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Modify the factory process template to flatten PDF 1.4 or higher

  1. Start the Prinergy Evo Client and connect to your server.
  2. Start the Process Template Editor: in the Prinergy Evo Client, select Configure.
  3. Open the Refine to PDF - Factory process template from the Factory Process Templates -> Refine to PDF group.
  4. Expand the Normalize pane of the process template.
  5. Under PDF Level Handling, set PDF 1.4 - 1.6 (Acrobat 7) to Flatten to PDF 1.3
  6. Select File >Save As to save the process template with a new name in a location outside the Factory process templates group. 
  7. Close the process template.

Submit the transparency file to the process template you created

  1. Locate the unrefined DropShadowSpotFile.pdf in the Activity 37 folder within your JobData share.
  2. Open the Template Browser, and locate the process template you created.
  3. Drag DropShadowSpotFile.pdf to the new process template to open the Process Start window.
  4. Click the Settings button and select Output.
  5. Set the output path in Output to .\Flattened\.
  6. Click OK to apply your settings change.
  7. Click Go to begin processing.

View the flattened Refined PDF Master in Acrobat

  1. Locate the Flattened folder and double-click DropShadowSpotFile.pdf to open it in Acrobat.
  2. Under the Advanced menu in Acrobat, disable Overprint Preview.
  3. Examine the area around the drop shadow that appears over the spot color at the bottom of the layout.
    A white box should be visible around the drop shadow. This is due to the drop shadow being converted to non-transparent raster during the flattening process.
  4. In Acrobat, close the PDF.

Submit the transparency file to the factory Refine process template

  1. In Template Browser, open the Refine to PDF group within the Factory process templates group so you can see Refine to PDF - Factory.
  2. Locate DropShadowSpotFile.pdf in the Activity 37 folder within your JobData share (that is, the original non-flattened file). 
  3. Drag DropShadowSpotFile.pdf to Refine to PDF - Factory.
    The Process Start window opens.
  4. Click the Settings button and select Output.
  5. Set the output path in File Delivery to .\As-is\
  6. Click OK and then click Go.

View the Unflattened Refined PDF Master in Acrobat

  1. Locate the \As-is folder and open DropShadowSpotFile.pdf in Acrobat.
  2. Under the Advanced menu in Acrobat, disable Overprint Preview.
  3. Examine the area around the drop shadow that appears over the spot color at the bottom of the layout.
    In contrast to the flattened version, you will not see a white box around the drop shadow with Overprint Preview disabled. This is because the transparent objects were preserved and not converted to raster.
  4. In Acrobat, close the PDF.
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