HELIOS PDF Handshake 2.0 User manual

A 3: Using PDF Handshake with ColorSync 2 XT 2.1

Using PDF Handshake with ColorSync 2 XT 2.1 for QuarkXPress 3.3x also requires EtherShare OPI 2.1. With all these programs, you can use our ColorSync 2 XT software for monitor "soft-proofs" of PDF documents.

With EtherShare OPI 2.1 and PDF Handshake you can generate EPSF layout files from PDF originals that contain several images and different color spaces. The resulting EPSF layouts can then be placed in a QuarkXPress document where our ColorSync 2 XT 2.1 software allows you to simulate the color output results of your final press on your monitor. Figure A-10 shows how the programs work together:

Fig. A-10: EtherShare OPI/PDF Handshake layout file viewed with ColorSync 2 XT 2.1

The OPI Server with PDF Handshake generates an EPSF layout of a PDF original. The screen preview of the EPSF file is already matched to EBU RGB which is the default RGB profile. The ColorSync 2 XT software then transforms EBU RGB into the monitor's RGB by using the current monitor profile.

Figure A-11 shows the corresponding ColorSync 2 dialog in QuarkXPress.

Fig. A-11: QuarkXPress document with EtherShare OPI/
PDF Handshake layout file

The "locked" symbol in the ColorSync 2 dialog indicates that you cannot define an image profile for the imported EPSF layout. The colors of the layout file have already been matched by the OPI Server according to the profile information of the PDF high-resolution file.

Please note that the high number of color transformation processes leads to a little loss in quality as far as the monitor display of PDF documents is concerned. Especially for CMYK images in PDF documents, the printing results will be better than the "soft-proofs" on the monitor.

For more information about color data transformations and color proofs, you may also read appendix A 2: "Colors, color matching, proof printing - basic concepts".

Details about the co-operation of ColorSync 2 XT version 2.1 and EtherShare OPI are given in appendix "A3 Using EtherShare OPI 2.1 with ColorSync 2 XT 2.1" in the EtherShare OPI 2.1 manual.

Important: The EPSF functionality of ColorSync 2 XT 2.1 is only available for EPSF layout files that have been generated from anPDF document by an EtherShare OPI Server. EPSF files coming from a different creator, are not supported.