Create a Preflight Droplet – Get Adobe Acrobat 7 & Adobe Acrobat 8 Print to Pass Preflight Checklist
Markzware, the developer of FlightCheck preflighting software, knows that a preflight droplet is beneficial when you do Acrobat 7 printing or Acrobat 8 printing. This will help when you want to get Acrobat 7 print to turn out right or to get Acrobat 8 print to properly pass the preflight checklist. The next time you do your Acrobat 7 or Acrobat 8 preflight, be sure to use Markzware’s FlightCheck to preflight Acrobat PDF files for print quality control.
July 7th, 2008
by Jeff Gamet
Acrobat’s Preflight tools are powerful and complex. But you can simplify your preflight life by creating a standalone droplet. Then, any PDF you drop onto it will be tested against specific project requirements, and can then be automatically moved into a different folder and a report generated.
A few of the choices are:
- List all images
- List non CMYK objects
- List text using non-embedded fonts
- Document creates more than four plates
- PDF/X-1a compliant
- PDF/X-3 compliant
- Magazine ads
- Sheetfed offset
- Web offset
- List images below 250 ppi
- Compatibility with Acrobat 3 (or 4, 5, 6 or 7)
To create a droplet, do this:
In Acrobat 7 and earlier, choose Tools> Print Production> Preflight. In Acrobat 8, choose Advanced> Preflight. Click Options and choose Create Preflight Droplet.
Choose an appropriate preflight Profile from the Run Preflight Check Using pull-down menu or create a new one by clicking the Edit button. Choose options for what Acrobat should do when a file passes the test or fails the test. Click Settings to specify the details of the report. Click Save and choose a location for your new droplet.
When prompted to choose a report type, choose the default PDF report. This tells Acrobat to create a new PDF document that highlights any problems with your PDF.
Now that you have the steps, go ahead and use Markzware FlightCheck for your Acrobat 7 or Acrobat 8 preflight and get top quality PDFs today.
