Prinergy accepts PostScript and PDF files that contains OPI links and merges in high-resolution images following an image search path defined by selecting Image Search Path from the Job menu in Job Manager.
The parameters for OPI are set in the Fonts and Images section of the refine process template, and OPI is resolved as part of that process. This allows Prinergy to work with complete, optimized, reliable digital masters carrying full resolution data-everything needed to output to any device.
If you prefer, you can choose to continue using your own OPI. In this case, you should perform OPI before adding input files to a Prinergy job, and turn off the Prinergy OPI in the Fonts and Images section of the refine process template.
For TIFF images, you can use clipping paths, spot colors, soft masks, and drop shadows with OPI.
Supported image formats
The table below lists the file formats that OPI supports and does not support.
Supported | Not Supported |
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EPS (RGB, grayscale, bitmap, CMYK, LAB, monotone, Photoshop duotone), Scitex APR | JPEG TIFF (JIFF) |
Scitex .e linked to CMYK TIFF, CMYK DCS, CMYK + spot DCS, and multiple Scitex .e linked to a single HiRes file | Scitex .e linked to spot TIFF |
TIFF (RGB, grayscale, bitmap, CMYK, LAB, LZW-compressed, JPEG-compressed) | TIFF/IT |
Scitex CT (CMYK, grayscale) | CT (RGB) |
JPEG-encoded EPS (composite PostScript) | JPEG-encoded DCS (separated PostScript) |
JPEG | JPEG 2000 |
PDF (Some software such as InDesign allows you to omit placed PDFs for replacement with OPI. This is supported with Prinergy OPI.) |
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*Photoshop DCS 1.0 in a composite workflow. Formats supported: 8-bit binary and ASCII Hex data format, 1-bit Copydot | 1-bit images and other types of DCS 1.0 files in a composite workflow—for example, Vector DCS |
*Photoshop DCS 2.0 in a composite workflow | 1-bit images and other types of DCS 2.0 files in a composite workflow—for example, Vector DCS |
*Copydot DCS in a composite page from Renaissance scanner, EskoScan, Autologic, PCC, LinoColor, DCSMaker, Fuji, Cezanne, or NewsWay |
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*Prinergy enables OPI to support DCS 1.0 and 2.0 by intercepting the DCS set during the OPI merge and substituting the DCS set with a composite EPS file. Prinergy generates the EPS file by recombining the color channels from the DCS set into a DeviceN image.
Supported Image References in PostScript Input Files
Prinergy's OPI supports the following image references in PostScript input files:
- OPI version 1.3
- OPI version 2.0
- Imagemanager Pro (.lay file extensions)
- Scitex APR (.e file extensions)
- Helios (.lay file extensions)
- ColorCentral (.samp file extensions)
Note: In some cases, this software can produce a low-resolution image that has a different file extension than the original high-resolution image. When PostScript input files contain low-resolution images that have different file extensions than the high-resolution images, Prinergy can replace the low-resolution image with the high-resolution image as long as both files are in the same folder.