Comments on: How to preflight PDF files http://www.prepressure.com Prepress, printing, PDF, PostScript, fonts and stuff... Tue, 14 May 2013 09:55:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Kyle http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/preflight#comment-399604 Kyle Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:16:50 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/?page_id=1851#comment-399604 Use Markzware's FlightCheck to preflight your print files, enough said. Use Markzware’s FlightCheck to preflight your print files, enough said.

]]> By: neo http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/preflight#comment-372734 neo Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:25:10 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/?page_id=1851#comment-372734 hey ^_^ i have to ask i hope some one can help me. i'm doing a research richt now for school about Preflight and PDF and i'm wondering if this still uptodate ? cous i was reading about PDf 1.6 that can used now to, and i don't know if thats treu or thats about somting els sow i i'm a bit confused now ^//^ i hope some one can help me out hey ^_^

i have to ask i hope some one can help me.
i’m doing a research richt now for school about Preflight and PDF and i’m wondering if this still uptodate ? cous i was reading about PDf 1.6 that can used now to, and i don’t know if thats treu or thats about somting els sow i i’m a bit confused now ^//^

i hope some one can help me out

]]> By: Suz http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/preflight#comment-275761 Suz Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:46:09 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/?page_id=1851#comment-275761 To periodically check Acrobat preflight, i will run an ad that I know is missing fonts (not embedded) to see if everything is working ok. Today it did not flag the missing fonts. it was an ad I hadn't used before and I do not have the fonts for. What could have caused this? I was using the Newspaper ads preset AND ran it through another that I had set up. Neither flagged the error. Any ideas why? Thanks! To periodically check Acrobat preflight, i will run an ad that I know is missing fonts (not embedded) to see if everything is working ok.
Today it did not flag the missing fonts. it was an ad I hadn’t used before and I do not have the fonts for.
What could have caused this?
I was using the Newspaper ads preset AND ran it through another that I had set up. Neither flagged the error.

Any ideas why?
Thanks!

]]> By: hugh derham http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/preflight#comment-240825 hugh derham Tue, 29 May 2012 08:50:12 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/?page_id=1851#comment-240825 what should a printing apprentice be taught about pre-flighting? what should a printing apprentice be taught about pre-flighting?

]]> By: Laurens http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/preflight#comment-143887 Laurens Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:44:03 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/?page_id=1851#comment-143887 There are two potential solutions for this problem (which by the way has nothing to do with preflighting): - You overlooked an option to print B&W in your printer driver. Most printer drivers do have such an option but it may be hidden in some obscure corner of one of the printer setup menus. - You use a tool to convert the color PDF to grayscale. In Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro for example, go to <em>Advanced > Print Production > Preflight</em> and select the <em>Convert to Grayscale</em> PDF Fixup. Click the <em>Analyze and Fix</em> button and your problem is solved. In Acrobat 10 Professional the procedure is the same but the Print Production panel is now in the Tools panel on the right hand side of the screen and you may have to click the little triangle to make it appear. There are other tools on the market to do this kind of conversion. Enfocus Pitstop and Quite-A-Box-of-Tricks come to mind. There are two potential solutions for this problem (which by the way has nothing to do with preflighting):
- You overlooked an option to print B&W in your printer driver. Most printer drivers do have such an option but it may be hidden in some obscure corner of one of the printer setup menus.
- You use a tool to convert the color PDF to grayscale. In Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro for example, go to Advanced > Print Production > Preflight and select the Convert to Grayscale PDF Fixup. Click the Analyze and Fix button and your problem is solved. In Acrobat 10 Professional the procedure is the same but the Print Production panel is now in the Tools panel on the right hand side of the screen and you may have to click the little triangle to make it appear. There are other tools on the market to do this kind of conversion. Enfocus Pitstop and Quite-A-Box-of-Tricks come to mind.

]]> By: karey http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/preflight#comment-142195 karey Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:40:18 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/?page_id=1851#comment-142195 How do I print a adobe pdf document (adobe version 1.4) inb black ink only. When I go to print it doesnt give me the option to change to black ink only so it prints in colour if there is colour in the document which is wasting my ink. Can anyone help me? How do I print a adobe pdf document (adobe version 1.4) inb black ink only. When I go to print it doesnt give me the option to change to black ink only so it prints in colour if there is colour in the document which is wasting my ink. Can anyone help me?

]]> By: Edgar http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/preflight#comment-72389 Edgar Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:33:24 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/?page_id=1851#comment-72389 Si te refieres a la proporcion de tintas necesarias para lograr un color plano, te puedes guiar de una Guia Pantone de Color. Si te refieres a la proporcion de tintas necesarias para lograr un color plano, te puedes guiar de una Guia Pantone de Color.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/preflight#comment-62577 Jeff Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:56:20 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/?page_id=1851#comment-62577 Does anyone know of a pdf plugin that will allow me to get the percentage of ink on spot colors. This is not density, but percentage of ink on the sheet used to determine how much ink to mix. Does anyone know of a pdf plugin that will allow me to get the percentage of ink on spot colors. This is not density, but percentage of ink on the sheet used to determine how much ink to mix.

]]> By: Tessa Warburg http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/preflight#comment-59460 Tessa Warburg Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:52:24 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/?page_id=1851#comment-59460 I use InDesign to create the file, print to Postscript file, then convert to PDF using Acrobat 8 I want to preflight the PDF I cannot find the advanced setting on the menu bar Please help I use InDesign to create the file, print to Postscript file, then convert to PDF using Acrobat 8
I want to preflight the PDF
I cannot find the advanced setting on the menu bar
Please help

]]> By: Peter http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/preflight#comment-42394 Peter Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:17:07 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/?page_id=1851#comment-42394 This would not be flagged as an error (so to speak as KO), but as a warning. Ether you give your OK to process the file as is (approve the warning) or you fix it by setting the black text to overprint. This would not be flagged as an error (so to speak as KO), but as a warning. Ether you give your OK to process the file as is (approve the warning) or you fix it by setting the black text to overprint.

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