PDF And You

Preflighting Still Required

Once the in-plant receives a PDF, it still requires preflighting and massaging before going out to an imagesetter or platesetter. Enfocus PitStop 4.0 now comes with its CheckUp preflighting tool to streamline processing, or try callas pdfInspektor; both give a complete rundown of what is inside the PDF. Just because it's a PDF doesn't mean it will output correctly, as not all RIPs can rasterize TrueType fonts, and graphics may be saved in the wrong color space or lack sufficient resolution.