Enfocus | Tips & Tricks

The new Enfocus Inspector explained.

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:46:56 +0200

Can you please highlight the main features of the new and improved Enfocus Inspector?

Knock-out white line art objects

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:20:42 +0200

Question:

In the PDF Profile you have a check + fix on 'White text does not knock-out'. I would like to do the same thing for line art objects. What would be the best way to work this out?

How to use the Color Picker.

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:47:07 +0100

Question:

I would like to take colors used in a document without necessarily knowing the values (e.g. a custom yellow) and apply them on other documents. Is this possible?

Add spot varnish to your document.

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:13:59 +0100

Question:

Hi,
I would like to add a varnish color on a few objects in the PDF file, instead of having to go back to the native files. Is there a way to do this in PitStop Professional?

The use of Action Lists in the PDF Profile to create a difference between warning and error.

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:23:30 +0100

Question:

We use PitStop Professional to preflight our documents. The only problem we see with PDF Profile is that you have to choose between reporting the issue as warning or as error. We check the image resolution of grayscale and color images and would like PitStop Professional to error the file when the resolution is below 250 dpi. We also want to generate a warning when the resolution is between 250 and 300 dpi. I don't seem to find a solution. Please help.

Working with form Xobjects.

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:55:14 +0100

Question:

I know you can work with form elements in PitStop Professional, but I can't get it to work. Please help me understand.

Add your company logo to the preflight report.

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:47:08 +0100

Question:

Hi,
My company receives many PDFs, all are preflighted by PitStop Professional with our own custom PDF Profile. I know PitStop Professional 7 allows the user to customize the preflight reports. Our marketeer would like me to add our company logo to the preflight report, but I don't know how. Can you help me?

Place last minute ads in an existing PDF

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:13:50 +0100

Question:

I'm a publisher receiving loads of ads from different agencies. Most of them are keeping the strict deadlines, but it happens that the PDF to publish misses only one or two ads.
Of course, I can go back to the original document to generate a new PDF. But I basically don't have time for this. Is there a way to perform the same action but then in the existing PDF? This would save me trouble on several occasions.

How to tweak your PitStop Professional.

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:43:33 +0100

Question:

How do I get maximum performance out of PitStop Professional?

How to create an optimized (file size) Certified PDF.

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:28:09 +0100

Question:

'We have been working with a Certified PDF Workflow for a few years now. It has been a great help to streamline our workflow and keep tracibility of all edits. What we experience is that the file size of some Certified PDFs can be a bottle neck. Is there a way to reduce this file size, but keep the Certified PDF information?'

Overprint Preview troubles.

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:38:26 +0100

Question:

"I'm working with a number of PitStop Professional licenses. How can I make sure that all my operators are working with the Acrobat setting 'Overprint Preview' enabled? It has happened in the past that this feature not being enabled caused a lot of problems on the press."

RGB Black Text to 100% K.

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:16:04 +0100

Question:

"I receive PDF files that basically consist out of black text and colored images. When I check on CMYK color space and automatically correct this by converting any non-CMYK elements to CMYK, my text turns out as impure CMYK black (97%-100% on all four process colors). When I check the original black text I find out that it's RGB. Why does this happen and what can I do to overcome this? I want to end up with 100% K text"