"Bad files make bad PDFs. That’s why programs such as FlightCheck are so invaluable." – David Creamer
Group of Prepress, Print & Color Management Professionals has a great discussion on Linkedin, started by Cindy (Bailey) Wingo, where she asked:
“What are the industry standards for producing clean, RIPpable files?” … “What is the industry standard for excellence in pre-flighting files?“
Source: Group of Prepress, Print & Color Management Professionals
Adobe CS4 compatible preflighting early in the workflow to improve ROI
Markzware, maker of FlightCheck preflighting solution for Adobe CS4 CS5 and more file formats, participated in the discussion and noted the great replies. The last post summarizes what quality-minded design and publishing users consider in the overall workflow to print output:
“Preflighting should happen even before the PDF is even created. Bad files make bad PDFs. That’s why programs such as FlightCheck are so invaluable.“
Source: David Creamer via the Group of Prepress, Print & Color Management Professionals
This response to postflighting options for later stage PDFs is true as a step right before the RIP, but you should actually preflight FIRST before making a PDF print-file. Encouraging facts were offered by industry expert (I.D.E.A.S Training) and certified Adobe and Quark trainer, David Creamer and our own Mary Gay Marchese, as this is the way to make a publishing and print workflow truly flow.
David started by sharing how to properly prepare desktop publishing layouts for print. There is a great educational piece for graphic designers and publishers about trouble-free output.
FlightCheck thoroughly preflights Adobe CS4 CS5 and more file formats, including PDF. Knowing the benefits of preflighting early in the workflow, Mary Gay quickly pointed out to those pushing only postflight, which is done after the PDF is made, that they could be in for major workflow problems without preflighting first:
“FlightCheck or even preflight generally speaking is all about catching problems before sending that native file to the printer with fonts and images or outputting to PDF or otherwise directly printing that file.”
The importance of preflighting mentioned is worth repeating:
“Preflighting should happen even before the PDF is even created. Bad files make bad PDFs. That’s why programs such as FlightCheck are so invaluable.”
Preflighting is both an art and a science. Check and check often for your quality control to pay off in excellent, top-notch output; whether it is to PDF, or is a packaged native job with all fonts and images to the printer, make sure you preflight.
FlightCheck Professional preflighting solution can also collect or package all used fonts and images, even compressing them, for easy delivery to the next group in the design-prepress-print-workflow.For more info on incredible uses of FlightCheck Professional, please see:
FlightCheck Professional Release Notes on new features and functions
FlightCheck, a stand-alone application, can preflight native or source files like Adobe CS3, Adobe CS4, Adobe CS5, Illustrator and QuarkXPress, as well as postflight processed files, such as EPS and PDFs.
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