G gradient 57, 81 gradients 53, 56, 57, 81, 89, 104 graphics 17, 33, 34, 46, 49, 67, 75, 81, 83, 84, 88, 90, 93, 115, `11 black 52 color 49 gradients 56-57 graphic edges 56 gray 51 lines 56 PANTONE 50-51 saving 62-67 spot colors 50, 51 tint uniformity 53-55 gray 51 H halftone 17, 18, 22, 47, 56, 81 I ICC 34, 36, 68, 71, 74, 75, 77 <strong>iGen</strong>3 ® 6, 10, 13, 16, 26, 27, 30, 36, 38, 48, 52, 57, 63, 64, 73, 74, 76, 89, 94, 95, 115, 116, 119, 126, 128, 129, 133, 135, 136 specifications 12 Illustrator 51, 59, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 81, 104 color settings 34-39 saving 62-63, 66-67 image quality 12, 18, 23, 72, 85, 94, 95, 98 image 68-79 compression 77-79 embedding color spaces 74-77 opening image files 68-71 saving 74-79 size and scale 72-73 total ink and dot gain 73 imposition 84. 87, 89, 114, 135 InDesign 33, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 83, 90, 91, 107, 108, 115, 125 color settings 34-39 package 91 print settings 116-125 142 Digital Printing Reference
J JPEG 75, 78-80, 88 K Kanji 48 kerning 86 L lines 21, 23, 56 LZW 77, 78, 85, 87 M Microsoft 82 black text and graphics 80 gradients 81 images 80 PANTONE 80 P Pantone 50, 51, 57, 80, 114, 129 PDF 61-66, 80, 81, 83, 84, 87, 88, 94, 95, 96, 100, 104, 106, 111, 114, 116, 126 creating PDF files See Disiller exporting PDF files 107, 110 PDF 1.4 61, 96 preflighting PDF files 111 PDF/X 94, 106, 107 personalization 82 Photoshop 35, 38, 53, 57, 68-72, 74-77, 80, 81 color settings 34-39 CSA 74-76 ICC 34, 36, 68, 71, 74, 75, 77 N neutrals 50 North American General Purpose Defaults 38, 39 North American Prepress 2 34, 36 O offset 11, 27, 30, 47, 83 overprint 52, 58-59, 61, 66, 120, 131 opening 68-71 resolution 72-73 saving 74-79 PostScript 46, 47, 66, 74-76, 81, 83, 89, 94, 100, 114, 116, 122, 126 PostScript Color Management 75 PPD 94, 115, 116, 122, 128 preflight 88, 90, 111 preflighting 90, 111 prepress 34, 36, 37, 42, 73 Index Digital Printing Reference 143
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