guess which text encoding was used It will by default take the current language settings This should yield the correct result unless you are for example trying to open a German structural design file on a Chinese system If this is the case you can overrule the text encoding in Illustrator gt Preferences gt Esko gt Structural Design Preferences on MAC or File gt Preferences gt Esko gt Structural Design Preferences on PC Structural Design Preferences ArtiosCAD Import Text Encoding From ArtiosCAD file Current language settings Q Other Western European Windows Latin 1 L Cancel ox From ArtiosCAD file ARD files written from ArtiosCAD 7 3 onwards will contain the text encoding used for layer names So for those files the layer browser in Illustrator will always visualize the structural design layer names correctly even if you are for example opening a German text encoded ARD file on a Chinese system
100. ype Select Filter Effect wie Undo Star Ctrl 2 Reda shifE4 CErl z Cut CErl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Paste in Front CErl F Paste in Back CErl B Clear Artios CAD Copy to Clipboard Find and Replace Find Mex Check Spelling CErl I Edit Custom Dictionary ArtiosCAD Copy to Clipboard copies the selected contours to the Windows Clipboard They can directly be pasted into ArtiosCAD If you have the same ArtiosCAD workspace open in ArtiosCAD and have not modified it since opening it in Illustrator when you paste the contents of the clipboard into ArtiosCAD they use the same placement as was used in Illustrator This function is useful for ArtiosCAD users who need shapes from the graphics to be added to the box design Copy to Clipboard also offers you the possibility to add the ARD file that is currently loaded in the Illustrator document Keep in mind that graphics layers are not copied The resulting ARD file is also not rebuildable and text will be contourized ArtiosL AD Copy to Clipboard Include a copy af Pasta ard Graphics layers are not copied Rebuilding the design will not be possible Cancel Note Placed EPS objects and or pixel based objects cannot be copied to an ARD file The fill color of the selected contours is not maintained in ArtiosCAD The stroke color of the contour determines the line type in ArtiosCAD If the selected contour is in the Main Design layer the poi

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