Creating Files from Adobe Pagemaker 7.0 for Windows

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Preps Creating Files From Adobe PageMaker 7.0 for Windows

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In order for Preps to correctly process an Adobe® PageMaker® 7.0 document as a source file, you must save the document as a prepress file (.sep). Prepress files are compositePostScript® files that comply with the Adobe Document Structuring Convention (ADSC), which means they are page independent (all information required for each page is contained within that page). If the PageMaker document contains embedded color TIFF images, you must select a color output device to retain the color information in the PostScript file. If you select an output device that does not support color, PageMaker 7.0 converts the TIFF images to grayscale. ScenicSoft Color works well as a color output device. The PPD for this device, ssicolor.ppd, is on the Preps CD. To use this PPD with PageMaker, copy it into the PageMaker 7.0\RSRC\USENGLISH\PPD4 folder. This document outlines the recommended settings to create the most compatible prepress PostScript® files for use with Preps. Other prepress software may require different settings.

Creating a Printer Style To ensure consistent printing to file, we recommend that you create a printer style. A printer style allows you to repeatedly use a set of selected printer options without reconfiguring options every time you create a PostScript file.

To create a printer style: 1. From the File menu, select Printer Styles > Define. 2. In the Define Printer Styles dialog box, click New. 3. In the Name box, type a name for the printer style, and click OK. 4. You return to the Define Printer Styles dialog box. Click Edit.

To select print options: 1. In the Print Document dialog box, in the Printer box, select a device you have configured to print to file.

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2. In the PPD box, select ScenicSoft Color. 3. Under Pages, do the following: a. In the Copies box, type 1. b. Clear the Collate, Reverse, and Proof check boxes. c. Select the page range you want to print. d. In the Print box, select Even, Odd, or Both Pages. e. Clear the Ignore “Non-Printing” setting, Reader’s spreads, and Print blank pages check boxes. 4. Under Book, clear the Print all publications in book check box. 5. Under Orientation, click the Portrait icon.

To select scaling and paper size options: 1. In the Print Document dialog box, click the Paper button.

2. Under Paper, do the following: a. In the Size box, select Letter. b. In the Source box, select Cassette. c. Clear the Center page in print area check box. 3. Under Tiling , select None in the box.

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4. Under Scale, click 100%. Note: PageMaker receives information about the document’s page size from the Document Setup dialog box. It doesn’t matter what paper size you select when you create the PostScript file following these instructions.

Selecting Graphics and Font Options

To select graphics and font options: 1. In the Print Paper dialog box, click the Options button.

2. Under TIFFs/Images, in the Send image data box, select the option that you want. The following table lists the available graphics options, and the method for selecting them in PageMaker. All image options include OPI tags for TIFF images.

To: Do the following:

Embed images Select Normal

Link TIFF images Select Omit images

Embed TIFF images adjusted to Select Optimized Subsampling the highest resolution supported by the selected output device

Embed low-resolution TIFF Select Low resolution images

3. In the Data Encoding box, select the option you want.

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4. Under PostScript, do the following: a. In the Download fonts box, select the option you want. The following table lists the available font options and the method for selecting them in PageMaker.

To: Do the following:

Embed all fonts Select PostScript and TrueType

Embed only TrueType® fonts Select TrueType only

Omit all fonts Select None

b. Clear the Include PostScript error handler check box. c. Select the Write PostScript to file check box, and type a file name in the box. d. Click For prepress. e. Clear the Extra image bleed check box. 5. Click OK.

To save the printer style: • In the Define Printer Styles dialog box, click OK. The print options you selected in the Print Document dialog box are saved as the printer style you created earlier. To use the printer style, follow the steps below.

To use the printer style: 1. From the File menu, select Printer Styles, then select the printer style you want. 2. Click the Options button. 3. In the Print Options dialog box, under PostScript, click Browse. 4. Select the location where you want to save the file and type a name for the file. 5. Click OK. 6. Click Save. You have created a prepress file from a PageMaker 7.0 document. You can add the file to a Preps job.

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