The Input Files tab identifies the type of input files that the hot folder can process, and it specifies how to process the input files. You can also choose which RIP to use.
Note: The Overprint Control, Font Handling, Thin Line, PDF Box, and Optimizer options are available only if None was selected in the Halftone Handling list when the hot folder was created.
Screened File Settings options
The Screened File Settings options are available only when Screened input files, Descreen or Screened input files, Resample is selected in the Halftone Handling list.
1-bit TIFF Files Only
Sets up the hot folder to accept only separated, screened files in 1-bit TIFF format, which also includes .len and .vps files
Available only when Halftone Handling in the Setup File Input dialog box is set to Screened input files or Color Keys (Hot folder only)
Other File Types
Sets up the hot folder to accept screened DCS and DCS-2 input files
Available only when Halftone Handling in the Setup File Input dialog box is set to Screened input files
Setup button
Enables you to specify details about the screened files that you will submit to the hot folder
For more information, see the topics about the Screened File Settings and Screening Settings dialog boxes and about using halftone input files. See also the Kodak Proofing Software 6.0 New Features Setup and User Guide.
Overprint control options
Set CMYK White to Knockout
Overrides the overprint setting in the input file and forces the CMYK white to knock out objects below. CMYK white is defined as (0,0,0,0).
Set Black to Overprint
Sets all pure black objects (that is K=100% and CMY=0) to overprint
Set Rich Black to Overprint
Sets objects defined as rich black (that is, K=100% plus a C, M, or Y value) to overprint. This automatically selects Set Black to Overprint, since that option overprints the K=100% objects.
Enable Gray Overprint
Ensures that grayscale objects that are set to overprint will do so when processed and imaged by the proofer. These objects will not knock out objects below them. If you want these objects to knock out the objects below them, clear this check box.
Set Colors to Knockout
Forces colored objects that were set to overprint to knock out the objects below. If you do not set colors to knock out, the system will not apply any ICC color transformation (color matching) to these objects and the colors will overprint each other.
Use this feature for disabling overprint and enabling content color matching for all objects on a PDF page.
Dielines Overprint Other Content
Specifies whether die lines overprint other content on the page. You must define your die line spot colors with a die-line opacity in the Color Database Editor dialog box, User library. Otherwise, the system will view the die-line separation as a normal spot color separation.
PDF Box options
PDF Box
Specifies whether you want the proofer to print to the trim box or the media box. For more information about trim boxes and media boxes, see the Adobe documentation.
Font handling options
Fail on Missing Fonts
Instructs the system to image a large, black X on a page when the processor does not have the necessary font. The system also displays an error message in the Events window. If you clear this check box, the system issues a warning message in the Events window and substitutes the missing font with the one specified in the Substitution Font list.
Try Emulation First
Enables synthetic font substitution. When an input file's missing fonts are part of Adobe's SuperATM font library, the system can construct synthetic fonts using Adobe's multiple master font technology. When missing fonts are not part of Adobe's SuperATM font library, the system either images a large, black X on the proof (if Fail on Missing Fonts is selected) or uses the font specified in the Substitution Font box (if Fail on Missing Fonts is cleared). The recommended setting is cleared.
Substitution Font
Specifies the font that should be substituted for missing fonts. Available only if Fail on Missing Fonts is not selected. The system uses the substitute font if the font is not embedded in the input file or is not installed in the proofer system.
Thin line options
Thicken Thin Lines (PS Only)
Thickens lines in input files that are below the line weight specified in the Minimum Line Weight box to the weight specified in that box. This feature does not thicken thin lines in PDF input files.
Thin Line Handling
Determines how the system handles lines that are below the line weight specified in the Minimum Line Weight box. Options include:
- Ignore thin lines—images thin lines as normal and does not display any messages
- Warn for thin lines—images thin lines as normal and displays a warning message in the Events window
- Fail on thin lines—fails the file and displays an error message in the Events window
Minimum Line Weight
Specifies the desired minimum weight of thin lines in input files. Type the minimum size and select a unit of measure.
PDF Handling
PDF 1.4 and higher (Acrobat 5 and higher)
Specifies options for dealing with transparency in PDF input files that are generated by Adobe Acrobat software version 5 and higher. Options include:
- Flatten to PDF 1.3—detects and flattens all files with native PDF 1.4 transparency using the highest quality setting
- Leave as is—detects and preserves transparent effects in PDF 1.4 or later files. You must select the Adobe PDF Print Engineto preserve transparencies.
- Fail—detects but fails when encountering transparent objects
PDF RIP options
Adobe CPSI
Enables the Adobe CPSI RIP, which flattens transparencies in PDF files version 1.4 and later
Note: The Adobe CPSI RIP is used in Kodak Proofing Software version 3.2.1 and earlier.
Adobe PDF Print Engine
Enables the Adobe PDF Print Engine. For PDF files version 1.4 and later, the Adobe PDF Print Engine processes transparencies without flattening them.
Note: The Adobe PDF Print Engine can process a maximum of 27 spot color separations in an input file.
Optimizer options
Downsample Images
Optimizes processing speed by reducing the resolution of the input data. In rare cases, there may be some image degradation.
Anti-Alias
Introduces noise to line work and vector elements to blur the lines and avoid jaggy lines