"Proof" Step
Note: Depending on whether you as a Cockpit user have the "Packaging" access right or not, the terms "pages" are replaced by "1ups" or "individual 1ups" and "page lists" by "1up lists" or "individual 1up lists". In the description below, only the terms "pages" and "page list(s)" will be used.
Proofing provides a preview on the printed result before the print run starts. To check a layout — and also to check colors if applicable — you can, for example, submit a layout to a proof sequence here.
To check the color fidelity of individual pages, you can submit the pages in question to a PageProof sequence in the "Pages" step.
Prerequisite: The required proof sequences must have been added to the job; otherwise, they are invisible in "Submit to". See Adding sequence templates to the job or "+" button.
The left "Submit to" pane shows the Proof sequences you can submit to the existing layouts.To do this, drag-and-drop the desired layout to the sequence concerned.
You can use the following types of sequence templates in this step:
•ImpositionProof sequence for imposed sheets:
Output is on a sheet proofing device. The ImpositionProof is intended for geometric layout checking. If the proofer is suitable for color checking, the color management can be enabled for the ImpositionProof and the ImpositionProof process can be used for color checking. The proof sheets are output as TIFF files if the ImpositionProof sequence is set up as a "Tiff Export" "soft proof output device". You can then use these Tiff proof files for the checking and approving workflow with Prinect Portal Services. See also "ImpositionProof" Sequence Template.
•SendImposedPDF sequence for PDF sheets:
This type of sequence creates PDF files from imposed proof sheets. These PDF files can be sent for checking and approval directly by e-mail or as part of a Prinect Portal Services workflow. See also "SendImposedPDF" Sequence Template.
•FormProof sequence:
Like the "ImpositionProof" sequence, a "FormProof" sequence is also used for proofing sheet layouts but this sequence is designed especially for proofing in a "ROOM proof workflow".
If you use the TIFF-B Export functionality to control an imagesetter using, for example, a Prinect Shooter, you have the option of using the ROOM proof workflow. In this case, the proof data are calculated from the screened TIFF-B data for plate imaging without having to run through a separate RIP process for proofing as is the case with an "ImpositionProof" sequence. In this process, the TIFF-B data are descreened, converted to contone images and output to the proofer. This process is known as a "ROOM" proof (RIP Once Output Many). Because the ROOM proof workflow is based on TIFF-B data, the "FormProof" sequence can only be used in an output where TIFF-B files are generated, namely in TIFF-B export. See also "FormProof" Sequence Template.
•BookletProof sequence:
This sequence lets you compile document pages of a booklet and their marks to one "booklet document" and send this to a proofer. A "BookletProof" can be particularly helpful for versioned documents in which, for example, different languages occur in the text parts, where image parts are language-independent, to check the correct assignment of the version parts.
BookletProof is a combination of "ImposePDF" and "ImpositionProof". Temporary output files are created first of all and then output to a proofer. See also "BookletProof" Sequence Template.
•ForkSheet sequence:
This sequence type lets you submit layouts to several (similar or different) sheet output sequences at the same time (parallel processing). See also "ForkSheet" Sequence Template.
Click the "+" button (at the bottom of the window) to open the "Add Templates" window. In this way, you can add more proof sequence templates to the job to which layouts can be submitted.
"Submit to" context menu item
Menu command | Function |
|---|---|
Open Sequence | Opens the enabled sequence for checking or editing. |
Add Sequence | Opens the "Select Templates to Add" window. See also "+" button. |
Delete Sequence | Deletes the selected sequence from the "Submit to" group. |
Reassign Template | The "Reassign a new template for ..." dialog opens. This is where you can select a different sequence template that will be assigned to the job instead of the existing one. Sequences that match the current step are suggested. After that, the data are processed again with the new sequence. |
Show Suppressed Sequences | A check mark indicates that this option is enabled. If the job contains proof sequences that cannot be executed in this work step, these sequences are nevertheless displayed. Calling up this function again will disable it, and the check mark disappears. |
You can toggle between the following views that reflect the various procedures in this work step:
| Layout view |
Possible actions: | •Representation of the entire layout with the surfaces it contains (front/back sides if applicable) •Submit the layout or the elements it contains to a proof sequence |
| Color separation view |
Possible actions: | •Representation of the layout with the surfaces it contains (front/back sides if applicable) and appropriate color separations •Editing the Plate Product ID is possible (context menu) •Submit the layout or the elements it contains to a proof sequence •Submit single separations to a proof sequence |
You can select between the list and the thumbnail view in the layout view:
Show List | |
Show Thumbnails |
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