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1.History..................................................................................................................1
2.Table of contents....................................................................................................1
3.Introduction ..........................................................................................................2
4.Preps requirements ................................................................................................2
5.Configuration .........................................................................................................3
5.1.Preps configuration ........................................................................................................................................... 3
5.2.:APOGEE Prepress configuration..................................................................................................................... 7
6.Job creation in Preps...............................................................................................8
6.1.Technical Terms................................................................................................................................................ 8
7.Job Creation for JDF output......................................................................................9
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8.Output to JDF ...................................................................................................... 12
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HOW TO CREATE PREPS 6.X JDF FOR :APOGEE PREPRESS :APOGEE PREPRESS 7.0
Introduction
The :APOGEE Prepress software can handle JDF from Preps 6.x and later. This document explains how you need to
setup Preps and :APOGEE Prepress to process a correctly imposed job. It also gives a brief introduction on the use
of Preps.
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Preps requirements
Preps
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Configuration
Share or mount a location where you want to save the JDF files. Make sure that it is accessible by the
:APOGEE Prepress server.
Share or mount a location where the content files reside. Make sure that it is accessible by the :APOGEE
Prepress server.
Choose Edit, Preferences. In the Folders tab select the location where you want to save the JDF files.
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In this file search for all text 150 and replace with 100.
Go to the end of this file and replace 105.0 by 15.0 and 90.0 by 0.0
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Select Press Sheet Size as Media Type and give this Media a Nickname. Click OK.
Double click this media in the Media Resources of the main window from Preps to select is as default.
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With :Apogee Manage or :Apogee Integrate, you can set the Impose Task Processor to From file and browse
to the output JDF file.
In this way you have to place the content files manually in the correct runlist positions.
Only in Apogee Integrate, you can set the Impose Task Processor to From input and import the output JDF file
(and subfolders) in the JDF Import Taskprocessor.
In this way the content files are automatically imported as well and automatically placed in the correct runlist
positions.
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Select the Part in the Products section and setup the Part Properties like in the screenshot below.
Browse to the content files you want to use and open them.
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Select the pages that you want to use and drag them on the main window. Note that you need to release the
pages on the placeholder when it is shown in gray with a refresh icon.
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Output to JDF
Choose Send to: JDF and select the Press Sheet Size as Media.
Select 'PDF Color mapping' and switch to the 'Color Separations' tab
Add Color PANTONE 102 C with Line Screen 100 and Angle 45. This is necessary because Preps adds all
spot colors from the content files in the JDF file even if they are not used in the job. These spotcolors will have
screen settings that cant be handled by :APOGEE.
Click Print.
Save the JDF on a shared or mounted location which is accessible by the :APOGEE Prepress server.
Note Preps generates at the root a JDF file and a JDFMarksFlats folder. This folder contains a PDF file with
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the marks inside. The content files remain on the shared or mounted location.
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