Overview

Why you should complete this activity

The Kodak Prinergy Dotshop software is a plug-in for Acrobat that lets you select and edit halftone screening in PDF files. A screen instance consists of a specific screen system, dot shape, line ruling, dot size, angle set, and angle orientation.

You customize screen instances for your printing environment using the separate DotShop Composer software that is installed on your Prinergy Workflow Packaging Automation Expansion Pack server. These customized screen instances are saved in a *.sif (Screen Instance File) file that are automatically made available to DotShop.

Use DotShop Screen Instances to edit halftone screening in a PDF file for:

• Objects in artwork or on a page
• Groups of objects in artwork or on a page
• Entire artwork or pages

Audience

• Prepress Operators

Time required

Approximately 15-20 minutes

Recommended reading

• Prinergy DotShop Composer User Guide
• Prinergy DotShop User Guide
• Prinergy Powerpack Workflow 7.5 Workshop User Guide search key words: Calibration and Screening, Screen Systems, Dot Shapes, Minimum Dot Size Calculation, Screen Angles

What you'll need

For this activity you need to locate:

• Packaging Activity Source Files\DotShop\DotShop.p1.pdf

Activity specifications

If you are confident that you can complete the activity on your own, view the following naming conventions and required process template settings.

Naming conventions

• Job name: XX_DotShop (where XX is your initials)

Process templates

• Refine process template: 1stRef-Normz