Adobe InDesign CS3 Print Production

Adobe InDesign CS3 - Print Production

Configuring rich black parameters
Look at options for accurate on-screen display of black and rich black content to avoid unwanted content
Looking at your workspace
Generating a new workspace
Reverting to default
Configuring palettes
Tearing and docking palettes
Packaging files for Hand-off
Methods of compacting files for print delivery in native application format along with job ticket, fonts and links
Preflight content prior to delivery
Check all content in your layout prior to conversion to Adobe PDF or packaging. Avoid costly mistakes with up-front notification of expensive problems
Managing Missing Links and Fonts
Expert tips and tricks - and how to manage effectively
Layers and how they can assist the output process working with Layers to ensure best-practice methods of creation and output control
Preview separations, transparency overprints
Acurately control your colours to ensure your document contains the correct colours and densities, transparency and overprints for print
Successfully overcome transparency issues
Use object layering and stacking order to overcome issues whilst flattening objects in preparation for print.
Why flattening is bad
Colour Swatches and mapping
Build swatches in Pantone and CMYK colour space and learn to troubleshoot colour re-mapping through the powerful ink manager
Resolving un-named colours
Configuring and sharing Presets
Create and use intent driven print presets for consistent output
Generating a PDF through Export
Understand the different options for generating PDF - from web to PDF/X with distributed Adobe PDF options through the CS3 suite
Print menu options
Understand print drivers, PPDs, colour-space, postscript levels, registration, trim and bleed andcolour conversion options. The benefits of simulation on output, OPI and flattening
Generating PDF
Team up with Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional (earlier versions can be utilised if required) to produce a PDFPDF/X StandardsPDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 standards Adobe PDF Print Engine