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Who should complete this activity

  • Prepress operators who are working with Prinergy Evo systems that are licensed for trapping

Why you should complete this activity

Trapping is a printing technique in which adjacent printed colors are slightly overlapped to ensure that white space does not appear between the colors. This activity demonstrates how to use Prinergy Evo plug-ins to view traps and make any necessary adjustments.

Recommended reading

Prinergy Evo Workflow Client user guide for your version of Prinergy Evo Workflow software. Search for: 

  • Viewing or editing traps
  • Using Kodak's Acrobat plug-ins
  • Configuring Prinergy Evo for refine, trap, proof, and output

Time required to complete this activity

60 minutes

What you'll learn

  • How to select and view traps using the PDF Trap Editor and Separation Viewer plug-in
  • How to use View Accelerator plug-in
  • How to trap vector objects using the PDF Trap Editor plug-in
  • How to trap and edit traps using the PDF Trap Editor options to resolve common trapping needs: opaque inks, bitmaps images, rich blacks, and double-hits of the same spot color

What you'll need

  • Ensure that you have access to a Prinergy Evo server that is licensed for trapping.
  • Install the PDF Trap Editor plug-in, the Separation Viewer plug-in, and the Prinergy View Accelerator plug-in on your Prinergy Evo Client workstation. To download the plug-ins, search your service and support portal (login required) for the Evo plug-ins for your version of Prinergy Evo Workflow.
  • In the location to which you extracted the activity files, find the Activity 13 folder and these files:
    • NoCurves.pdf
    • EditProperties.pdf
    • ComplexBitmap.pdf
    • OpaqueInks.pdf
    • RichBlack.pdf
    • DoubleHit.pdf

What you'll do

  • Locate the available documentation resources for trapping and separation viewer plug-ins.
  • Learn how to view traps using the PDF Trap Editor and Separation Viewer plug-ins.
  • Learn how to edit traps using the PDF Trap Editor plug-in.
  • Create a refine process template that will trap input files using default settings.
  • Compare and contrast using Separation Viewer and Acrobat to inspect PDF pages with using Prinergy Virtual Proofing System software.
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