• Contents
  • 1 About the chapters of this manual
  • 2 An introduction to HELIOS PDF HandShake
  • 3 Installation
  • 4 Before getting started
  • 5 Set up PDF HandShake with HELIOS Admin
  • 6 PDF HandShake utility programs
  • 7 Printing with PDF HandShake
  • 8 Create PDF Server
  • 9 Use PDF files in a PostScript OPI workflow
  • 10 Export for Imposition with ImageServer
  • 11 PDF-native OPI workflow
  • 12 PDF-to-PDF color conversion
  • 13 Preferences
  • 14 Example workflow
  • 15 Create PDF files using Acrobat Distiller
  • 16 PDF Transparency
  • 17 PDF layers
  • A About fonts
  • B The fonts we deliver
  • C Glossary
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Contents

• 1 About the chapters of this manual
• 2 An introduction to HELIOS PDF HandShake
  • 2.1 About PDF
  • 2.2 New PDF HandShake features
  • 2.3 Product description
  • 2.4 Known limitations
• 3 Installation
• 4 Before getting started
• 5 Set up PDF HandShake with HELIOS Admin
  • 5.1 Access to the Admin
  • 5.2 PDF HandShake options
    • 5.2.1 Server-wide PDF settings
    • 5.2.2 Printer queue settings for PDF
  • 5.3 More options for ImageServer users
    • 5.3.1 Server-wide settings for PDF (OPI)
    • 5.3.2 Printer queue settings for PDF (OPI)
  • 5.4 ICC rendering intent settings (HELIOS Admin)
    • 5.4.1 Spot color editor
• 6 PDF HandShake utility programs
  • 6.1 pdfcat
    • 6.1.1 Options
    • 6.1.2 Operands
  • 6.2 pdfform
    • 6.2.1 Option
  • 6.3 pdfinfo
    • 6.3.1 Options
  • 6.4 pdfnote
    • 6.4.1 Options
  • 6.5 pdftoeps
    • 6.5.1 Options
  • 6.6 pdfprint
  • 6.7 pdfresolve
    • 6.7.1 Options
    • 6.7.2 Valid parameter keys
    • 6.7.3 OPI settings for “pdfresolve” via preference
• 7 Printing with PDF HandShake
  • 7.1 pdfprint
    • 7.1.1 Program behavior and defaults
    • 7.1.2 Options
    • 7.1.3 Set up halftoning
    • 7.1.4 Examples
  • 7.2 Print PDF files using the Acrobat plug-in
• 8 Create PDF Server
  • 8.1 Installation
    • 8.1.1 Prerequisites
    • 8.1.2 Server memory requirements
    • 8.1.3 Mac server installation
    • 8.1.4 Windows server installation
  • 8.2 Set up a “Create PDF” printer queue with HELIOS Admin
    • 8.2.1 Create PDF connection
    • 8.2.2 Composite PDF without color space transforms
  • 8.3 Print to the “Create PDF” printer queue
    • 8.3.1 Balance “Create PDF” print jobs (Balance queue)
  • 8.4 Possible problems
• 9 Use PDF files in a PostScript OPI workflow
  • 9.1 Tag PDF files
  • 9.2 About the handling of PDF files (OPI server)
    • 9.2.1 Automatic layout generation
    • 9.2.2 PDF-native OPI replacement
    • 9.2.3 Resolve OPI comments in PDF files
    • 9.2.4 Pre-separated PDF files and ImageServer
  • 9.3 OPI layout images of PDF files
    • 9.3.1 PDF specific options for the “layout” program
    • 9.3.2 Attributes for “layout” options
• 10 Export for Imposition with ImageServer
  • 10.1 Export for Imposition in Acrobat
  • 10.2 Use the export option in “pdfprint”
  • 10.3 Features of the exported document
  • 10.4 Imposition software products
• 11 PDF-native OPI workflow
  • 11.1 Appropriate file formats for PDF-native OPI
  • 11.2 Export PDF
    • 11.2.1 InDesign
    • 11.2.2 QuarkXPress (up to version 9)
  • 11.3 Configure “pdfresolve” via printer queue settings
    • 11.3.1 Downsampling and output compression
    • 11.3.2 Hot folder setup
  • 11.4 Limitations
  • 11.5 Remote PDF-native OPI workflows
• 12 PDF-to-PDF color conversion
• 13 Preferences
  • 13.1 Global PDF preferences
  • 13.2 PDF manager preferences
  • 13.3 PDF printer queue preferences
    • 13.3.1 “pdfif” preference keys
  • 13.4 Ghostscript Create PDF preference keys
• 14 Example workflow
• 15 Create PDF files using Acrobat Distiller
• 16 PDF Transparency
  • 16.1 Control transparency processing in PDF HandShake
    • 16.1.1 PDF transparency in printing
    • 16.1.2 PDF to EPSF conversion and EPSF layout generation from PDF documents
    • 16.1.3 High-resolution PDF documents with transparencies in OPI workflows
    • 16.1.4 Previews of PDF documents with transparencies in PrintPreview
  • 16.2 Configure Distiller 8 for processing PDF HandShake output with transparencies
  • 16.3 Limitations of PDF Transparency support in ImageServer and PrintPreview
  • 16.4 Troubleshooting with PDF transparencies
• 17 PDF layers
  • 17.1 pdfinfo
  • 17.2 PDF HandShake Acrobat plug-in
  • 17.3 Layer selection
    • 17.3.1 pdfprint
    • 17.3.2 layout
• A About fonts
  • A.1 PDF font processing
  • A.2 Font types in PDF
    • A.2.1 Bitmap fonts vs. outline fonts
• B The fonts we deliver
• C Glossary