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1. Crackere 0x Page to Media Offsets Image to Page Offsets H 0 00 In 0 00 In V 0 00 In V 0 00 In Scaling 100 00 E ow 100 00 2 Scale to Fit Shrink or Expand Dae Options isit Mirror Print Negative Print 14 Rotate 90 Convert Text to Black Marks Use PDF Background y c mybackaround pdf Set Scale Background Color Preview Save Settings Load Settings Defaults Cancel This panel allows for setting certain options which affect how the printed output will appear 4 7 1 Offsets These options allow for the repositioning of the PDF page on the media and the repositioning of the imageable area on the PDF page both either vertically or horizontally Positive offsets move the PDF page up or to the right Negative offsets move the PDF page down or to the left The initial offset defaults are zero The offsets may be specified in inches centimeters millimeters or points depending on the Units selection Offsets are applied after scaling As such it is recommended that one consider the offsets as moving the center of the PDF page or imageable area to the new location e Page to media Often it is necessary to reposition the PDF page on the media For example if the default positioning places the page in an unprintable area used for media transport the ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 23 of 45 Copyright
2. Color Preview Save Settings Load Settings Defaults The Marks panel allows for the selection of the remaining parameters that determine how the output will appear 4 8 1 Printer s marks This option turns on a number of items that are useful for print production These items are printed outside the PDF page They add approximately 0 5 inches to each side To ensure that these items are visible choose a media size that is approximately one inch larger both vertically and horizontally than the PDF page size To access this function click on the box and a check mark will appear e Crop mark type User selectable choice of single or double crop marks e Registration mark type ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 27 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com User selectable choice of concentric circles or cross style registration marks e Offsets Allows the user to specify the position of crop and registration marks for each of the four sides of the page This feature is useful in adjusting the crop marks for bleeds 4 8 2 Crop and registration marks This check box determines whether the crop and registration marks are included in the output This box is disabled if Printer s Marks is not checked The default position for crop marks corresponds to the PDF TrimBox if it exists otherwise to the PDF CropBox 4 8 3 Fil
3. 29 ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 2 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 4 9 2 Output color 30 493 Black 31 4 9 4 Use ARTS PDF Crackerjack screens sss nennen 32 4 9 5 Color output 32 2I MOT 33 4 9 7 34 498 Spots 34 4 9 9 Use ARTS PDF Crackerjack RGB conversion 2 0 1 34 4 9 10 Use ARTS PDF Crackerjack DIC Device Independent Color 35 4 9 11 rug 36 4 9 12 Manage Color 36 4 10 The Print Preview Window 37 5 0 Using ARTS PDF Crackerjack 39 5 1 Pilot Folders Window 40 SEE tL 40 SP Ns 40 51 3 E 41 EMILE EE 41 5 2 The Add Pilot Folder and Edit Pilot Folder Windows 42 JU HE 42 522 OKI Cancel ERR 43 5 3 Pilot Folder Creation Selection 44 5 3 1 Folder Macintosh Create Folder
4. ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 44 The ARTS PDF Crackerjack Window gt Target Printer PantherPro46 Device Options Copies fi Collate C File PostScript 3 m Printer Description PantherPro 46 Level 3 Resolution 2400 2400 Options Page Range C All Marks Range 51117 Print Pages in Range Color Preview Save Settinas Load Settings Defaults The icons in this window provide professional user control over the printed output There are currently five icons Target Media Options Marks and Color Clicking on each icon will display a panel where user selections can be made The first time that you enter ARTS PDF Crackerjack all items on the various panels are prefilled with the ARTS PDF Crackerjack default selections Preview Save Settings Load Settings Output J Cancel and Defaults options appear on all panels 4 4 1 Preview This button launches the print preview window If one of the separation modes is selected in ARTS PDF Crackerjack the user can selectively disable enabled inks to preview the effect of generating separations Any settings currently enabled in ARTS PDF Crackerjack will be previewed here also For example if All s
5. 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com page should be moved so that the information is not clipped This Page to Media offset option allows for the repositioning of the page on the media The offsets may allow some or all of the PDF page to be moved off the media These offset changes are reflected in both the Preview window and in the PostScript output If Printer s Marks are selected they will also be moved accordingly e Image to page Occasionally the repositioning capability provided above is still insufficient for the application An example of this is trying to reposition data for the printing of right and left pages with center binding or hole punching The ability to move just the imageable data while not altering the page position on the media is required Unlike PostScript PDF pages allow for this type of manipulation and ARTS PDF Crackerjack supports this This Image Area to Page offset option allows for the repositioning of the imageable area with respect to the PDF page The offsets may allow some or all of the data to be moved off the page The offset changes are reflected in the both the Preview window and in the PostScript output Note If Printer s Marks are selected they will not be affected by Image to page offsets 4 7 2 Scaling Scaling increases or decreases the size of the PDF page The initial ARTS PDF Crackerjack default for scaling is 10096 For the purposes of scaling the
6. Windows 44 5 3 2 Select Macintosh OK 44 SOROMERG EE 44 6 0 eI 45 ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 3 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF PDF kerjack 4 2 a r t S ARTS Crackerjac www artspdf com 2 0 Introduction This document contains information on both the Macintosh and Windows versions of ARTS PDF Crackerjack Wherever appropriate the differences are clearly indicated If ARTS PDF Crackerjack is used with Adobe Acrobat 5 05 in OS X there are other differences which are clearly indicated as applying only to OS X usage This document specifically covers the features in ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 x and its companion ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot so it should not be used as a reference for earlier versions of the products ARTS PDF Crackerjack provides a set of professional output tools for PDF documents With ARTS PDF Crackerjack you can control all of the important output issues that distinguish pay for print from personal use These include fine positioning scaling orientation separations screening and more With ARTS PDF Crackerjack you can create PostScript files for downstream prepress applications or imagesetters platemakers digital presses color printer copiers proofers plotters and film recorders ARTS PDF Crackerjack is also handy f
7. and the various types of results ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 39 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF PDF kerjack 4 2 a r t S ARTS Crackerjac www artspdf com Note that using network volumes for Pilot folders is not a supported option due to the fact that Acrobat itself is not designed for this use Some users have had success while others have not Therefore creating Pilot folders on networked drives is purely at the option and risk of the user 5 1 The Pilot Folders Window Crackerjack Pilot x Pilot Folder C Pilot for Panther C Pilot for PanthersCJ4 Panther cjs Add Edit Delete Done The first time that ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot is invoked no Pilot Folder names appear in the list and naturally the Edit and Remove options are grayed out In this case only the Add option makes sense Click on the Add button to define new hot folders After the Add operation is compete both the Pilot Input folder name and the settings file name will be here displayed on a new line and the Enabled box will be checked If Pilot Folders have already been defined then they are listed here In this case Add Edit and Remove are all valid choices To specify which Pilot folder definition to edit or delete select a folder name using the cursor and mouse button then click on the desired function You may also suspend Pilot s monitoring of a hot fol
8. 212 13 45 00 w PANTONE 186 212 13 45 00 custom transfer curve All Spots to Process Use Crackeriack RGB Conversion Edit RGB Conversion Use Crackerjack DIC Color Save Color Set Manage Color Sets Preview Save Settings Load Settings Defaults Relative Colormetric The Color panel provides options to control the color rendition of the output This panel also provides access to controls for Separations and Screening Most of ARTS PDF Crackerjack s settings may be deselected allowing the user to rely on their RIP s defaults 4 9 1 Color set This is a scrollable list where the user may choose stored custom color settings A color set is a predefined selection for those parameters on and related to the Color panel The default entry is Custom If you choose a Color set and then change one or more of the color parameters this field will revert to Custom ARTS PDF Crackerjack ships with some sample Color sets These reflect industry standard settings for dot gain for different types of printing on different paper stocks and at specific line screen frequencies These should be considered as starter sets You may want to improve them for known print conditions To assist you with this process ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 29 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com ARTS PDF Crac
9. Crackerjack and ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot may be used with the full version of Adobe Acrobat 5 0 or 6 0 ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 4 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF PDF kerjack 4 2 a r t S ARTS Crackerjac www artspdf com 3 0 ARTS PDF Crackerjack Setup 3 1 System Requirements Regardless of platform ARTS PDF Crackerjack requires that a PostScript printer printer driver be selected before operation 3 1 1 Macintosh PowerMacintosh G3 or G4 e System 9 2 or 10 2 or higher e Adobe Acrobat 5 05 or higher e Adobe PostScript or 100 compatible output device 3 1 2 Windows e PC with Pentium processor e Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 or Windows XP e Adobe Acrobat 5 05 or higher e Adobe PostScript or 100 compatible output device CAUTION Any folders or files which are created during installation are required by ARTS PDF Crackerjack If you rename move or delete these folders the product will not work correctly or may not work at all 3 2 Installation In addition to the User s Guide the ARTS PDF Crackerjack folder contains a file called ColorSteps pdf to assist in color management and a subfolder containing ARTS PDF Crackerjack default Color Sets On the Macintosh except for OS X ARTS PDF Crackerjack will use the system s Printer Descriptions folder for PPDs For OS X see the section on ARTS PDF Crackerjack Preferences for how to manage PPDs The Windows install
10. objects in the PDF document to be converted to process black on output 4 7 4 Use PDF Background When this box is checked the user can select a PDF document to be used as a background when printing the current document The selected PDF will be printed behind all objects on the page s It will also be centered on the output page s This feature is useful for things like watermarking output and custom color bars trim marks ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 25 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com e Scale Background When this box is checked the PDF document used as a background will be scaled to the same size as the PDF document being printed When the box is not checked the background page will be printed at its original size whether larger or smaller than the document being printed However if the background page is larger than the media size selected in ARTS PDF Crackerjack it will be cut off at the extent of the media ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 26 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF PDF kerjack 4 2 a r t S ARTS Crackerjac www artspdf com 48 The Marks Panel Crackerjack 4 E x Printers Marks Crop Mark Type Single m Registration Mark Circles Offsets Top 0 00 In Left 0 00 In Bottom 0 00 In Right 0 00 In Crop and Registration Marks File Plate Names Color Bar
11. of Adobe Acrobat you are using this is located by running Adobe Acrobat and then clicking Help About Acrobat The exact version of the Operating System you are using A description of the expected behavior versus the actual behavior The minimum PDF file that exhibits the behavior If applicable please include the resultant PostScript file or a description of the output configuration RIP model PostScript interpreter version number and output device model o ooa Feedback If you have ideas and suggestions on how we could improve ARTS PDF Crackerjack we would love to hear your thoughts Please send them to info artspdf com Legal Notes Adobe Acrobat and Postscript are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries ARTS PDF Crackerjack is Copyright O ARTS PDF 2003 ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 45 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF
12. origin is the center of the PDF page Scaling is applied to the PDF page before offsets Based on these two factors it is recommended that one consider the offsets as moving the center of the PDF page or imageable area to the new location Either Scale to Fit or Horizontal Vertical Scaling may be applied at any one time but not both simultaneously The changes implied by scaling are reflected in the Preview window and in any ARTS PDF Crackerjack generated PostScript file e Horizontal Vertical You may select independent horizontal and vertical scaling factors to be applied to the PDF pages Input is limited to eight characters including the decimal separator Even though four digits may be entered to the right of the decimal separator only the three most significant are retained With the maximum and minimum page sizes allowed in PDF this provides ample room to scale the PostScript output to exceedingly large or small formats Large output might have to be tiled due to media size restrictions on the output device ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 24 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com Scale to fit Selecting this option provides three choices for scaling Shrink or expand means that the page will automatically be scaled either up or down to fit the currently selected media size Shrink only will cause the page to be scaled down only if it is necessary to fit a media size t
13. the information it needs to print There is no need to select Setup in the Chooser menu or Page Setup in Acrobat e Copies This field allows specification of the number of copies to be printed The default is one copy e Collate If the number of Copies is greater than one this option is made available If the box is checked ARTS PDF Crackerjack performs software collation If the selected device supports a hardware collator the user may choose to use that option instead by selecting it from the Advanced Device Options see below Hardware collation will only be available if it is a supported option within the currently selected PPD e Device options ARTS PDF Crackerjack supports many traditional device options in a device independent way For example collation negative and mirror print separations and screening are often treated as device options in other applications ARTS PDF Crackerjack supports selected device options from the currently selected PPD Basic The initial list of device options includes input trays which are specified in the currently selected PPD If the PPD indicates that the device supports duplexing this option will also appear Advanced Clicking the Advanced button will display an extended list of device specific features defined in the PPD Note that many advanced options such as separations specialized halftone screening etc may conflict with choices made in ARTS PDF Crackerjack Selec
14. the orientation between Portrait and Landscape the media is rotated not the PDF page If you select the Rotate 90 degrees function both the PDF page and the media are rotated The imageable data on the page is presented in the preview Depending on a Preferences setting it is either shown as a scaled down version of the PDF page or as ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 10 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com an E whose size represents the x y extents of the imageable data on the selected page A preview of a different page may be selected at the bottom of the preview window by either entering the desired page number in the fill in box or by using the arrow keys The down arrow corresponds to page down higher page numbers and vice versa When selected Printer s Marks are also displayed in this window along with the color bar if it is enabled ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 11 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 43 Embedding Fonts If the preference for checking non embedded fonts is enabled ARTS PDF Crackerjack will verify that all fonts in the current document are embedded before printing If ARTS PDF Crackerjack finds that a font is not embedded but that it exists on the current system it will print normally by including the system font in the output If the non embedded font cannot b
15. thumbnail of the currently selected PDF page The E represents the extent of the imageable data within the current PDF page This function is useful when working with large PDF files which may cause slow redraw of thumbnails in the preview window 4 1 5 Render Transfer Curves in Black This allows the user to specify whether the transfer curves specified in ARTS PDF Crackerjack s Color panel are displayed in color or in black ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 8 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF www artspdf com 4 1 6 Units ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 This list allows for selection of inches centimeters millimeters or points This selection affects all units of measurement throughout ARTS PDF Crackerjack s panels 4 1 7 Pilot These settings control the functions of ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot e Check interval Specified in seconds this determines how often Pilot will poll its input folders to see if a PDF file has been delivered for processing e Disable when documents are open This option prevents Pilot from taking control of Acrobat to process files while the user is currently working on a PDF document e Disable Pilot Disables Pilot operation until the box is once again unchecked Variform PDF Preferences x General m Use Default Settings File Default Settings File c Documents and Settingss amp dministratorNDesktopNVF Set Database Login Defaults Use
16. to that page The print preview window initializes to the current output mode selected in ARTS PDF Crackerjack If one of the composite modes is chosen no ink buttons will appear in the window Assuming that a separation mode is selected on the left side of the window there are buttons for each ink which is currently enabled in ARTS PDF Crackerjack If an ink is deselected the Color panel its button will be off when the preview window initializes Clicking on a button will turn off that ink Clicking several buttons quickly will turn off on ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 37 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com multiple inks and eliminate unwanted redraws If the cursor is held briefly over an ink button the ink name will be displayed This may be particularly useful for identifying spot colors Any settings in ARTS PDF Crackerjack that will affect the output will also be displayed here As inks are turned on or off the effect of things such as overprints and or knockouts can be seen Note Many factors can affect the way color is displayed on your monitor Therefore this preview function is not intended as a color management tool nor is it intended to be a measure of the actual CMYK color values that will appear on output ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 38 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF PDF kerjack 4 2 a r t S ARTS Crackerjac www artspd
17. where ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot could be used is outputting fixed page ranges with different media tray selections or for setting screen angles for successive pre separated gray PDF documents Naturally the user can examine any of the folders described above at any time Additionally if the user wishes to use ARTS PDF Crackerjack directly non automated he may do so at any time This direct control by the user only temporarily suspends ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot operation To save time it is recommended that you first generate one or more settings files using ARTS PDF Crackerjack This process is described above in Save Settings Load Settings under The Target Panel If you have not already setup ARTS PDF Crackerjack settings files do so now and then return to Pilot setup To setup or modify Pilot folders select Pilot from the Acrobat File pulldown menu under ARTS PDF Crackerjack gt Pilot Alternatively you can launch ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot using keyboard shortcuts On the Macintosh hold down the Command Apple and Shift keys and then press the Z key In Windows hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys and then press the Z key You may also activate ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot by clicking on the P button on the Acrobat toolbar When you invoke ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot the Pilot folders dialog box appears Here you will specify or modify the definitions of which folders are to be used for input
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19. ARTS PDF Crackerjack Version 4 2 gt wwwW artspdf com a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 1 0 Table of Contents 1 0 Table of Contents cec 2 2 0 pl refe 77 io ERR 4 3 0 ARTS PDF Cracker acK p sca ictu tux coL nan na baia 5 3 1 System R g iremMEN S piedi diues 5 SLI ucro 5 3 1 2 WINDOWS 5 3 2 M CEN 5 4 0 Using ARTS PDF Cracker ack aient enitn au cruento 7 4 1 Preferences IM 7 411 Use default settings 4442 enne enne 8 443 2 Embed Fonts in 8 413 Remember window 8 41 4 Use Ein pr vIBWiu irit eee eiat ined ra FER Fx Fea ENTER Ex seem 8 41 5 Render Transfer Curves in Black nnns 8 4 1 6 UNIS iii enda tn eden AEE a edu 9 9 4 1 8 Select PPD folder Mac OS 9 4 2 The Preview Window 10 4 3 Embedding p ee 12 4 4 The ARTS PDF Crackerjack Window 4 6000000 0 14 44 71 PROVIGW LUE 14 442 Save Settings Load sse 15 443 JDefaulls iore E
20. Default Database Login User ID admin Password Remember Session Login Form Errors Other Options Show Errors While Printing Flatten Pages Show Form Error Dialog Open Merged PDF After Saving Cancel 4 1 8 Select PPD folder Mac OS X only Since OS X does not use the traditional Macintosh method of a Printer Descriptions folder you must select a folder on your hard disk where your PPD files are located so that ARTS PDF Crackerjack can use them Page 9 of 45 ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF 4 2 a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjac www artspdf com 42 The Preview Window Preview Uscas fl al of 30 Preview window This window shows a representation of the page currently selected It defaults to the page currently displayed in the Acrobat main window In this window the relationship of the imageable area the PDF page and the media is displayed for the current selections for page size media size positioning scaling orientation tiling and mirror and negative print The PDF page is centered in the window and is defined by the blue outline The orientation of the PDF page is maintained as it is defined in the PDF document The white rectangular area represents the size of the selected media in the chosen orientation If you change
21. F a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 4 1 1 Use default settings file This control determines where ARTS PDF Crackerjack will get the default settings when it is launched for the first time during an Acrobat session or whenever the Defaults button is clicked If left unchecked ARTS PDF Crackerjack uses its internal defaults The Set button brings up a standard dialog for specifying a folder file location to allow the user to specify the location and file name for ARTS PDF Crackerjack to use for its default settings Note The user must first create a settings file to be used before setting this parameter 4 1 2 Embed Fonts in PostScript When this box is checked ARTS PDF Crackerjack will verify that all fonts used in the document are embedded before printing If any non embedded fonts are found ARTS PDF Crackerjack will check the local hard disk for the fonts and automatically substitute them if possible Otherwise the user will be prompted See the section titled Embedding Fonts for details on this feature 4 1 3 Remember window positions This function will cause ARTS PDF Crackerjack to store the position of the Preview and main windows as they are moved The positions are maintained between sessions Unchecking this option causes the windows to revert to their default positions 4 1 4 Use E in preview Selecting this function causes ARTS PDF Crackerjack to display an E in the preview window instead of a
22. F Crackerjack 4 Alternatively you can launch ARTS PDF Crackerjack using keyboard shortcuts On the Macintosh hold down the Command Apple and Shift keys and then press the C key In Windows hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys and then press the C key You may also activate ARTS PDF Crackerjack by clicking on the CJ button on the Acrobat toolbar ARTS PDF Crackerjack will then display two windows The Preview window gives a visual representation of how the PDF page will be printed on the media The ARTS PDF Crackerjack window provides an interface organized by icons Altering some of the entries in the ARTS PDF Crackerjack window will cause corresponding changes in the Preview window 4 1 Preferences ARTS PDF Crackerjack s preferences are accessed from Acrobat s menu In Acrobat 4 this is done using File gt Preferences gt ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 In Acrobat 5 6 0 use Edit gt Preferences gt ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 Crackerjack Preferences Use default settings C Program Files Adobe Acrobat 5 0 Set Embed Fonts in PostScript Remember window positions Use E in Preview Render Transfer Curves in Black Units Inches Pilot Check Interval 0 Seconds Disable when documents are open Disable Pilot Cancel ARTS PDF Crackerjack Preferences ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 7 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PD
23. New in ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 is the ability to handle the RGB to DeviceCMYK conversion of images separately from other objects in the PDF Selecting Standard will cause all RGB images to be converted to CMYK using the Adobe PostScript Red Book algorithm less any UCR GCR Selecting Use UCR GCR will apply the current UCR GCR settings Choosing Use ICC Profile allows the user to select the Source RGB color profile and the Destination CYMK profile to control conversion of images from RGB to CMYK On the Macintosh ICC profile management is done by the OS so list selections are controlled by ColorSync In Windows there is a folder named ICC Profiles located inside the ARTS PDF Crackerjack folder of your Acrobat plug ins folder Several default ICC profiles are put in this folder during installation If you wish to use other profiles they must be copied into this folder Note If there are images within a PDF which are tagged with an ICC profile ARTS PDF Crackerjack will use the input source profile associated with each image instead of the one selected in ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 9 10 Use ARTS PDF Crackerjack DIC Device Independent Color This selection has an effect only when Use ARTS PDF Crackerjack DIC is chosen It only maps device independent color data DeviceRGB DeviceGray and DeviceCMYK color space data are not affected by this option If it is known that this PDF document was prepared in a color managed enviro
24. TS PDF Crackerjack will automatically set a media size which matches the current PDF page size plus any extra amounts specified by the Border parameter Checking this box causes the list of media sizes in the Media box to become disabled If a multi page PDF document contains different page sizes and or orientations ARTS PDF Crackerjack will adjust the media size for each page during output This feature is particularly useful when ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot is used since you need not create multiple Pilot folders to accommodate different media sizes Note Using this feature with devices such as desktop laser printers which do not support custom media sizes may cause PostScript errors Ensure that the PDF document page size s are supported by your device before enabling Auto size Media ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 20 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com e Border With Auto size Media selected this function allows the user to specify how much additional margin should be added to each page on output The specified value will be added to all four sides of each page This is useful for accommodating ARTS PDF Crackerjack s Printer s Marks 4 6 2 Media This scroll list allows for the selection of the media size to be used This list is taken from the currently selected PPD Therefore the name and dimensions shown for each media size may be specific to the device for whic
25. alue may be changed but ARTS PDF Crackerjack does nothing to ensure that the new value is valid for the target RIP e Use custom transfer function When this box is checked the user can click on Transfer function This will display a dialog where the user may enter values to specify a custom transfer curve for the selected ink color This transfer function will be used for all data in the job that halftoned to this separation e Convert to process When this box is checked color information for this spot color only will be converted to process color and appear on the appropriate CMYK plates ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 33 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF DF kerjack 4 2 a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjac www artspdf com 4 9 7 Map This button activates a dialog box where spot colors can be mapped to the selected spot color The button will only be active when more than one spot color exists in the current PDF document To use spot color mapping select the color that you want other spot colors to be mapped TO then click Map Mapped spot colors can also be un mapped Once a color has been mapped it will appear in the inks list with a blue dot next to its name Spot colors which have other spot colors mapped to them will appear normally in the inks list 4 9 8 All Spots to process When checked ARTS PDF Crackerjack will generate PostScript output with all the spot color s in the job mapped into the approp
26. aving use the Rotate 90 degrees feature on ARTS PDF Crackerjack s Options panel ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 21 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF PDF kerjack 4 2 a r t S ARTS Crackerjac www artspdf com 4 6 4 Tile Output When a PDF document s page size is larger than the available media size s on an output device this option can be useful for printing the job across multiple pages which can then be combined to see the entire print job This option would normally be used to check or proof output on a desktop laser printer for a job which is intended to be run on a large format device for final output Another application might be tiling different sections for billboards or theatrical scenery When this option is selected ARTS PDF Crackerjack s Preview window will display a representation of the tiled output Horizontal Overlap Vertical Overlap When Output is selected the additional option to specify horizontal and vertical overlap are made available Overlap is generally used so that portions of each tile will overlap the neighboring tile s This is helpful when printing to desktop laser printers which usually have some unprintable region on the page edges With overlap the output can be aligned so that all data is visible ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 22 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 47 The Options Panel
27. colors review their equivalent CMYK values double click on the ink name or click Edit When separations are selected you can also select the Black overprint and global spot to process options review change UCR GCR generation for RGB color conversion to DeviceCMYK and select reset ARTS PDF Crackerjack s device independent color rendering for the job In RIP separations This is the preferred method of generating separations from ARTS PDF Crackerjack Files are smaller thus transmission interpretation and rendering are significantly faster than pre separated output When selected composite color data will be separated into CMYK data using PostScript in RIP separation capability Unless instructed otherwise elsewhere spot colors are treated as individual separations Some desktop printers with PostScript 3 are capable of doing in RIP separations If you are experiencing difficulties it may be due to memory limitations in the printer This can be verified by sending the job to the RIP with only one ink selected If successful you can try it with two inks selected etc to determine your practical limits This can help you determine how much memory you might consider adding e Pre separated Pre separated is the preferred method to ensure that the output matches the Print Preview window ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 30 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com Thi
28. der by unchecking the Enabled box 5 1 1 Add Opens the Pilot Folder Settings window to allow you to create a new Pilot Folder 5 1 2 Edit ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 40 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com Opens the Pilot Folder Settings window to allow you to change the settings for the selected Pilot Folder 5 1 3 Remove Deletes all references to the selected Pilot Folder Note that this does not delete the folder from your hard disk only from the Pilot definitions 5 1 4 Done This button closes the ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot window All visible Pilot Folder definitions and associated information are saved ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 41 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 5 2 The Add Pilot Folder and Edit Pilot Folder Windows Pilot Folder Settings x Pilot Folder fea test Set Settings File C Panther auto in rip cjs Success Folder 5 test Success Set Excluded Folder C Pilat test Excluded Set Output Folder test Output Set Cancel OK This dialog window allows you to specify the name of the Pilot or hot folder the Settings file to be applied to it and the various folders for ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot output Success Excluded a
29. e Plate names This check box determines whether the PDF file name and color separation plate names are included in the output This box is disabled if Printers Marks is not checked 4 8 4 Color bar This option includes a color bar on the printed output A predefined color bar is included with ARTS PDF Crackerjack This box is disabled if Printer s Marks is not checked ARTS PDF Crackerjack s color bar contains measurement squares of approximately 5 mm on side for cyan magenta yellow and black at 596 25 50 75 95 and 100 totaling about 5 inches in length The color bar does not get scaled The color bar is positioned approximately one quarter inch from the corner of the PDF page along the long axis Note To use a color bar of your own design create a PDF page containing your color bar and use it as a background when printing from ARTS PDF Crackerjack See Use PDF Background for more information ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 28 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 4 9 The Color Panel Crackerjack 4 x m Color Set Custom Dutput Color As Separations Black Overprint M Use Crackerjack Screens Frequency 21 2 00 Spot Round Color Output Options Name Freq Angle Edit v Cyan 183 74 71 57 Ma Magenta 189 74 18 43 Am wf Yellow 200 00 0 00 Black
30. e found on the system ARTS PDF Crackerjack will interrupt output to allow the user to make a decision on what to do When non embedded fonts are found with no matching font on the system ARTS PDF Crackerjack presents the user with the choices seen here Fonts Missing 4 There are fonts that are not embedded and cannot be found on your system What would you like to do Subsitute Fonts Cancel Printing Print Anyway Font Missing Cancel Printing returns to ARTS PDF Crackerjack Print Anyway will cause the document to be printed and any objects using the non embedded fonts may or may not print correctly If the user clicks Substitute Fonts they will see a list of missing fonts Substitute Fonts x Missing Font Substitute Font ItcKabel Demi Korinna Regular Futura Book FranklinGothic Roman Caxton Book CenturyGothic Ee Substitute Cancel List of missing fonts ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 12 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF www artspdf com ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 From the window showing the list of fonts clicking Substitute will cause a list of all fonts on the system to be opened for selection Page 13 of 45 Select System Font 4 GillS ans Boldltalic GillS ans Condensed Gill5 ans ExtraBold GillS ans Italic GillS ans Light GillS ans Lightltalic Goudy Goudy Bold Goudy Boldltalic zl Cancel List of Fonts on the system
31. er will create a folder named Printer Descriptions inside the ARTS PDF Crackerjack folder and place PPDs for Acrobat Distiller in the folder After installing ARTS PDF Crackerjack you must copy any PPD files for your devices to the Printer Descriptions folder Failure to copy your PPD files to the Printer Descriptions folder will cause ARTS PDF Crackerjack to have only Acrobat Distiller PPDs available To validate the license and or to view the installation status open Acrobat and view the About Plug Ins box on the Apple logo pulldown menu on the Macintosh at the bottom ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 5 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com of the Acrobat Help pulldown menu in Windows for ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 The word Demo appears in the ARTS PDF Crackerjack About box when the version is not fully licensed version To validate your license click on the Register button and then enter the serial number provided by ARTS PDF To deactivate the plug in move it and the ARTS PDF Crackerjack folder out of the Acrobat Plug Ins folder before launching Acrobat ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 6 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 4 0 Using ARTS PDF Crackerjack To use the software select ARTS PDF Crackerjack from the Acrobat File pulldown menu under ARTS PDF Crackerjack gt ARTS PD
32. es can be managed using the Defaults Load Settings and Save Settings buttons The remaining items on the Target panel relate to parameters to be used for the print job 4 5 1 Printer By choosing Printer you are indicating to ARTS PDF Crackerjack that you want to create a PostScript file and send it to the indicated output device On the Macintosh if there is no defaults settings file ARTS PDF Crackerjack s default is the printer currently selected in Chooser Pressing the Set button will launch Chooser and allow you to select a different device You may then save this in your ARTS PDF Crackerjack Preferences as the default or in another ARTS PDF Crackerjack settings file In OS X there is no Set button There will be a list of printers already installed through the ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 16 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com OS X Print Center In Windows with no default settings file ARTS PDF Crackerjack s default is the default printer in your Windows Printers folder You may choose from any printer in the drop down list and subsequently save it in your ARTS PDF Crackerjack defaults or in another ARTS PDF Crackerjack settings file Note that on either system you must also change your PPD in ARTS PDF Crackerjack when choosing a different printer When you make a printer selection ARTS PDF Crackerjack has all
33. f com 5 0 Using ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot is a hot folders approach to automation First you set up a ARTS PDF Crackerjack settings file and a group of associated folders one for initial input one as a destination for successfully processed jobs another as a repository for unsuccessful jobs and finally a destination for Save to File output After everything is set up make sure that Acrobat has been launched then simply drop documents that you want processed in the appropriate Pilot Folder When active ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot constantly scans the Pilot Folders When Pilot sees a new PDF document to be processed it invokes ARTS PDF Crackerjack with the assigned settings including destination ARTS PDF Crackerjack generates and delivers the appropriate PostScript file Upon completion Pilot moves the PDF to the Success Folder If ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot finds a file type other than a PDF in the input Pilot Folder it moves it to the Excluded Folder Normally output is delivered to the selected device but for Save to File the resultant output file is delivered to the Output Folder Pilot folders may be cascaded i e the Success folder for one operation can also be an input Pilot folder for another For example one could set up the Distiller s Out folder to be an input Pilot folder thereby automating distilling and printing as one continuous operation Another example of a repetitive task
34. ges page range must have a hyphen between the beginning and ending page numbers i e 3 7 to print pages 3 through 7 Commas and spaces serve as separators between page numbers i e 3 7 8 11 to print pages 3 through 7 and 8 through 11 Pages will print in the order specified Ranges with a higher beginning page number than ending page number will print in reverse numerical order Note that page numbers are the physical pages of the PDF which may not correspond to page numbers if any which are in the PDF document or displayed in Acrobat ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 19 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 46 The Media Panel Crackerjack 4 E x Media Auto size Media Border 0 00 In Name Width Height In Add _ Letter 8 50 11 00 Letter stra 950 1200 Et Legal 8 50 14 00 L LegalE xtra 9 50 15 00 Ea Tabloid 11 00 17 00 Options L TabloidE xtra 12 00 18 00 _ Ledger 17 00 11 00 Orientation Tile Output Marks Portrait Horizontal Overlap 00 In Landscape Vertical Overlap 00 In Save Settings Load Settings Defaults Cancel This panel allows for media selection and provides some of the parameters for how the PDF page will be placed on the media 4 6 1 Auto size media When this box is checked AR
35. h that PPD was written The selected media size is used in display of the Preview window and any generated output file e Add Edit Remove These buttons allow the user to define and update custom media sizes Using this feature you can specify a name and the dimensions for any unique media Care should be taken when using this since some PostScript devices can only take predefined media Some PostScript devices will generate a PostScript error for a media size it doesn t recognize and it is possible to specify a size that violates the devices minimum and maximum size restrictions Note The media sizes taken from the currently selected PPD cannot be edited or removed from the list 4 6 3 Orientation This option allows for a change in the media orientation Upon entering ARTS PDF Crackerjack the Orientation is reflected in the Preview window You may switch between orientations by clicking on the appropriate button The change is reflected in both the Preview window and in the commands included in the output file In the Preview window when the orientation is changed the media is rotated not the PDF page The commands in the output file produce the same net effect on the printed output regardless of which edge of the PDF page is output first Note Orientation should be used to cause the media to align with the PDF page as displayed in the Preview window To obtain rotated output sometimes called transverse or media s
36. hat is smaller than the PDF page Expand only will cause the page to be scaled up only if it is necessary to fit a media size that is larger than the PDF page Regardless of scaling method the perspective of the original PDF page is always maintained that is horizontal and vertical dimensions are scaled by the same amount 4 7 3 Options e Mirror print This option allows you to invert the printing direction To access this function click on the box In the Preview Window this is represented as a mirror image This option is useful for transfer processes and certain plate making approaches e Negative print This option allows you to enable reverse printing To access this function click on the box In the Preview Window this is represented by changing the color contents from positive to negative which often means that the PDF page outline changes from blue to yellow the media background changes from white to black and the E if present changes from black to white This option is provided to accommodate both positive acting and negative acting printing processes e Rotate 90 degrees Selecting this option will cause the output both media and PDF page to be rotated by 90 degrees clockwise This function is also known as transverse printing or media saving Note that this option is typically only used for devices such as imagesetters that use wide media e Convert Text To Black When selected this option will cause ALL text
37. indow allows you to select from among any available local or network disk drives Selection of removable media devices is only available in the Macintosh version Note that using removable media drives with Pilot means that automation will fail if the media containing the Pilot folder is not mounted 5 3 1 New Folder Macintosh Create Folder Windows This button allows you to create a new folder at the location currently selected on the hard disk 5 3 2 Select Macintosh OK Windows Clicking this button confirms your selections 5 3 3 Cancel Clicking Cancel voids any choices you have made prior to clicking OK or Select ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 44 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF PDF kerjack 4 2 a r t S ARTS Crackerjac www artspdf com 6 0 Troubleshooting Before contacting us please check the ARTS PDF Crackerjack conference at the ARTS PDF Forum on our web site at http forum artspdf com If you have no luck there please e mail techsupport artspdf com and supply the information below to help us replicate the problem you are experiencing a The platform Mac or Windows you are using b The exact version of ARTS PDF Crackerjack you are using this is located by running ARTS PDF Crackerjack and then clicking Help About Third Party Plug Ins ARTS PDF Crackerjack Please also specify whether you are using a demo or full registered version The exact version
38. kerjack includes ColorSteps pdf as part of the release This document contains known color values as defined in Acrobat This document may be printed successively with ARTS PDF Crackerjack CMYK and spot ink percentages measured and ARTS PDF Crackerjack transfer functions adjusted until measured percentages match the values in the document Also the RGB values may be used to fine tune ARTS PDF Crackerjack s RGB conversion GCR black generation and UCR If you will be delivering PostScript files to a location whose print conditions are not known or not fingerprinted you may want to apply no transfer functions and rely on capabilities at the destination to compensate for their local dot gain 4 9 2 Output color as This list allows the user to select from among the four types of ARTS PDF Crackerjack output The choices are In RIP separations Pre separated Composite color or Composite gray When either In RIP or Pre separated are chosen additional controls become available Choosing separations provides access to an ink table containing a list of the standard process colors cyan magenta yellow and black plus any spot colors that have been included in the PDF document The default is to print all inks You can click on any of the list entries to select that color indicated by highlighting To deselect select an ink click on the check mark next to its name To set review its screening settings and transfer function or in the case of spot
39. more than one Color Rendering Intent may be mapped into a single CRD 4 9 11 Save color set This button activates a dialog box to allow the user to specify a file name to save all of the current values in the Color panel All color set file names saved in this manner will be available in the Color set drop down list at the top of the Color panel 4 9 12 Manage color sets This button activates a dialog box that allows the user to select a Color set from a list and to Edit e g rename it or Remove it from the list ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 36 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 4 10 The Print Preview Window ax 44 gt 1 m jm Color Steps im 0 0 m 2 2 6 6 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 94 94 96 9 100 100 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black SpotOrange Red Green Blue All colors are percentages of the primary color with the exception of SpotOrange which are tints with defined CMYK values CMYK are specified in CMYK RGB in RGB This page was prepared in PageMaker 6 5 and distilled with colors unchanged Go to last page 4 At the top of the window there are navigation buttons and a page range box If the document has more than one page the buttons will become active Alternatively the user can type in a page number then hit the Enter key on their keyboard to jump
40. nd Output If selections have been made then they appear here If no selection has been made then it is so indicated by a blank path name and a warning icon instead of a folder icon 5 2 1 Set To make a Folder selection the Set button accesses the Pilot Folder Selection window If you specify the Pilot Folder before specifying folders for Success Excluded and Output then default entries for folders named Success Excluded and Output will be created inside the Pilot folder as soon as you click OK Folder selections may be changed individually if so desired If you attempt to exit this window without specifying all information i e did you specify a Settings file a message is generated guiding you to either complete the task or cancel the attempt ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 42 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 5 2 2 OK Cancel Naturally clicking on OK confirms your selections and creates the specified folders Cancel discards modifications made during the current visit to this window ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 43 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 5 3 Pilot Folder Creation Selection Window Select Pilot Folder 1 Desktop C My Computer SE My Network Places Recycle Bin Create Folder Cancel This w
41. nment where the application of specific color rendering intents might have been assigned to different objects then you should consider not using this selection Beginning with version 2015 all Adobe PostScript RIPs support the International Color Consortium concept of standard color rendering intents This option allows you to select the color rendering that is appropriate for the subject material This approach is consistent with Apple s ColorSync and Window s ICM device independent color management There are four predefined renderings Relative Colormetric Perceptual Saturation and Absolute Colormetric You would probably select Relative Colormetric or Perceptual for image or picture intensive files Saturation would be most appropriate for documents with a lot of business graphics bar and pie charts Even though Absolute Colormetric often truncates out of gamut colors it might be most appropriate for situations where you must reproduce a color exactly such as a shirt color in a catalogue or the logo color for an important client Within the RIP each of these Color Rendering Intents has the effect of mapping all the ICC color data LAB CalRGB CalGray through a PostScript Color Rendering Dictionary CRD In theory there should be a different CRD for each rendering intent ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 35 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com But in some devices
42. nnot be modified or the list from the folder selected in your ARTS PDF Crackerjack preferences In Windows with no default settings file the initial default PPD is the first file name in the Printer Descriptions folder as if sorted alphabetically by file name e Resolution For devices with multi resolution capability as specified in the PPD this scroll list allows selection of the device Resolution to be used when printing The selected value is also used to select an optimized screen set Frequency and Angle for the selected resolution Resolution is always specified in dots per inch dpi The default resolution is the resolution defined as default in the PPD 4 5 5 Page range This option allows the user to specify the pages to be included in the output You can select either All pages or a page Range If there is no defaults settings file the first time ARTS PDF Crackerjack is invoked for a new document the Page range will be set to All Additional options are available in the drop down list for further specifying which pages are to be output The choices are All pages in range Odd pages or Even pages Odd ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 18 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF PDF kerjack 4 2 a r t S ARTS Crackerjac www artspdf com and Even can be used in combination with All to output all odd pages or all even pages When Range is selected you may enter specific page numbers or page ran
43. or separating PDF files originally created with Microsoft applications such as Word Publisher and Excel a particularly sticky problem for graphic arts service providers With this release ARTS PDF Crackerjack now also includes the ability to preview the separations that ARTS PDF Crackerjack can generate This feature allows the user to check separations before printing them and to view the effects of prepress parameters such as overprinting Additionally ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 still includes important features first introduced in ARTS PDF Crackerjack 3 such as color management black overprint auto size media selection backgrounds bleed support and the ability to output PostScript 3 features such as duotones tritones quadtones smooth shading and spot color gradients ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot is an automation option for the award winning ARTS PDF Crackerjack With Pilot you can create and manage one or more hot folders to automate your use of ARTS PDF Crackerjack All of the features you use in ARTS PDF Crackerjack including separations screening media selection and more can be saved in user defined settings files and matched to hot folders These settings files can be set up either for particular applications or print job classifications or for targeting output to different devices Once configured you only need to drop a PDF document into a hot folder for ARTS PDF Crackerjack and Pilot to pick it up and print it ARTS PDF
44. pen in Acrobat the button will read OK otherwise it will read Output The Output button causes ARTS PDF Crackerjack to print the job to either the printer or a file depending on the selection made in the Target panel After printing the ARTS PDF Crackerjack dialog will close and control will be returned to Acrobat As long as the current session of Acrobat is running ARTS PDF Crackerjack will remember the settings from the last job If you quit Acrobat the current ARTS PDF Crackerjack settings will be discarded The next time Acrobat and ARTS PDF Crackerjack are launched ARTS PDF Crackerjack will start with the settings from the defaults file if it exists or its internal defaults ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 15 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 45 Target Panel Target Printer PantherPro46 Device Options Copies Collate C File PostScript 3 m Printer Description PPD PantherPro 46 Level 3 Resolution 24002400 4 1 1 i Page Range Marks Range 51117 y Print Pages in Range Color Preview Save Settings Load Settings Defaults Cancel The Target panel allows selection of high level job parameters It also provides controls for the ARTS PDF Crackerjack environment The entire set of ARTS PDF Crackerjack valu
45. pots to process has been selected in ARTS PDF Crackerjack then the Preview will only show Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black inks See the section titled The Print Preview Window for more details ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 14 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 4 4 2 Save Settings Load Settings These buttons provide access to a standard folder file selection mechanism With this you can save and name your ARTS PDF Crackerjack settings for each class of job that you routinely run These predefined formats save you time diminish the likelihood of error and its associated cost and save you the trouble of re experimenting to get jobs to come out the way you want These settings files are also used by ARTS PDF Crackerjack Pilot the production automation option for ARTS PDF Crackerjack Save Settings may be used to alter the entire set of default settings used when ARTS PDF Crackerjack is launched or when the Defaults button is selected See Defaults below 4 4 3 Defaults Clicking Defaults returns all parameters back to the default values See Preferences gt Use Default Settings File to change the defaults settings for ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 4 4 Cancel Cancel causes an exit from ARTS PDF Crackerjack and return of control to Acrobat No output file is generated and any settings changes are discarded 4 4 5 OK Output If no document is o
46. riate percentages of Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black 4 9 9 Use ARTS PDF Crackerjack RGB conversion When checked this function causes ARTS PDF Crackerjack s RGB conversion settings to be applied to the output e Edit RGB Conversion This option allows you to specify your own functions for UCR or GCR UCR and GCR controls apply to the conversion of RGB data to DeviceCMYK Gray Component Replacement GCR is the substitution of black ink in areas where the other three process inks overlap This makes sense since the addition of a third process ink only adds grayness to the other two and black ink is usually less expensive Under Color Removal UCR is a compensation for not having perfect inks i e those that are monochromatic These impurities have their greatest effect in shadow areas and neutral colors Their removal tends to add depth Of the two approaches and all else being equal GCR uses more black ink and less cyan magenta and yellow than UCR Refer to the Adobe Photoshop Users Guide for usage guidelines Save and Load options allow you to save name and reuse your favorite settings ARTS PDF Crackerjack s default is set to GCR Maximum to constrain RGB black to the process black plate Otherwise text defined as RGB black will appear on all process plates ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 34 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com Image Conversion
47. s method should also be used for desktop printers which are incapable of in RIP separations The features available using this option are similar to In RIP separations Note PDF files containing RGB data must have the data converted to CMYK before pre separated output can occur ARTS PDF Crackerjack performs this conversion automatically but because of the amount of data to be converted files containing RGB images may take considerable time to process e Composite color Selecting this option will cause composite color data in the PDF document to remain as composite color data in the PostScript file Pre separated PDF pages will remain separated Composite color files are useful for output to certain printers proofers slide makers film recorders and downstream prepress applications Choosing Composite for monochrome devices will cause the color data to be printed based on its luminance values For those devices that are halftone devices the RIP will also screen the output e Composite gray Selecting this option will cause composite color data in the PDF document to be output as composite gray data in the PostScript file Composite gray output is useful for black and white or grayscale devices 4 9 3 Black overprint Regardless of the creator application even with correct Acrobat Distiller settings overprints are not consistently preserved in composite color PDF files unless a custom color spot color is used for objects to be o
48. ting these options may cause unpredictable output results 4 5 2 File ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 17 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF PDF kerjack 4 2 a r t S ARTS Crackerjac www artspdf com By choosing File you are indicating to ARTS PDF Crackerjack that you want the output to be saved in a PostScript file When the Output button is selected the standard system folder file selection naming mechanism is displayed The file will be saved as PostScript Level 2 unless the PostScript 3 box is checked ARTS PDF Crackerjack creates PostScript files containing all of the information for the currently specified pages 4 5 3 PostScript 3 When checked all output from ARTS PDF Crackerjack will contain PostScript 3 specific operators Note Using this option with non PostScript 3 devices may cause errors or no output 4 5 4 Printer description e PPD PostScript Printer Description This scroll list allows for selection of the PostScript printer description file to be used when ARTS PDF Crackerjack creates a PostScript file ARTS PDF Crackerjack makes use of some of the information in the PPD file This includes device resolutions supported media sizes and screening frequencies and angles for the selected device resolution On the Macintosh if there is no defaults settings file the initial PPD default is that chosen for the printer in Chooser In OS X the PPD list is either the default list from the OS which ca
49. verprinted When selected this feature causes ARTS PDF Crackerjack to find all text graphics and line art which are defined as 10096 K in CMYK 0 in RGB and or 100 black in DeviceGray ARTS PDF Crackerjack will then print these objects on the black separation without knocking out the underlying object s on the other separations Note This feature is only available when one of the separation modes is selected It does not affect images ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 31 of 45 Copyright O 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com 4 9 4 Use ARTS PDF Crackerjack screens This check box determines whether the screening settings specified in ARTS PDF Crackerjack will be used on output If unchecked the values currently set in the device will be used These options provide control over halftone screening Not only do they apply to separated data but also to composite output on halftoning devices Typically the default Frequency is that optimized for the selected Resolution as specified in the PPD To implement these capabilities in a fashion independent of RIP vendor ARTS PDF Crackerjack relies on Adobe Accurate Screens another standard feature of PostScript Alternative RIP technology vendors such as Harlequin automatically substitute their versions of screening e Frequency This drop down list displays the line screen frequency values from the currently selected PPD The list will var
50. xt to the ink name If expected spot color inks do not appear in this list then the PDF was created incorrectly ARTS PDF Crackerjack Documentation Page 32 of 45 Copyright 1998 2003 ARTS PDF a r t S ARTS PDF Crackerjack 4 2 www artspdf com Note An asterisk appearing next to an ink name indicates that a custom transfer function has been applied to that ink e Frequency This list displays the line screen frequency value for each ink name Unless edited see below the values are derived from the currently selected PPD e Angle This list displays the screen angle value for each ink name As with frequencies unless edited see below the values are derived from the currently selected PPD 4 9 6 Edit This button activates a dialog box where values for frequency angle and transfer function can be edited for each color in the inks list For spot colors CMYK equivalents are display and the user may elect to convert this spot color to process on an individual basis e Frequency Initially this box will display the value from the PPD for the currently selected ink name Resolution and Frequency as specified on the Color panel This value may be changed but ARTS PDF Crackerjack does nothing to ensure that the new value is valid for the target RIP e Angle Initially this box will display the value from the PPD for the currently selected ink name Resolution and Frequency as specified on the Color panel This v
51. y depending on the resolution selected Spot function This option provides a choice of different spot functions that might be used to provide different look and feel to your printed document Round and Diamond spots are probably the two most commonly used The spot function list does not contain casual selections This is the list of spot functions supported by Adobe s Portable Document Format Reference Manual i e the PDF specification This means that these are also the spot functions used by Distiller when it translates PostScript screening information into embedded screen sets within a PDF document Additionally these are either standard spot functions defined for Adobe Accurate Screens or ones that are transparently supported by Accurate Screens 4 9 5 Color output options The outstanding feature of this section is the inks list table By un checking the user may select which separations will output If ARTS PDF Crackerjack screening is not used the frequency and angle values for the inks will be default that is the values pre set in the RIP will be used If ARTS PDF Crackerjack screening is selected then the frequency angle and transfer function may be altered e Name When one of the separation types is selected this list displays all ink names in the PDF file If separations are not chosen the list shows only Composite Inks may be selected deselected individually by clicking on the check mark ne

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