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Outputting to PDF and Print Click the Preview icon in the tools panel to see how a document will look when it’s printed or exported as a PDf file. 68 Adobe InDesign CS3 | Conversion guide Whether you’re outputting InDesign files to print or as Adobe PDF documents for distribution on the web, mobile devices, or phones, you’ll find that InDesign offers a rich array of options for achieving the results you want. The Preflight utility helps ensure your documents will print reliably by identifying potential problems, and the Package command lets you collect all the files you need to print a document with the click of a mouse. Can I preview onscreen how my document will look in print? InDesign offers several display options that let you see onscreen how a document will look in its final printed or PDF form: Print preview. If you click the Preview icon in the Tools panel, nonprinting elements, such as rulers, gridlines, and frame edges, are not displayed, and the pasteboard is grayed out, giving you an accurate view of what document pages will look like when exported as PDF or printed. Click the Bleed or Slug icon in the Tools panel to view the bleed or slug area with the page. Turn off display of various nonprinting elements by choosing the appropriate command from the View menu, such as View > Grids & Guides > Hide Guides. Overprint preview. If you choose Overprint Preview (View menu), InDesign displays an onscreen “ink preview” that approximates how gradients, transparency, and overprinting will appear in colorseparated output. Separations preview. The Separations Preview panel (Window > Output > Separations Preview) lets you and your print service provider visually check individual or multi- ple plates, preview overprinting objects, and view ink limit warnings onscreen before printing. The Separations Preview panel lets you show and hide individual color plates, and you can use it to “build” a spread onscreen one color at a time. It’s an invaluable tool for soft-proofing multicolor documents onscreen.
Flattener preview. The Flattener Preview panel (Window > Output > Flattener Preview) helps prevent mistakes, reduce costs, and ensure the highest quality printed results by identifying the objects on a spread to which transparency effects are applied or that interact with transparent objects. For more information, see pages 48-53. what should I do before I print or create a PDf file of an InDesign document? The Preflight utility in InDesign warns you of problems that may prevent a document or book (a collection of InDesign documents that is treated as a unit) from printing correctly. For example, you can use the Preflight utility to locate missing files or fonts before you print or hand off documents to a service provider for printing, or to check a document before exporting a PDF file. The Preflight utility provides helpful information about a document or book, such as the inks it uses, the first page on which a font appears, and print settings. The Preflight utility can check hidden layers but does not check pasteboard content. To perform a preflight check, choose File > Preflight. To preflight a book, choose Preflight Book or Preflight Selected Documents (depending on whether all, some, or none of the documents are selected) in the Book panel menu. the separations Preview panel (above) lets you check your separations before you print. Choose separations from the View pop-up menu to show and hide individual plates. when you move the pointer over an object, the percentage of each ink used appears in the panel. Choose Ink Limit from the View pop-up menu (below) to specify a value for maximum ink coverage. (Ask your printer for the correct value to enter.) Areas that exceed the specified ink coverage limit will appear in red. Better Workflow Through JDF With printing trends moving more towards all-digital workflows, shorter print runs, greater use of color, and faster turnaround, automating print workflows using JDF files enables print service providers to maintain or grow their margins and better serve their customers. JDF (Job Definition Format) is an XML-based standard for exchanging information in the graphic arts environment. JDF files can include settings for PDF creation, preflight with automated correction and conversion rules, and packaging and delivery of final files. What’s more, a JDF file can automatically submit a job to a print service provider via e-mail or server. Think of a JDF file as a self-directing job ticket containing not only job information and links to files, but also instructions on how to route a job automatically through each step of the workflow. Using Acrobat 8 and InDesign CS3, you can take advantage of JDF templates to automatically create, preflight, correct, and submit a final, print-ready PDF file of an InDesign layout to a print service provider. Job tickets created with Acrobat 8 software provide control and efficiency to print-production workflows. Outputting to PDF and Print 69
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