Color Editor

Prinect Color Editor
Online Help
Contents
• What is Prinect Color Editor?
• What Does Prinect Color Editor Do?
• Functions of the Prinect Color Editor Viewer
• Overview of the Prinect Color Editor Control Elements
• Using Prinect Color Editor
• Batch Processing
• Working with Prinect Color Editor
• Prinect Color Editor Settings Window
• Licensing
• Color Management
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ABC Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1 Basics
What is Prinect Color Editor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
What Does Prinect Color Editor Do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Different Color Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
2 Prinect Color Editor Viewer

Functions of the Prinect Color Editor Viewer . . . . . . . . 2–1
Viewer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Changing the Cursor Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Changing the Color Data View Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
3 Prinect Color Editor

Overview of the Prinect Color Editor Control
Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
Using Prinect Color Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Prinect Color Editor allows you to: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Starting Prinect Color Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Exiting Prinect Color Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Prinect Color Editor Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Control Elements of the Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
PDF/X Output Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
Display of PDF Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
Measured Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Job Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Page Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10
ICC Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
Varnish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12
Apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14
Status Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14
Prinect Color Editor Color Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15
Color Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16
Prinect Color Editor Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17
Batch Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19
Prinect Color Editor – Online Help III

Table of Contents ABC
Creating a Batch Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19

Defining Prinect Color Editor Options for Batch
Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–23
Editing the Batch Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24
Running a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–26
Preferences for Batch Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–28
Working with Prinect Color Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–29
4 Prinect Color Editor Settings

Prinect Color Editor Settings Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Save As... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Save & Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Color Management Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Device Independent Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Device Colors Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
Device Dependent Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10
Conversion ICC Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10
Spot Color Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–16
New Color... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–16
Delete Colors... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18
Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–19
Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–19
Use Color Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–19
Autoresolve Naming Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20
Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20
Miscellaneous Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24
Overprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24
Marks Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–28
Glossary
Index
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ABC Basics
1 Basics
What is Prinect Color Editor?

Prinect Color Editor is a plug-in for Adobe® Acrobat®
versions 5.05 and 6.0 that can analyze the color con-
tents of PDF files and, if necessary, match (convert)
the files for printing.
Conversion of all the data is done with the tried-and-
tested Heidelberg Color Management engine.
Prinect Color Editor eliminates inconsistencies in
PDF files that could cause problems during printing.
For example, data that may not be printed properly
because of the different color spaces in a PDF file can
be corrected.
Prinect Color Editor analyzes PDF files according to
their color spaces, spot colors and embedded ICC pro-
files.
The actual data you have, as shown by the analysis,
and the conversion types suggested by Prinect Color
Editor are presented in a clear, easy-to-follow manner.
You can find more details in Display of PDF Contents.
Prinect Color Editor is available in German and
English. The language selected depends on the lan-
guage set for Adobe® Acrobat®.
Get an overview of Prinect Color Editor's functionality
in Prinect Color Editor allows you to:.
Prinect Color Editor – Online Help 1–1

Basics ABC
What Does Prinect Color Editor Do?

It analyzes the color contents of PDF files and then
matches the colors for printing.
Normally, the process colors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
and Black as well as spot colors for some special cases
(e.g. packaging printing) are used in printing. Often
other color spaces that are not suited for printing are
used for screens or the Internet.
This is where Prinect Color Editor comes in as it
matches these PDF files for printing.
Let's now look at a typical case of where to use Prinect
Color Editor:
You wish to print one single page of a multiple page
PDF document, and this page may use a color space
that is optimal for screen display in Acrobat® but
unsuited for printing! You can select a color space for
this page that makes printing of the page totally easy.
The color matching is simulated accordingly on the
screen.
Prinect Color Editor analyzes the color contents of
PDF files and displays any problems in printing. Sev-
eral color spaces in one PDF file (e.g. RGB, Lab) can
cause problems during printing. Prinect Color Editor
displays the different color spaces on the screen,
allowing you to match the color space you want for
printing, either automatically (taking into account
the Job Setting settings) or customized.
Prinect Color Editor is the perfect color prep applica-
tion for Heidelberg's Prinect Trap Editor tool. Any
color problems in PDF files are detected and elimi-
nated with Prinect Color Editor before Prinect Trap
Editor starts to spread and choke adjacent color areas.
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ABC Basics
Different Color Spaces

Generally, there are three different color space
groups in the PDF format:
0 Device-dependent color spaces
Prinect Color Editor can differentiate between the
following device-dependent color spaces:
"DeviceGray", "DeviceRGB" and "DeviceCMYK"
0 Device-independent color spaces
following device-independent color spaces:
"CalGray", "CalRGB", "CIE L*a*b" and "ICCBased"
0 Special color spaces
following special color spaces:
"Spot color" (separation), "Multicolor" (DeviceN)
and "Pattern".
Some of the special color spaces are not real color
spaces but only derived subsets of other color
spaces.
The "Spot color" and "Multicolor" color spaces are
used mainly for the definition of spot colors.

ABC Prinect Color Editor Viewer
2 Prinect Color Editor Viewer
Functions of the Prinect Color Editor Viewer

If Prinect Color Editor does not have a valid license
key or if the dongle is not connected, it runs as Pri-
nect Color Editor Viewer with a restricted function
range (analysis only).
The Prinect Color Editor Viewer has the following
functions:
0 Display of all the colors in the document
0 Display of the color data in the entire document, in
current pages or in defined ranges
0 Measurement with display of the color data
2
Note: You cannot convert data from one color space to
another with the Prinect Color Editor Viewer!
2 Color
Note: You can also use the demo mode of the Prinect
Editor to test its full function range. You can
find details about this in "Licensing".
Viewer mode
The Viewer mode shows you the color spaces, any spe-
cial colors and the separations currently present in
the pages. You can analyze single pages, page ranges
or the entire document.
You can download the Prinect Color Editor Viewer
from Heidelberg's home page and install it for testing.
Of course, you can purchase a full release of the
entire function range any time later.

Prinect Color Editor Viewer ABC
5
Prerequisites:
The Prinect Color Editor Viewer plug-in is installed1
and a PDF file has been opened in Acrobat.
1. Start Prinect Color Editor Viewer:
0 with a click on the icon opposite in the Acrobat tool-
bar or
0 with the "Plugins > Prinect > Color Editor" menu.
2. The Prinect Color Editor Viewer displays:
1 The installation of Prinect Color Editor creates files in the

...\Acrobat\plug_ins\Heidelberg directory.

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3. All the color spaces, special colors and separations

found in the PDF file are displayed.
The analysis shows you at once what color data are in
the PDF file.
4. In addition, you can measure colors. Click a color in
the PDF file with the mouse pointer. The following
section appears in the window, showing you the mea-
sured data and color space information:
2 pointer
Note: The color of the object indicated by the mouse
is shown when you are measuring. Not all the
object colors lying below the topmost color are shown
even if "Overprint" is set for the object.
Holding down the "Alt" (PC) or "command key" (Macin-
tosh), you can pass through the object to select and
measure the layers further down.
Changing the Cursor Shape

You can change the shape of the cursor for measuring
colors.
To do this, select "Change Cursor" in the context-sen-
sitive menu. The shape of the cursor changes.
There are three cursor shapes: an arrow, a crosshair
and a pipette.
If necessary, select the "Change Cursor" command
again to get the shape you want.

Prinect Color Editor Viewer ABC
Changing the Color Data View Mode

You can view the color data you measured in different
units.
To change the view mode, select "Color Range" in the
context-sensitive menu and then the unit you want
(0.0 %...100.0 %; 0 %..100 %; 0 ... 255).
2 in "Edit > Preferences > Prinect Color Editor".

Note: You can also define this change as a preference

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3 Prinect Color Editor
Overview of the Prinect Color Editor Control Elements
Shows the ICC profile or output pro-

cess description if file is PDF/X or if
output intent is defined.
Saves the embedded ICC profile

(enabled if present).
Shows the color spaces, ICC profiles,

special colors and separations
present in the current pages (left col-
umn). Shows the conversion types for
the current pages (right column).
Shows the current measured data

(left column) and data after conver-
sion (right column). Window appears
after data are measured in file.
Selection of the range you wish to

analyze and convert.
Saved settings for conversion.
Edits settings for conversion.
Displays embedded ICC profiles, with

the option of removing them.
Defines varnish layers

Starts conversion
Shows information and error mes-
sages
Working with Prinect Color Editor
Click in the area of the window shown

on which you require further information.

Prinect Color Editor ABC
Using Prinect Color Editor

Prinect Color Editor with PANTONE and HKS color
tables
Prinect Color Editor with standard ICC profiles for
EuroOffset and SWOP
Functions of the Prinect Color Editor Viewer
Prinect Color Editor allows you to:

0 Apply interactive color matching (conversion) based
on user-defined rules
0 Generate spot colors
0 Rename and delete spot colors and/or process colors
0 Convert RGB/CMYK graphics, images and all device-
independent color spaces based on Heidelberg CMM
0 Display the conversion types with actual and target
states juxtaposed
0 Retain black composition during a CMYK-to-CMYK
conversion
0 Remove embedded ICC profiles
0 Use and extract the PDF/X Output Intent as well as
embed an output profile as a PDF/X Output Intent
0 Convert spot colors to process colors with the help
of global color tables
0 Define settings for overprint and knockout
0 Measure colors
0 Perform batch processing in Acrobat
0 Apply Varnish

Starting Prinect Color Editor
5 The
Prerequisites:
Prinect Color Editor plug-in is installed and a 1
document has been opened in Acrobat.
Start Prinect Color Editor:
0 with a click on the icon opposite in the Acrobat tool-
bar or
0 with the "Plugins > Prinect > Color Editor" menu.
Exiting Prinect Color Editor

Click the Prinect Color Editor "Close" box or the
"Close" box of the PDF file to close Prinect Color Editor
and the open PDF file.
Prinect Color Editor Online Help

The following menu function opens the Online Help:
"Help > Plug-In Help > Prinect Color Editor".
Control Elements of the Main Window
2 minimized
Note: The control elements and the display box are
to keep the main window as small as pos-
sible.
1 The installation of Prinect Color Editor creates files in the

...\Acrobat\plug_ins\Heidelberg directory.

PDF/X Output Intent

PDF/X is a data exchange format (composite/non-sepa-
rated) for object-oriented data (screened data and vec-
tor data (graphics, text)) that contains all the ele-
ments required for printing data.
"Output Intent" refers to the output process defined
in a PDF file. "Output Intent" must be regarded inde-
pendently of the actual PDF/X format. A PDF file is not
necessarily a PDF/X file if an output process is defined
in the file.
The "PDF/X Output Intent" section shows the tag of
any embedded ICC profile for an existing "Output
Intent" and a description of the output process if an
ICC profile is not embedded.
PDF/X supports color management-oriented work-
flows for all media types as well as traditional CMYK-
oriented workflows.
The format is defined from ISO standard 15930 (PDF/
X-3) and is intended for the exchange of digital data
and files in the graphic arts industry. The standard is
based on the Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF
Version 1.3).
The PDF/X format is available basically in versions
PDF/X-3:2002 and PDF/X-1a:2001. Prinect Color Editor
supports both these versions. You can find a descrip-
tion of the versions and more details in the Internet
at the address named below.
You can find more details about PDF/X Output Intent
at http://www.pdfx3.org/.

Save...
The "Save..." button is enabled if a PDF/X file or one
with an "Output Intent" and an embedded ICC profile
is opened. You can now save the embedded ICC profile
for any further processing work.
Display of PDF Contents

An example showing you the color data of a PDF file
will now be given and its contents explained:
0
The open PDF document has four pages.
0
The selected "Page Range" comprises all the pages of
the document.
0
Color Space
Panel (left column):
The color spaces currently present in the pages.
The numbers in parentheses refer to the various def-
initions of a color space in the file (e.g. a different
white level or various, embedded profiles).
Panel (right column):
The conversion types for the currently selected
pages (based on the selected set in "Job Setting").

The colors tag what type of conversion is needed:
Black No conversion necessary (e.g. "CMYK" to

"CMYK").
Green Conversion with Heidelberg CMM
(e.g. "CIE L*a*b" to "CMYK").
Blue Conversion without Heidelberg CMM
(e.g. "CalRGB" to "DeviceRGB").
Red Requires your attention (e.g. missing tar-
get profile in RGB Image).
0 Special Colors
Points out generally tricky colors in the PDF files
(e.g. gray RGB in MS Office products or problems
when overprint is set).
The conversion types for the currently selected
pages (based on the selected set in "Job Setting").
0 Color separations
Shows you all the color names of the data in the PDF
file.
Shows you the names of all printable colors after
conversion (based on the setting in the Spot Color
Tab in the selected "Job Setting").
The numbers in parentheses (e.g. 7->4) refer to the
color names in the PDF file (first number, left col-
umn) and the colors that can really be printed (sec-
ond number, right column).

Measured Data
You can measure colors. Move the mouse pointer to a
color in the PDF file and click it. The outline of the
object concerned starts to flash, and a description of
this object appears in the status box (e.g. text,
graphic, shade). The following window appears, show-
ing you the measured data and color space informa-
tion, and the status box displays:
Status box:
Explanation of the two screen shots above:

0 A text object was measured in a PDF file that is
defined as a spot color and given the tag "Red".
0 The blue CMYK values that you see reflect exactly
the values of the "Red" spot color, without any Color
Management. The reason for this is the Target set-
ting of the spot color that is set to "Process".
0 The spot color is also set to "overprint".
The following icons indicate the status of the colors:
"Overprint"
"No Overprint"

0 The following data are also shown:

All the color spaces possible in a PDF file, see also
Different Color Spaces. Additional information
about color spaces is also shown (e.g. name of an ICC
profile or definition of the white level).
In the "CMYK" color space, the total dot area is
shown in parentheses next to the color icon.
Measured objects can be graphic, stroke, bitmap,
image and shade.
2 pointer
Note: The color of the object indicated by the mouse
is shown when you are measuring. Not all the
object colors lying below the topmost color are shown
even if "Overprint" is set for the object.
Holding down the "Alt" (PC) or "command key" (Macin-
tosh), you can pass through the object to select and
measure the layers further down.

Job Setting
"Job Setting" is the "core" of Prinect Color Editor. All
conversions are based on the sets defined here.
With Prinect Color Editor, you can:
0 Select existing sets from the list box below "Job Set-
ting". The Prinect Color Editor shipment includes
five standard sets.
or
0 Click the "Settings" button and customize each of
the standard sets to suit your own conversion needs.
You will find an explanation of all the parameters
in the chapter Prinect Color Editor Settings.
Delete Job Setting

1. To delete a set, select it in the "Job Setting" list box.
2. Now select "Delete Job Setting" in the context-sensi-
tive menu.
The selected job setting is deleted after you confirm
an alert message.
Settings
All the parameters that can be set by the user for a
custom conversion between the color spaces can be
found in "Settings".
Select one of Heidelberg's standard sets that comes
nearest to what you need, then modify it and give it a
new name when you save.
You will find an explanation of all the parameters
and how to save the sets in the chapter Prinect Color
Editor Settings.

2
Note: We recommend that you "write-protect" exist-
ing sets in the file system so as not to inadvertently
overwrite them. You can find the set files in the
...\Acrobat\Plug_ins\Heidelberg\ColorSets. At the
Macintosh with Acrobat 6.0, you will find the files in
"...All Users\Heidelberg".
Page Range
"Page Range" allows you to restrict the pages of a PDF
file to those you wish to analyze and convert.
2 always
Note: When you open a PDF file, the page range
defaults to the last setting made when Prinect
Color Editor was exited.
The Apply, ICC Profiles and Varnish buttons only
affect the selected range.

ICC Profiles
The "ICC Profiles..." button is enabled if one or more
ICC profiles are embedded in an open PDF/X file.
You can remove the embedded ICC profiles from the
PDF file.
This function makes it easy for you to correct any
embedded ICC profiles that Acrobat Distiller may
have accidentally set.
The following example shows you three different ICC
profiles embedded in an open PDF file. You are going
to remove the "CMYK: Bizarre MYCK" ICC profile:
Select the ICC profile you wish to remove. Set the list
box to "yes" and confirm your selection with "Apply".
This removes the ICC profile from the PDF file. All col-
ors concerned are converted to the basic color space
without Heidelberg CMM.

Varnish
This function allows you to create a varnish layer. Var-
nish layers are used for finishing printed products,
especially in the packaging industry.
Another application of this function is also the cre-
ation of a base layer, e.g. when printing to glass or
similar.
The created varnish objects lie on top of all other
objects of a page. However, this isn't important for the
order in which the data are printed. This means that,
even if a white base layer lies on top in the PDF, it can
of course be printed first.
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Note: Mostly only the varnish color is shown in the
if the "Advanced > Overprint Preview" (Acro-
bat 6.0) or "View > Overprint Preview" (Acrobat 5.0)
function is not enabled.
1. In the "Objects" group, you can define whether var-

nish will be applied to an entire page or to single
objects. The options "Text", "Graphic", "Image" and
"Blend" naturally depend on how the objects are
defined in the PDF.
Pure white objects are normally not varnished in
graphic and text objects. However, check the relevant
"0%" option as well if you also want to varnish these
objects.

2. You define the varnish color in the "Color" group. You

can select defined varnish colors from the list box.
3. Click "New" to define a new varnish color.
4. Give the varnish color a meaningful name.

5. Select a color space from the list box to define the
new varnish.
The text boxes that appear for the definition of the
varnish depend on the color space you selected.
6. Define your varnish color and then click "OK".
The new color is added to the list box in the "Varnish"
dialog.
7. Click "Apply".
The varnish layer is applied to the selected objects.
Varnish is applied only to objects that are located in
the document page range set in the Prinect Color Edi-
tor window. This allows you to varnish just a single
page as well, for example, the title page.

Apply
Starts conversion.
This function applies the "Job Setting" you selected
and any color tables used to all pages that were speci-
fied in the "Page Range".
"Apply" automatically triggers a new analysis to dis-
play the new (converted) status.
The "Apply" button is disabled until parameters are
changed again.
2 file
Note: After applying the data, you must save the PDF
in Acrobat with "File > Save" (overwrites existing
set) or "File > Save As..." (give set a new name).
2 saving your data or with "File > Revert".

Note: You can "undo" your action in Acrobat by not
Status Box
Important supplementary information or error mes-
sages are shown in the status box. For example, when
you are measuring colors, information about the
selected object is displayed, or an error message indi-
cating an invalid, embedded ICC profile appears.
A log of the conversion results is displayed after
"Apply". Two examples of a log are now given below:

Prinect Color Editor Color Tables

PANTONE and HKS color tables are included in the
shipment of Prinect Color Editor.
In Acrobat, you can define preferences for these color
tables in "Plugins > Prinect > Color Editor: Color
Tables".
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The preferences and the global color tables are gener-
taken into account if "Settings > Spot Color > Use
Color Tables" is enabled in Prinect Color Editor. See
Use Color Tables.
You can sort existing color tables (define their order)
or decide not to use them.
In addition, in "Color Space", you can set "To Process"
and "Output" to "CMYK" or "CIE L*a*b" transformation
recipes.
2 name
Color tables that generally have "process" in their
contain the "CMYK" and "CIE L*a*b" transforma-
tion recipes. This allows you to set "CIE L*a*b" in the
"Output" box for spot colors that you wish to output
to a proofer, for example, in order to reproduce a
larger color space. These settings depend naturally on
the output.
The use of Lab recipes gives you much better true-
color simulation of the printing process in your proof
because with PANTONE® the CMYK recipe refers to its
own colors and to a certain type of paper.

Color Tables
Search Order (Top First)

Click a color table and move it to the position you
want.
Used yes/no
Click a color table and set it as required.
Color Space
Select the transformation recipe you want in "To Pro-
cess" and "Output".
"To Process" for spot colors that are not printed sepa-
rately but are converted to process colors.
"Output" for spot colors that are printed separately in
their original color. In this case, the equivalent dis-
play colors are only for simulation in Acrobat or for
proofing.

Prinect Color Editor Preferences

You can define some preferences for Prinect Color
Editor.
1. Select "Edit > Preferences > Prinect Color Editor".
The "Prinect Color Editor: Preferences" window dis-
plays:
In the "Protocol" group, you can define whether a log

file will be written or not.
All PDF files edited on a certain day are listed in the
log file. This log file records, for example, the time
the program starts and ends, job settings, color con-
versions made including the name of the profile used
and the number of objects for color matching.
2. Check the "Write PDF Log File" option.
3. In the "Keep for ... days" box, type in after how many
days the log file will be deleted automatically.
4. In the "Folder" box, define the folder where the log
file will be saved. Browse to the folder you want with
the button with the three dots.

The log file is named automatically. The name com-

prises "Prinect Color Editor" and the date (month, day
and year). The log file is saved as a PDF.
5. Select a paper size for the log file in the "Paper" list
box (DIN A4 or US Letter).
In the "Comment" group, you can define whether a
comment about the work done with the Prinect Color
Editor will be added to this PDF. You can view these
details using the added Note tool and by clicking the
Adobe® Acrobat® "Comments" function.
6. If necessary, check the "Insert information about

applied parameters" option.
In the "Color Range" group, you can define which unit
(0...255; 0 %...100 %; 0.0 %...100.0 %) will be used to
display the color data in Prinect Color Editor.
7. Select the option you want.
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Note: You can change the unit at any time using the
Prinect Color Editor's context-sensitive menu.
8. Click "OK".
The preferences are applied.

Batch Processing
Prinect Color Editor supports batch processing in
Acrobat. You can create a command sequence there
and apply it automatically to one or several docu-
ments in one go.
2 inor "Working
You can find details about this in the Acrobat 5 Help
with PDF", "Batch Processing" subsection
in the Acrobat 6 Help in "Publishing in Electronic
Formats", "Processing of Adobe® PDF documents in
batches" subsection.
Creating a Batch Sequence

This is how you can apply batch processing to a docu-
ment or several documents:
1. In Adobe® Acrobat® 6 select "Advanced > Batch Pro-
cessing...".
2. In Adobe® Acrobat® 5 select "File > Batch Processing >
Edit Batch Sequences".

All batch sequences you defined beforehand as well as

a number of simple, predefined Adobe® batch
sequences are listed in the "Batch Sequences" window.
3. Click "New Sequence ..." to create a new sequence.
4. Type in a name for this new sequence and click "OK".
You create a new batch sequence in the "Batch Edit

Sequence" dialog box.

5. Click "Select Commands...".
6. Select "Prinect Color Editor" below "Heidelberg" in the

left list box of the "Edit Sequence" dialog box and
click "Add" to add the command to the right list box.
2 sequence.
If necessary, you can add other commands to this
For example, select "Prinect Trap Editor" in
addition to the "Prinect Color Editor" command to
give your printing a perfect workflow.

You can click the triangle to the left of the name at

any time to view the options you have defined so far
for the command.

Defining Prinect Color Editor Options for Batch Processing

1. Select "Prinect Color Editor" in the right list box of the
"Edit..." "Edit Sequence" dialog box and click "Edit".
2. Define your settings (described below) and save them

with "OK".
„"Job Setting" You can select an existing Job Setting in this box.
"Settings" You can now accept the preferences in the job setting
or customize the parameters to your own require-
ments. The following settings are possible:
0 You can change all the parameters in the "Color
Management" tab.
0
You can change the rendering intent and enable
black point compensation, for example, in the
"Device Colors" tab.
0
You can change all spot colors to process colors in
the "Spot Color" tab.
0
You can change all the parameters in the "Miscella-
neous" tab.
See the Prinect Color Editor Settings Window for
more details about the settings.

Editing the Batch Sequence
3. Select an option from the popup menu for "Run com-

mands on":
"Selected Files" "Selected Files"
Select "Selected Files" to select several single files.
They must be located in the same folder in Windows.
"Selected Folder" Select "Selected Folder" to apply batch processing to
all the files in the selected folders and their subfold-
ers. Click "Browse" to select the folder.
"Ask When Sequence is Select "Ask When Sequence is Run" so that you can
Run" define when batch processing is to start.
2 applied to several files in different folders.

This option is useful if the batch sequence will be
"Files Open in Acrobat" Select "Files Open in Acrobat" to edit all currently
open files. With this option, the files are not saved
automatically but remain open.

4. Define where you want to save the processed files:
2 inor "Working
0 "Specific Folder" lets you define a different folder to
the source folder. Click "Browse" to select the folder.
0 "Ask When Sequence is Run" lets you specify where
the files will be saved.
0 "Same Folder as Original(s)" lets you save all the files
in their original location.

Running a Sequence
1. To run a batch sequence in Adobe® Acrobat® 6, call up
batch processing with "Advanced > Batch Process-
ing...".
2. Mark the sequence you want in the "Batch Sequences"
window and click "Run Sequence"
3. In Adobe® Acrobat® 5 all the batch sequences you
defined beforehand as well as a number of predefined
Adobe® batch sequences are listed in the submenu of
"File > Batch Processing" and can be selected directly
to run them.
The "Run Sequence Confirmation" window displays:
4. Check your data and click "OK".
The other inputs that are prompted in other dialogs

depend on the batch chosen.

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Performance Problem at the Macintosh:
To prevent severe performance problems occurring at
the Macintosh, after starting a batch sequence, acti-
vate the "Finder" window and then reactivate the
"Acrobat" window.
At the end, the "Warnings and Errors" window
appears, showing you a log of the processed files.
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Note: You will also find these data in the log file if you
enabled the "Write PDF Log File" option in the prefer-
ences (see S Prinect Color Editor Preferences).

Preferences for Batch Processing

This is how you define preferences for batch process-
ing:
1. Select "Edit > Preferences > General".
2. Select the "Batch Processing" option in the left list box
of the preferences dialog box.
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Working with Prinect Color Editor

We have drawn up a workflow for you below to give
you an idea of how efficient your work is with Prinect
Color Editor.
1. Open the PDF file.
2. Start Prinect Color Editor.
3. Analysis of the color spaces, data, etc. detected by Pri-
nect Color Editor.
4. Define your output process.
5. Click "Settings" and change the parameters to match
your output process.
6. Save the new set you have just generated with "Save
As...". Use a plausible name for it (e.g. output xy-
proofer).
7. Check the conversion types (from the generated set)
once again in the right column of the display box.
8. Click "Apply" if you are happy with the conversion
types.
9. The PDF file is converted based on the setting you
defined.
10. Once again, check the conversion log in the display
box.
11. Save your PDF file in Acrobat.

ABC Prinect Color Editor Settings
4 Prinect Color Editor Settings
Prinect Color Editor Settings Window

The Prinect Color Editor parameters are explained in
turn on the pages that follow.

Save As...
This button lets you save conversion parameters you
have modified as a new Prinect Color Editor set or you
can change an existing Prinect Color Editor set.
To save the Prinect Color Editor set:
Click "Save As...".
A dialog box appears where you can change the name
of the Prinect Color Editor set.
Finally click "Save".

Prinect Color Editor Settings ABC
Save & Close

With this function, you can save the selected Prinect
Color Editor set using the same name and quit "Set-
tings" at the same time.
Click "Save & Close".
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Attention: Remember that you can overwrite one of
Heidelberg's standard sets with this function.
Close
You can close the selected Prinect Color Editor set
without saving it when you click this button.
If you changed a parameter, the following alert mes-
sage appears "Do you want to save your changes?"
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Attention: The selected set is overwritten if you con-
firm this message with "Yes".

Color Management Tab

You can define your settings for color matching in
this section.


Device Independent Colors

The options have the following functions:
K Treat Calibrated RGB as Device RGB

Colors from the "CalRGB" color space are converted to
the "DeviceRGB" color space without Color Manage-
ment. Then the data are converted to the target color
space with Color Management and using the set ICC
profiles in RGB Image or RGB Graphic.
k Colors from the "CalRGB" color space are converted to
the output color space using the internal parameters.
K Treat Calibrated Gray as Device Gray

Colors from the "CalGray" color space are converted
to the "DeviceGray" color space without Color Man-
agement. The color is used in the K separation. This
setting prevents a "chromatic" gray.
k Colors from the "CalGray" color space are converted
to the output color space using the internal parame-
ters. Remember that the color is made up of CMY.
K Ignore Embedded non-CMYK Profiles

All embedded ICC profiles that are not part of the
"DeviceCMYK" color space are removed. These are
mainly RGB profiles, but they can also be Lab and/or
gray profiles. The colors concerned are converted to
the input color space of the removed ICC profile with-
out Heidelberg CMM.
k The embedded ICC profiles are used as the source pro-
files for conversion to the target color space.

K Ignore Embedded CMYK Profiles

All embedded ICC profiles that are part of the "Device-
CMYK" color space are removed. This setting prevents
unwanted "CMYK" to "CMYK" conversions.
k The embedded ICC profiles are used for conversion to
the target color space.
Color matching and Color Rendering Intent

This color matching is often referred to as gamut
mapping and is controlled by the Color Rendering
Intent.
Color Rendering Intent is defined in the ICC stan-
dard. The following four color matching options are
used by the Color Management module in Prinect
Color Editor and the ICC profiles:
0 Absolute Colorimetric:
"Absolute Colorimetric" is used for the exact and
verifiable reproduction of colors. This Rendering
Intent is used for the simulation (proof or proof
print) of an output process to another output device
or for the output of defined color data in print.
The original's colors that are found in the color
space of the output process are reproduced cor-
rectly. All colors that lie outside the color space are
mapped to the nearest reproducible color. As a
result, very light, very dark or very colorful details
in the originals can be lost when they are repro-
duced. The printing material is simulated during an
output process simulation if the lightness and hue
of the material lie in the color space of the output
process.
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Relative colorimetric:
"Relative Colorimetric" is used for the exact and
media-dependent reproduction of colors. This Ren-

dering Intent is used for an output process simula-

tion to another output device, where the simulation
in part takes into account media white.
The original's colors are reproduced relative to the
media white. The white level in the original is
matched to that in reproduction. All colors that lie
outside the color space are mapped to the nearest
reproducible color. As a result, very dark or very col-
orful details in the originals can be lost when they
are reproduced. The printing material is not simu-
lated during an output process simulation.
0 Perceptual:
This Rendering Intent is used for the harmonic
reproduction of colors in print, taking into account
the different color gamuts of the original and print.
It is mainly used in the color separation of photo-
graphic images.
With this color matching option, the hue in all the
natural colors of the original is reproduced for the
most part correctly but with restrictions in the con-
trast. The type of color matching is manufacturer-
specific, with the user being able to set some of the
aspects such as contrast and chroma change during
profile generation.
0 Saturation
This Rendering Intent is used whenever the repro-
duction of chroma in the colors is important in the
printed result, while keeping the saturation of the
original's color data. It is mainly used in the color
separation of graphics and diagrams (business
graphics).
With this color matching option, the chroma in all
the colors of the original is reproduced as correctly
as possible but with restrictions in lightness and
hue. The type of color matching is manufacturer-
specific, with the user being able to define some set-
tings during profile generation.

0 From document:
The Color Rendering Intents that were defined for
images and graphics in the PDF file are used.
BPC
"BPC" stands for black point compensation. In gamut
mapping, all L shadows that are darker than black
ink are matched to black ink and, as a result, shadow
definition is lost. This applies especially to "Relative
Colorimetric" color matching.
When you check the "BPC" option, black point com-
pensation is activated and matches the shadows, con-
sequently, preventing a loss of detail.
The "BPC" option can be enabled for "Relative Colori-
metric" "Perceptual" and "Saturation" color matching.
Output
Press Profile
This is where you select the output profile that
describes the properties of the output device you
want.
The output profiles can come from different color
spaces depending on your output:
0 The profile is normally "DeviceCMYK" for presses.
0 It can be a "DeviceGray" profile for a black-and-white
output.
0
It can be a "DeviceRGB" profile for a monitor output
(e.g. a page in the Internet).

PDF/X Output Intent

K Use if Available
An open PDF/X file with a defined Output Intent and
embedded ICC profile is always used as the Press Pro-
file. The set Press Profile is ignored in this case.
k The selected press profile is used for conversion.
See also PDF/X Output Intent.
K Embed Applied Press Profile
The selected press profile is embedded in the PDF file
as the PDF/X Output Intent. This can be very useful for
comprehensive workflows with the PDF/X format.
k The selected press profile is not embedded in the PDF
file as the PDF/X Output Intent.
See also PDF/X Output Intent.

Device Colors Tab

You define the settings for device-dependent colors in
this tab.


Device Dependent Colors
Conversion ICC Profile

Color space conversions are performed with the help
of ICC profiles. In this group, you define the source
profiles that you will use for conversion to the device-
independent color space. Conversion to the target
color space is based on the set Press Profile.
The "ICCProfiles" folder is created in the "...\Acro-
bat\plug_ins\Heidelberg" folder during the installa-
tion of Prinect Color Editor. At the Macintosh with
Acrobat 6.0, you will find this folder in "...All
Users\Heidelberg".
This directory contains the ICC profiles included in
the shipment.
By default, after installation, these ICC profiles are
used for automatic color matching.
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Note: You can supplement these supplied ICC profiles
your own profiles by copying the relevant files
to the above-named folder.
Click the button with the three dots to display a list
box (the appropriate profile folder opens automati-
cally) where you can select the ICC profile you want.
2 color space if no profiles are selected.

Note: You cannot perform a conversion to the target
RGB Image
To convert the RGB images in the PDF file select an
ICC profile that is defined by the "DeviceRGB" color
space.

RGB Graphic
To convert the RGB graphics (also text and shade) in
the PDF file select an ICC profile that is defined by the
"DeviceRGB" color space.
2 may
Note: For RGB graphics from Office documents, it
be advantageous to use Heidelberg's
"RGB2CMYK.icc" "link profile". This profile allows a
simple conversion from "RGB" to "CMYK" with a Post-
Script standard that makes it possible to keep existing
corner colors as they are.
CMYK Image
To convert the CMYK images in the PDF file select an
ICC profile that is defined by the "DeviceCMYK" color
space.
CMYK Graphic
To convert the CMYK graphics (also text and shade) in
"DeviceCMYK" color space.
Multi Image (Multicolor Image)

To convert the multicolor images in the PDF file
select an ICC profile that is defined for a certain Devi-
ceN color space, e.g. hexachrome. In rare cases, a doc-
ument can have several different multicolor color
spaces. In such cases, you can only convert the images
of one of these color spaces. The profile you select
determines which type of multicolor image will be
converted.

Multi Graphic (Multicolor Graphic)

To convert the multicolor graphics (also text and
shade) in the PDF file select an ICC profile that is
defined for a certain DeviceN color space, e.g. hexach-
rome (see also the notes on S Multi Image (Multi-
color Image)).
Gray Image
To convert the gray images in the PDF file select an
ICC profile that is defined by the "DeviceGray" color
space.
Gray Graphic
To convert the gray graphics (also text and shade) in
"DeviceGray" color space.
Rendering Intent
This item is similar to that of the Device Independent
Colors, please see Color matching and Color Render-
ing Intent.
BPC
This option is the same as that of the Device Indepen-
dent Colors, please see BPC.

K Turn R=G=B Graphic into Gray

All "DeviceRGB" graphics and texts with the same val-
ues for R, G and B are converted to "DeviceGray" (Gray
= R).
Shades and images are not converted.
k The RGB values are converted to the target color space
by means of the set RGB Graphic profile. This pro-
duces a "mixed" CMY gray.
Tolerance Limit (%)

The "Tolerance Limit (%)" box is enabled when you
check the "Turn R=G=B Graphic into Gray" option.
This tolerance limit allows you to convert RGB values
to gray also in cases where the equation R=G=B is not
met exactly.
Enter a percentage in this box by which the R, G and
B values may deviate in order to be still converted to
gray.
K Gray Image: Apply CMYK Profile

Images from the "DeviceGray" color space are con-
verted to the target color space using the set "CMYK
Image" profile.
k The gray values are used as they are without any con-
version.
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Note: The option is disabled if
0 a profile was assigned for "Gray Image"
0
or no profile is set for "CMYK Image".

K Gray Graphic: Apply CMYK Profile

Graphics from the "DeviceGray" color space are con-
verted to the target color space using the set "CMYK
Graphic" profile.
k The gray values are used as they are without any con-
version.
2
Note: The option is disabled if
0 a profile was assigned for "Gray Graphic"
0 or no profile is set for "CMYK Graphic".
K CMYK Image: Preserve Black

During a CMYK-to-CMYK image conversion, black is
preserved depending on what you set:
0 Special (default):
C, M and Y are converted to CMY, K is converted
using special methods. Extensive tests have shown
these to be the best. The "Special" parameter elimi-
nates most of the problems in complex files. This
parameter is only available in the Heidelberg CMM.
0 Basic:
C, M and Y are converted to CMY, K is converted to
the target density with the help of a gradation
curve.
0 K=K
Only C, M and Y are converted to CMY, K is not con-
verted.
Black remains identical.

K CMYK Graphic: Preserve Black

During a CMYK-to-CMYK graphic conversion, black is
preserved depending on what you set:
0 Special (default):
C, M and Y are converted to CMY, K is converted
using special methods. Extensive tests have shown
these to be the best. The "Special" parameter elimi-
nates most of the problems in complex files. This
parameter is only available in the Heidelberg CMM.
0 Basic:
C, M and Y are converted to CMY, K is converted to
the target density with the help of a gradation
curve.
0 K=K
Only C, M and Y are converted to CMY, K is not con-
verted.
Black remains identical.

Spot Color Tab

The "Spot Color" tab in Prinect Color Editor allows you
to edit spot colors in many different ways. We will
now describe how you can do this:

New Color...
You can create a new spot color with the "New Color"
function.

1. Select a color in the PDF file on the basis of which you

will create a spot color. The color definition is shown
in the main window of Prinect Color Editor.
2. Go to "Settings > Spot Color".
3. Then click the "New Color" button.
4. Check the "Create from" box.
5. The color data measured in step 1 are displayed in the
window.
6. You now have a window similar to the one below:
7. Give your spot color a name in the "Name" box.

8. Change the parameters in "Alternate Color" to match
your needs.
9. Click "OK" to create the new spot color in the job set-
ting.
10. The spot color is saved in the job setting if you quit
the "Settings" window with "Save & Close".

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Note: If you enter the name of a PANTONE or HKS
color, the application automatically searches for the
alternate color in the tables. Generally, the color
number is sufficient for PANTONE color names. For
example, type "100" into the "Name" box and confirm
your input with the Tab key. The matching PANTONE
color appears as the alternate color with the appro-
priate name and color data.
Delete Colors...
Use the "Delete Colors" button to delete all the spot
colors in the current job set that are set to "Job" in
"Source". No spot colors are deleted from the PDF file.
Change
You can modify the color value and name of the spot
color when you double-click a spot color in the dis-
play box. A dialog box similar to the one below
appears:
Modify your data and confirm with "OK".

General
Target
Default output behavior of spot colors that are not
saved in the job set.
0 Output
The spot colors are retained and printed as addi-
tional colors. When printing a spot color, the color
data do not influence the printed result, they are
only used for simulation on the monitor and proof-
ing.
0 Process
The spot colors are converted to the alternate color
space based on the process values (mainly CMYK)
and then to the target color space, if necessary, with
Heidelberg CMM.
0 Ignore
The spot colors are removed from the PDF file.
Use Color Tables

PANTONE and HKS color tables are included in the
shipment of Prinect Color Editor.
If "Use Color Tables" is enabled, Prinect Color Editor
polls the PDF file for matching definitions between
these tables and the spot colors in the PDF file.
If a match is found, Prinect Color Editor takes the rec-
ipe from the table to always use current color data.
Refer to Prinect Color Editor Color Tables with regard
to defining preferences for the color tables, further
details can be found in Use Color Tables.

Autoresolve Naming Conflicts

Prinect Color Editor checks the names of all the spot
colors if the "Autoresolve Naming Conflicts" function
is enabled.
Old PANTONE extensions (CV, CVC, CVU, ...) are auto-
matically changed to the new ones (C, U).
PANTONE colors whose names only differ in their
extensions automatically use one name.
Upper and lower case are ignored during the check.
Display Panel
The display panel lists all the spot colors in the open
PDF file. In addition, all the spot colors saved in the
job set are displayed.
The display panel shows and automatically resolves
any naming conflicts (e.g. CYAN to Cyan). HKS and
PANTONE colors whose names only differ in their
extension use one name (e.g. in the case of PANTONE,
CV or C).
When you select a color, the following changes are
possible in the various boxes:
Color Target Overprint Type Source
Color
Select the spot color whose name you wish to change.
The name of the spot color appears in the edit box.

Change the name of the spot color.

If necessary, changes the names of other unwanted
spot colors.
Target
The output behavior of the selected color is defined.
0 Output
The spot colors are retained and printed as addi-
tional colors. When printing a spot color, the color
data do not influence the printed result, they are
only used for simulation on the monitor and proof-
ing.
0 Process
The spot colors are converted to the alternate color
space based on the process values (mainly CMYK)
and then to the target color space, if necessary, with
Heidelberg CMM.
0 Ignore
The spot colors are removed from the PDF file.
Overprint
Shows the overprint status (default: as defined in the
PDF file).
0 Overprint
The selected spot color is set to "Overprint".
0
Knockout
The selected spot color is set to "Knockout".
0
As is
The selected spot color keeps its defined status.

Type
This setting forms the basis for further processing
with Prinect Trap Editor.
Each spot color has different overprint properties:
0 Normal
This property is assigned to spot colors that, similar
to process colors, are translucent in printing.
0 Transparent
This property is assigned to a spot color with a trans-
parent varnish. Transparent colors do not have
traps.
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Note: The objects lying below transparent elements
are trapped.
0 Opaque
This property is assigned to very opaque, contour-
defining spot colors. They are treated as black and
in the trap always pull the adjacent colors below it.
0 Opaque & Ignore
This property is assigned to spot colors that are
opaque but are not to be trapped (for example, for
gold, silver or spot colors where undesirable combi-
nations can occur in the trap).
Source
All the spot colors defined in the PDF file are checked
for matching definitions. If a match is found, the val-
ues are used in the following order:
Job setting -> color table -> PDF file
0
PDF
The values are only in the PDF file.

0 Job
The values are only in the job set.
The spot color is removed from the job set if the
selected spot color is switched to "PDF".
0 Table
The values are taken from the color table only if the
"Use Color Tables" box is enabled.

Miscellaneous Tab

Overprint
In the "Overprint" group, you can set parameters that
automatically detect and eliminate unsuitable "Over-
print" settings in a PDF file.
K Set Colors to Knockout

All colors are set to knockout.
This function is useful for correcting a wrong applica-
tion of the Overprint status.
This function should not be used if the page content
must be set to overprint, for example, if an overprint-
ing spot color is to produce a color mix.
k The status of the colors does not change.

K Set CMYK White to Knockout

An overprinting CMYK white (C=M=Y=K=0%) is set to
knockout.
There are not printable colors with this combination.
The CMYK combination with a value of 0% mainly
occurs unintentionally when generating PDF data.
k An overprinting CMYK white (C=M=Y=K=0%) remains
unchanged.
K Set Black to Overprint if Above or Equal (%) X

The value set for this parameter defines the threshold
above which black (graphic, text) will overprint.
How this works:
The smaller the value, the greater the use of over-
printing.
The default is 100%.
The values range between 0% and 100%.
50% All gray colors with 50% and above in the K

separation are set to "Overprint".
100% Only gray colors with 100% in the K separa-
tion are set to "Overprint".
Suitable color spaces for such a black are "DeviceC-

MYK" with C=M=Y=0%, "DeviceGray" or "/Separa-
tion/Black".
2 with
Note: If you enter 1% in this box, images and shades
the DeviceGray color space are also set to Over-
print (e.g. if K from CMYK is to be extracted for ver-
sioning).
k Any existing black remains unchanged.

K Turn Overprint Device Gray into K

All overprinting colors in the "DeviceGray" color
space are converted to black. This produces the "/Sep-
aration/Black" color space.
In keeping with the PDF specification, "DeviceGray"
colors overprint all spot colors lying lower down.
However, contrary to expectations, CMY separations
are knocked out.
This conversion causes CMY separations to be over-
printed and also affects shades and images. This prob-
lem doesn't occur if this parameter is checked.
Overprinting "DeviceGray" images and blends are gen-
erally used for transparent shadows. You would not
get satisfactory results without this conversion type.
k All overprinting colors of the "DeviceGray" color space
remain unchanged.
K Enable Overprint in Device CMYK

All graphics of the "DeviceCMYK" color space are set to
Overprint if "CMYK overprint" is disabled in the PDF.
The PDF 1.3 Specification was supplemented by a so-
called "CMYK overprint model". This model defines
how a graphic color with a value of 0 % is to be inter-
preted in the "DeviceCMYK" color space.
The 0 % CMYK separation knocks out any lower lying
CMYK separations if "CMYK overprint = NO".
The 0 % CMYK separation does not apply color to the
lower lying CMYK separations if "CMYK overprint =
YES".
The default setting in the PDF is "CMYK overprint =
NO" which generally is neither expected nor wanted.

k The status of the graphics in the "DeviceCMYK" color

space does not change.
K Color Management for Overprinting Device CMYK Graphic

For overprinting device CMYK graphic, you must
decide from case to case whether true-color Color
Management or the Overprint setting is more impor-
tant because the overprint property is normally lost if
you use Color Management.
By default, this option is enabled because PDF docu-
ments generally have objects such as backgrounds
that are often set incorrectly to "Overprint". Disable
the option if you wish to keep the overprint property.
In this case, Color Management is not used.

Marks Color
You can set parameters that affect the spot color "All"
in the "Marks Color" group. Spot color "All" is used for
marks that will be output in all the separations, e.g.
trim and register marks. It should not be used for
objects that are part of the page content of the end
product.
K 4Turn x 100 % CMYK into Spot Color "All"

Check this option if you wish to convert colors with a
definition of 100 % each for C, M, Y and K into spot
color "All".
k The color definition of 100 % each for C, M, Y and K
remains unchanged.
K Remove Spot Color "All"

All the marks with this color, e.g. trim and register
marks, will be removed.
k "All" does not change.
K Turn Spot Color "All" into K

Check this option if you wish to convert "All" to K.
k "All" does not change.
2 objects.
Note: These options affect solely text and graphic

ABC Glossary
Glossary
Dot area The total dot area is the sum of the geometric dot
areas (screen percents) of all the separations at a
given point in the image for halftone CMYK printing.
The total dot area is 400%, corresponding to 100% in
each case for C, M, Y, K.
Fat black Rich or fat black refers to a color that consists of a
large amount of black plus other amounts of at least
one other separation. The combination of 100% black
and 60% magenta produces a black that, however,
appears darker (hence ”fatter”) than could be created
by using a hue of only 100% black.
Other terms used for this: rich black, solid black
Focus The object which is currently in the center of view is
in focus.
Object color The color of an object is known as the object color.
This color can be made up of certain amounts of dif-
ferent inks.
Process color Process colors are the inks that are used when print-
ing a page in the inkers of the printing press. In con-
trast to these, object colors can comprise various
amounts of several process colors (or separation col-
ors).
One color separation of the page is allocated to each
process color (or ink) used.
Spreading Deliberate overlap in the various color separations
along the borders between abutting colors.
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ABC Index
Index M Marks color 4–28

Measure
A All 4–28 Colors 3–7
Measured Data 3–8
B Batch processing 3–19
Create sequence 3–19 O Online Help 3–3
Preferences 3–28 Overprint
Run sequence 3–26 Color Editor settings 4–24
Black point compensation 4–7
P PDF/X
C Change color data view mode 2–4 Internet address 3–4
Color Editor Output Intent 3–4
Black point compensation 4–7
Change color data view mode 2–4, S Spot Colors
3–17 All 4–28
Change cursor shape 2–3 Edit in Color Editor 4–16
Control elements 3–3 HKS color tables 3–15, 4–19
Functionality 3–2 PANTONE color tables 3–15, 4–19
Marks color 4–28
Online Help 3–3 V Varnish 3–12
Open (start) 3–3
Preferences 3–17
Settings 4–1
Start conversion 3–14
Varnish 3–12
Viewer 2–1
Workflow 3–29
Color Management
Color Editor settings 4–3
Color Rendering Intent 4–12
D Delete job setting 3–9
I ICC Profiles
Delete 3–11
Setup 4–10
J Job
Setting (parameter) 3–9
K Knockout
Color Editor settings 4–24
L Log file 3–17
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3 Prinect Color Editor

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4 Prinect Color Editor Settings

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What is Prinect Color Editor?

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What Does Prinect Color Editor Do?

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Different Color Spaces

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Functions of the Prinect Color Editor Viewer

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2. The Prinect Color Editor Viewer displays:

1 The installation of Prinect Color Editor creates files in the

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3. All the color spaces, special colors and separations

Changing the Cursor Shape

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Changing the Color Data View Mode

2 in "Edit > Preferences > Prinect Color Editor".

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Overview of the Prinect Color Editor Control Elements

Shows the ICC profile or output pro-

Saves the embedded ICC profile

Shows the color spaces, ICC profiles,

Shows the current measured data

Selection of the range you wish to

Edits settings for conversion.

Displays embedded ICC profiles, with

Defines varnish layers

Working with Prinect Color Editor

Click in the area of the window shown

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Using Prinect Color Editor

Prinect Color Editor allows you to:

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Starting Prinect Color Editor

Exiting Prinect Color Editor

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Control Elements of the Main Window

1 The installation of Prinect Color Editor creates files in the

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PDF/X Output Intent

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Display of PDF Contents

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The colors tag what type of conversion is needed:

Black No conversion necessary (e.g. "CMYK" to

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Explanation of the two screen shots above:

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0 The following data are also shown:

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