HELIOS PDF Handshake 2.0 User manual


Contents
Copyright information
Welcome to PDF Handshake
1 About the chapters of this manual
2 Using the manual
2.1 Conventions
2.1.1 Structure
2.1.2 Font and syntax conventions
3 An introduction to PDF Handshake
3.1 Product description
3.2 Arising opportunities
4 Installation
4.1 System requirements
4.2 General remarks
4.3 Server installation
4.3.1 Preparing the installation
4.3.2 The installation procedure
4.3.3 Uninstalling PDF Handshake
4.4 Installing the Macintosh modules
4.4.1 Access to the modules
4.4.2 Acrobat plug-ins
5 Before getting started
6 Exploding/concatenating files using "pdfcat"
6.1 Program behavior and defaults
6.2 List of parameters
6.3 Examples
7 Setting up PDF Handshake with the EtherShare Admin
7.1 Access to the Admin
7.2 Options for EtherShare users
7.2.1 Server-wide settings for PDF
7.2.2 Printer queue settings for PDF
7.3 More options for EtherShare OPI users
7.3.1 Server-wide settings for PDF
7.3.2 Printer queue settings for PDF
7.4 The spot color editor
7.4.1 Setting up the spot color editor
7.4.2 Accurate spot colors using ColorSync/ICC
8 Editing pre-separated PDF documents
9 Printing with PDF Handshake
9.1 Printing PDF files using "pdfprint"
9.1.1 Program behavior and defaults
9.1.2 List of parameters
9.1.3 Examples
9.2 Printing PDF files using the Acrobat plug-in
10 The standard OPI workflow using PDF files
10.1 Tagging PDF files
10.2 About the handling of PDF files (on the OPI Server)
10.2.1 Automatic generation of layouts
10.2.2 Resolving OPI comments in PDF files
10.2.3 Pre-separated PDF files and EtherShare OPI
11 Export for Imposition with EtherShare OPI
12 Transforming PDF into EPSF
13 Example workflow
14 Support options
15 Create PDF Server
15.1 Installation
15.1.1 Prerequisites
15.1.2 Macintosh Server memory requirements
15.1.3 Performance
15.1.4 Macintosh Server installation
15.2 Setting up a "Create PDF" printer queue with EtherShare Admin
15.2.1 Setting up a "Create PDF" printer queue
15.3 Printing to the "Create PDF" printer queue
15.3.1 Balancing "Create PDF" print jobs (Balance Queue)
15.4 Problems
16 PDF Internet Printing
16.1 Workflow
16.2 Prerequisites
16.3 Installation
16.3.1 Installation with the "PDF Handshake Installation Menu"
16.3.2 Installation with the "webinstall" script
16.3.3 Verifying the installation
16.4 Uninstall PDF Internet Printing
16.5 Using PDF Internet Printing
16.6 Configuration Files
16.6.1 Configuration file of "pdfweb.conf"
16.6.2 Configuration file of "pdfweb.passwd"
16.6.3 Configuration file of "pdfweb.printers"
16.6.4 Configuration file of "pdfweb.notify"
16.7 Technical Reference
16.7.1 File list
16.7.2 Language support
16.7.3 Customizing the banners

A 1 Creating PDF files using Acrobat Distiller
A 2 Colors, color matching, proof printing - basic concepts
A 3 Using PDF Handshake with ColorSync 2 XT 2.1
A 4 About fonts
A 4.1: General remarks
A 4.2: What you have to know about fonts and PDF Handshake
A 4.3: More details about the "font business"
A 5 The fonts we deliver
A 6 Glossary

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