Overview
Why you should complete this activity
Smart hot folders provide a flexible and automated workflow with more customized options.
This activity is important because it illustrates how to:
- Streamline your daily prepress operations
- Increase automation in a prepress workflow
What you'll need
For this activity you need to locate:
PNoLimit_Spots_pressready.pdf (CMYK + Spot1 + Spot2 + Spot3 + Spot4)
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 (located on the Prinergy Workflow Learner DVD) directly to your workstation. For further information about these procedures, see Activity 1.
What you need to know
The Prinergy Screening Tower (PST) for Packaging enables you to use the Smart Hot Folder workflow. Using this workflow, the user can drop the press-ready PDF files into Smart Hot Folders which will process the files and assign preset screening parameters. There are 10 default Smart Hot Folder setups, the first nine are fully automatic and the 10th is semi-automatic.
The Smart Hot Folder workflow is limited to Maxtone, Maxtone SX, and Maxtone CX screen types. If you want to use other screen types, you need to refer to the following activity: Overriding ScreenSets to process your files.
Default Settings
Smart Hot Folder Name | Screen type | Dot Shape | LPI | Angle set | Highlight SX | Curve | HyperFlexClassic | Mindot |
SO-ScreenSet1 | Maxtone | Round | 120 | 15, 75, 0, 45 |
| C3-26 | 3 |
|
SO-ScreenSet2 | Maxtone SX | Round1 | 120 | 15, 75, 0, 45 | 3x3 | C3-26 |
| 0.9 |
SO-ScreenSet3 | Maxtone | Round | 133 | 15, 75, 0, 45 |
| C3-26 | 3 |
|
SO-ScreenSet4 | Maxtone SX | Round1 | 133 | 15, 75, 0, 45 | 3x3 | C3-26 |
| 0.9 |
SO-ScreenSet5 | Maxtone | Round | 150 | 15, 75, 0, 45 |
| C3-28 | 3 |
|
SO-ScreenSet6 | Maxtone SX | Round1 | 150 | 15, 75, 0, 45 | 3x3 | C3-28 |
| 0.9 |
SO-ScreenSet7 | Maxtone | Round | 120 | 15, 75, 0, 45 |
| C3-26 | 3 |
|
SO-ScreenSet8 | Maxtone | Round | 120 | 15, 75, 0, 45 |
| C3-26 | 3 |
|
SO-ScreenSet9 | Maxtone | Round | 120 | 15, 75, 0, 45 |
| C3-26 | 3 |
|
SO-ScreenSet10 | Maxtone | Round | 120 | 15, 75, 0, 45 |
| C3-26 | 3 |
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Note: For more information about editing the default settings of the Smart Hot Folder workflow, see the Reference sections in this activity.