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Stock Recommendations There is a long list of stocks that can be printed on a digital press. See your printer or service bureau for a list of the supported media. Table 1-5 Stocks that can be run on a digital press Stock Types Recommended • Bond • Perforated and scored paper • Bristol • Preprinted • Cover weight coated and uncoated • Recycled • Drilled Paper • Synthetic papers and plastics • Index • Text weight coated and uncoated • Label Stock • Tabs Xerox takes extra steps to ensure consistent quality among our offerings. See www.xerox.com/supplies 26 Digital Printing Reference
The following stocks are not recommended for a digital press: Table 1-6 Stocks that should not be run Stock Types Not Recommended Stock Highly conductive papers, such as foil-backed papers Stocks with melting points at or below 365° F (185° C) Stocks outside the size and weight ranges listed on the product specification sheets Non-paper backed transparent stocks (<strong>iGen</strong>3 ® only) Stocks with caliper greater than 500 microns (18 pt) Stocks containing talc or plasticizer Preprinted sheets printed with non-laser compatible inks or inks that are not sufficiently cured Preprinted sheets that were dried with offset drying powder Digital Printing Reference 27
Page 1 and 2: Digital Printing Reference Xerox iG
Page 3 and 4: Xerox Job Preparation Guide for Des
Page 5 and 6: Xerox Job Preparation Guide for Des
Page 7: i 1 2 3 4 5 Contents Intro—Digita
Page 10 and 11: Introducing The Xerox Digital Produ
Page 12 and 13: Inside the Xerox iGen3 ® (Our Flag
Page 15 and 16: Stock 1Choosing Stock • Stock Pro
Page 17 and 18: Brightness Brightness is the measur
Page 19 and 20: Table 1-1 Paper finish categories F
Page 21 and 22: Recommendations for Finish/Smoothne
Page 23 and 24: Impurities Impurities in the paper-
Page 25: Size and Weight Specifications The
Page 29 and 30: Setup 2Before You Begin • Which C
Page 31 and 32: CMYK CMYK color spaces typically ha
Page 33 and 34: Color Decisions When in doubt, alwa
Page 35 and 36: Figure 2-4 Adobe Bridge (CS3), Suit
Page 37 and 38: Figure 2-5 An example of Adobe CS3
Page 39 and 40: Color Preferences can be found by s
Page 41 and 42: The Color Management window can be
Page 43 and 44: Monitor Calibration and Characteriz
Page 45 and 46: Design 3Things to Consider • Desi
Page 47 and 48: Type Color • Create solid black t
Page 49 and 50: Graphics Considerations Color in Gr
Page 51 and 52: Figure 3-5 QuarkXPress Edit Color D
Page 53 and 54: Tint Uniformity Digital printing sy
Page 55 and 56: Photoshop filter effects Design Dig
Page 57 and 58: Gradients The best produced gradien
Page 59 and 60: Overprinting in Illustrator • Cho
Page 61 and 62: Transparency in InDesign • Select
Page 63 and 64: Figure 3-15 Illustrator Save As PDF
Page 65 and 66: Figure 3-16 PDF Export files as PDF
Page 67 and 68: Figure 3-18 Illustrator Save As EPS
Page 69 and 70: If no embedded profile is detected
Page 71 and 72: Figure 3-20 Example of Adobe RGB 19
Page 73 and 74: Figure 3-21 300 dpi resolution 72 d
Page 75 and 76: Saving Photoshop CS3 Files—Photos
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Photoshop TIFF Format • When savi
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Figure 3-26 Example of JPEG low qua
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Gradients When printing a Microsoft
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Generating Variable Information Job
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Image Quality Considerations • Fo
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Preflight 4Preparing to Print • T
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Trapping • For best results, trap
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Packaging Use the [Package] feature
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Collect for Output Use the [Collect
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The following recommended settings
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Figure 4-6 Acrobat Distiller Genera
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Distiller 8 contains a Policy butto
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Figure 4-9 Acrobat Distiller Fonts
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Figure 4-10 Acrobat Distiller Color
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Figure 4-11 Acrobat Distiller Advan
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Exporting PDF Files When exporting
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QuarkXPress 7.0—Export PDF In Qua
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Preflighting PDF Files Preflighting
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Printing 5Final Results • File Fo
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Selecting Your Print Settings If yo
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Figure 5-1 InDesign General Setting
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Marks and Bleeds • If bleeds are
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Figure 5-4 InDesign Output Settings
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Color Management • Color Handling
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Figure 5-7 InDesign Advanced Settin
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Figure 5-8 QuarkXPress Device Setti
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Output • Always Print Colors [As
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Options • Pictures Output should
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Profiles • The Separation and Com
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Booklet Making The production of sa
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Durability For the most part, image
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Index Index Digital Printing Refere
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E embedded profile 69, 71 EPS 62, 6
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J JPEG 75, 78-80, 88 K Kanji 48 ker
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T text 19, 26, 46, 47, 48, 52, 61,
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