Overview
Why you should complete this activity
The PDF Trap Editor is a Kodak plug-in for Adobe Acrobat software. Prinergy PDF Trap Editor lets you trap whole pages or selected objects, edit existing traps, set trap geometry, create keepaway traps, and add traps to a refined page in Adobe Acrobat.
This activity focuses on creating and editing a basic vector trap.
This activity is important because it illustrates how to:
- Use the PDF Trap Editor
- Apply and edit a vector-based trap
Recommended reading
- PDF Trap Editor Plug-in Help
What you'll need
For this activity you need to locate:
Prinergy Activity Practice Files /Act_36_Basic Trap
The instructor or coach will provide you with the location of the practice files.
Note: If you are completing this activity on your own or coaching others in your shop, copy the Prinergy Activity Practice Files folder (available on the Kodak Partner Place internet portal at https://partnerplace.kodak.com/) directly to your workstation. For further information about these procedures, see Activity 1.
Note: The aim of activities 36 to 42 is to introduce and demonstrate the licensed Kodak PDF Trap Editor feature. Each activity is based on a particular scenario, and will provide the customer with an initial introduction to various options available as part of the PDF Trap Editor.
If you skipped Activity 1, consult the Activity 1 Instructor's Notes for information about best practices for managing activity practice files during a training session. Activity 1 also contains important information related to the Prinergy client and server relationship, which could be helpful to the customer.
What you need to know
Trapping PDF pages using the PDF Trap Editor has the following advantages:
- Resolution independence is maintained
- Prinergy can do spreads, chokes, and center traps
- You can view traps in the PDF Trap Viewer plug-in
- If you purchase a PDF Trap Editor plug-in, you can create and edit traps interactively
If you need to adjust any traps, you can do the following:
- Retrap automatically with a different set of process template parameters
- Use the PDF Trap Editor to retrap an entire page or change individual traps
The PDF Trapper is object-based, so it traps object to object or object to image. An object-based trapper is also sometimes called a vector-based trapper. Other types of trappers include raster trappers and hybrid trappers. A raster trapper traps rasterized data. Hybrid trappers combine raster and vector-based trapping.
Process templates used:
- Refine process template: Refine > Refine > 1st Ref-Normz