Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional - Manual (Page 574)

About print production in Acrobat
Whether your projects are destined for high-end printing or a digital press, you will find a
host of advanced capabilities in Acrobat for preparing and producing printed products.
Acrobat provides creative professionals and prepress service providers with production
and output capabilities for handling the most sophisticated layouts created in professional
products such as Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, and Adobe InDesign CS.
These features are located primarily in the Color Settings dialog box, the Print Production
toolbar, and the Advanced Print Setup dialog box.
The following is an overview of Acrobat's print production capabilities:
Previewing output
A robust Output Preview dialog box for accurately evaluating separations, transparency,
and color problems before committing to output, to prevent costly mistakes on press.
PDF output options
options that conform to the most current standards, including PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3.
Preflight
Ways to evaluate a document and its objects for potential output issues.
Cross-product interface and terminology
More consistent user interface and terminology with other Adobe applications for
prepress-related features. For example, the Flattener Preview works the same way in
Adobe InDesign CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, and Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional and later.
Custom presets
Opportunities to save standard workflow and output settings as custom presets, which
prepress service providers can provide to your customers to help ensure that their
documents are ready for press.
Color management interface
Ability to correct colors in the document, whether it be conversion between CMYK and
RGB, spot to process (or process to spot), or mapping multiple spot colors. You can also
specify how the colors you choose relate to the PDF/X output intent (the intended printing
condition for which the document has been prepared).
JDF files
Custom Job Definition Format (JDF) files that can be edited and used in a production
environment.
Support for large paper sizes
Page sizes up to 15,000,000 inches (38,100,000cm) by 15,000,000 inches (38,100,000cm).
Trapping support
Full support for specifying trapping when working with a modern RIP that supports in-
RIP trapping via PostScript Level 3.
Document boxes
The ability to specify document boxes (including crop, art, trim, bleed, and media).
Separations
The ability to create either InRIP or on-host separations with basic plate control, create
custom screenings and frequencies, insert printer marks, and more.