Pre-flight (printing)

A preflight (English pre- flight check) is the pressure being on the software side interpretation and examination of sentence and image data or PDFs according to predefined rules: a preliminary PDF or pre- pressure control. Standard tests for block data are: Are all image data in Access? Are required fonts enabled? Analog with PDF files: If the color spaces correctly allocated? Are fonts or lines / contours been vectorized or pixelated? Have all the required resolution image data? Are ( the right ) Special colors included in the document? Is the overfill ( trapping )?

Programs for the preflight open files

As open files documents from desktop publishing programs such as InDesign or QuarkXPress are called. Both programs have their own preflight feature: InDesign refers to them as " preflight "; In QuarkXPress, it is part of the so-called "Job Jacket" function.

Programs for the PDF Preflight

  • Asura
  • PdfToolbox
  • FlightCheck Professional
  • FlightCheck Online
  • PdfInspektor
  • PitStop Professional
  • Prinect PDF Toolbox
  • Prinect Prepress Manager
  • Prinergy
  • Puzzleflow
  • Speedflow

Adobe Acrobat has since version 6 in the "Professional " version own preflight checks.

  • Reproduction technology
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