Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Most profiling software automatically assigns the new profile as the default mon-
itor profile. For instructions on how to manually assign the monitor profile, refer
to the Help system for your operating system.
—Condensed from InDesign Help
Defining printing requirements
Whether you are working on a document for delivery in a print or digital format, it's a good
idea to know the output requirements before you start working. For example, for a print
document, meet with your printer and discuss your document's design and use of color.
Because printers understand the capabilities of their equipment, they may suggest ways for
you to save time and money, increase quality, and avoid potentially costly printing or color
problems. The ad used in this lesson was designed to be printed by a commercial printer
using the CMYK color model.
Tip
Yourservice providerorcommercial printer mayprovideapreflight profile
with all the necessary specifications for output. You can import the profile
and use it to check your work against these criteria.
To confirm that your document matches the printing requirements, you can check it against
apreflightprofile,whichcontainsasetofrulesregardingthedocument'ssize,fonts,colors,
images, bleeds, and more. The Preflight panel can then alert you to anything in the doc-
ument that does not follow the rules set in the profile. In this exercise, you will import a
preflight profile provided by the printer of a magazine that will publish the ad.
1.
Choose Window > Output > Preflight.
2.
Choose Define Profiles from the Preflight panel menu ( ).
3.
In the Preflight Profiles dialog box, click the Preflight Profile Menu button ( )
below the list of preflight profiles at left. Choose Load Profile.
4.
Select the Magazine Profile.idpp file, in the Lesson08 folder, located inside the
Lessons folder within the InDesignCIB folder on your hard disk. Click Open.
5.
With the Magazine Profile file selected, look through the settings specified for the
output of this ad. Checked options are those that InDesign will flag as incorrect.
For example, under Color > Color Spaces And Modes Not Allowed, if RGB is
checked, any RGB images will be reported as errors.
