Opening files in Preview mode

When you start the TIFF Assembler Plus software, you are in Preview mode. Use this procedure to open TIFF files or LEN files in Preview mode.

When you open a LEN file, TIFF Assembler Plus automatically translates it to a TIFF file.

You can open a single file or you can open several files that will appear on top of each other to display a composite image.

Note: TIFF Files with .ZIP compression are not currently supported in TAP.

To open a TIFF file or a LEN file in Preview mode:

1. Click Open .
2. In the Open dialog box, select the TIFF file that you want to preview and click Open.
3. If the Separation Name dialog box opens, TIFF Assembler Plus did not recognize the separation color of the file you selected and you must define a separation name for it:
   1. From the list of separation names, select the name of the separation that corresponds to the unrecognized file. If the name doesn't exist, click Other.
      The list of separation names is taken from the Separation Handling dialog box.
   2. If you clicked Other, type a name for the new separation in the Separation name box, and then define the display color values under one of the three tabs (CMYK, HSB, or Swatches) and click OK.
   3. In the Separation Name dialog box, click OK.
      The values are displayed in the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black boxes of the CMYK equivalents section of the Separation Name dialog box.
   4. Click OK.
4. If you want to preview the file in black and white, from the Inventory palette, on the Separations tab, click .
   To revert to color preview, click .

To open multiple TIFF files or LEN files that make up a composite image in Preview mode:

1. Click Open .
2. In the Open dialog box, select the TIFF files that you want to preview and click Open.
   To select multiple files, use Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click. The files must be of the same size.
3. On the Separations tab of the Inventory palette, clear a separation that you don't want to preview or select a separation if you do want to preview it.

4. If you want to preview a single separation in black and white, from the Inventory palette, on the Separations tab, click  and select the separation you want to view.