Who should complete this activity
- Prepress operators who are working with Prinergy Evo systems that are licensed for trapping
Why you should complete this activity
Trapping is a printing technique in which adjacent printed colors are slightly overlapped to ensure that white space does not appear between the colors. This activity demonstrates how to use Prinergy Evo plug-ins to view traps and make any necessary adjustments.
Recommended reading
Prinergy Evo Workflow Client user guide for your version of Prinergy Evo Workflow software. Search for:
- Viewing or editing traps
- Using Kodak's Acrobat plug-ins
- Configuring Prinergy Evo for refine, trap, proof, and output
Time required to complete this activity
60 minutes
What you'll learn
- How to select and view traps using the PDF Trap Editor and Separation Viewer plug-in
- How to use View Accelerator plug-in
- How to trap vector objects using the PDF Trap Editor plug-in
- How to trap and edit traps using the PDF Trap Editor options to resolve common trapping needs: opaque inks, bitmaps images, rich blacks, and double-hits of the same spot color
What you'll need
- Ensure that you have access to a Prinergy Evo server that is licensed for trapping.
- Install the PDF Trap Editor plug-in, the Separation Viewer plug-in, and the Prinergy View Accelerator plug-in on your Prinergy Evo Client workstation. To download the plug-ins, search your service and support portal (login required) for the Evo plug-ins for your version of Prinergy Evo Workflow.
- In the location to which you extracted the activity files, find the Activity 13 folder and these files:
NoCurves.pdf
EditProperties.pdf
ComplexBitmap.pdf
OpaqueInks.pdf
RichBlack.pdf
DoubleHit.pdf
What you'll do
- Locate the available documentation resources for trapping and separation viewer plug-ins.
- Learn how to view traps using the PDF Trap Editor and Separation Viewer plug-ins.
- Learn how to edit traps using the PDF Trap Editor plug-in.
- Create a refine process template that will trap input files using default settings.
- Compare and contrast using Separation Viewer and Acrobat to inspect PDF pages with using Prinergy Virtual Proofing System software.