Who should complete this activity

• Prepress operators 
• System administrators

Why you should complete this activity

Prinergy Evo allows the processing of PDF files without the requirement that PDF files be flattened. This activity shows how to configure a refine process template to preserve PDF 1.4+ features such as transparency and layers. 

Refine process templates can be configured to flatten PDF files or to preserve PDF 1.4+ features.

Recommended reading

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

• About Transparency Support in Prinergy Evo

Time required to complete this activity

10 minutes

What you'll learn

You will learn how to configure a refine process template to preserve PDF 1.4+ features such as transparency and layers. You will see how not flattening affects the Refined PDF Master file.

What you'll need

In the location to which you extracted the activity files, find the Activity 37 folder and this file: DropShadowSpotFile.pdf

What you'll do

• Submit a file with transparency to a stock factory process template set to flatten.
• View the refined page in Acrobat with Overprint Preview disabled.
• Modify the stock refine PT from step 1 so that it does not flatten PDF 1.4+.
• View the refine page in Acrobat with Overprint Preview disabled to see the difference