Adobe 62000112DM User Guide - Page 464

ADOBE ACROBAT 3D VERSION 8 457 User Guide • Specify whether the document contains trapping information, if known. See "Declare the presence of trapping information" on page 457. • Preview separations and transparency flattening results. See "Preview color separations" on page 471 and "Preview which areas of artwork will be flattened" on page 482. • Run preflight inspections using desired criteria. See "Preflight profiles" on page 498. Note: If you use a print service provider to produce separations, you'll want to work closely with its experts before beginning each job and throughout the process. Print separations 1 Choose File > Print, and choose a printer. 2 Choose an option from the Comments And Forms menu. 3 Choose print range and page handling options. 4 Click Advanced. 5 If you created a custom printer settings file with the appropriate separation settings, choose it from the Settings menu at the top of the Advanced Print Setup dialog box. 6 Select Output on the left, and choose an option from the Color menu: • Choose Separations if the PPD doesn't support in-RIP separations. • Choose In-RIP Separations if the PPD supports in-RIP separations. Trapping options appear. From the menu, choose Adobe In-RIP or Off. If you choose Adobe In-RIP, click Trap Presets and select a preset. Click OK. 7 Specify settings for halftone screen frequency and the angle at which the selected ink's halftone screen is rotated. 8 If the document contains objects with transparency settings, select an option from the Transparency Flattening Preset menu. 9 Under Ink Manager, deselect any color you don't want to separate. The four process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) always appear at the top of the color plate list, followed by spot colors in alphabetical order. 10 Click the Ink Manager button to modify ink settings for color separations. 11 Click Marks And Bleeds on the left, and select All Marks. 12 Click PostScript Options on the left, and select settings as needed. Click OK to close the dialog box, and then click OK again to print the separations. Declare the presence of trapping information If you are sending your PDF files to a print service provider, you can use the Document Properties dialog box to specify whether a PDF contains trapping information. This detail can help prevent the service provider from adding potentially conflicting trapping commands to the file. Trapping information can either be imported with other PostScript information from the authoring application, or it can be created in Acrobat using trapping presets supported by Adobe In-RIP Trapping. 1 Open the PDF file, and choose File > Properties. 2 Click the Advanced tab. 3 Choose an option from the Trapped menu, and click OK. Yes The file contains trapping information.