• Contents
  • 1 About the chapters of this manual
  • 2 An introduction to HELIOS ImageServer
  • 3 Before getting started
  • 4 Set up ImageServer with HELIOS Admin
  • 5 Using ImageServer
  • 6 ImageServer utility programs
  • 7 HELIOS Script Server
  • 8 HELIOS Tool Server
  • 9 Preferences and notification features
  • 10 Troubleshooting
  • 11 Technical support
  • A About OPI settings, typical workflows, and conflicts
  • B Colors, color matching, proof printing – basic concepts
  • C ImageServer and color space
  • D Raster image transparency
  • E Raster PDF format
  • F Notes for PCShare users
  • G Glossary
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Contents

• 1 About the chapters of this manual
• 2 An introduction to HELIOS ImageServer
  • 2.1 New ImageServer features
  • 2.2 ImageServer functionality
    • 2.2.1 Overview
    • 2.2.2 OPI functionality (image replacement)
    • 2.2.3 Server-based image conversion
    • 2.2.4 Server-based color management
    • 2.2.5 Script Server
    • 2.2.6 HELIOS OPI TuneUp XT
    • 2.2.7 InDesign and QuarkXPress document previews
  • 2.3 Known limitations
• 3 Before getting started
  • 3.1 Backward compatibility
  • 3.2 About images, color modes, file formats, and compression
    • 3.2.1 General remarks
    • 3.2.2 64-bit file offset support
    • 3.2.3 Supported file formats
    • 3.2.4 File format characteristics
    • 3.2.5 Supported compression modes
    • 3.2.6 File formats of OPI-generated layout files
  • 3.3 About applications, OPI comments, and modifications
    • 3.3.1 OPI-compatible applications
    • 3.3.2 Supported image modifications and OPI comments
    • 3.3.3 Application clipping paths
    • 3.3.4 Additional channels in bitmap images
  • 3.4 About output devices
  • 3.5 How ImageServer modifies color modes
  • 3.6 How ImageServer applies color matching
  • 3.7 How ImageServer finds and replaces image files
• 4 Set up ImageServer with HELIOS Admin
  • 4.1 ImageServer settings
  • 4.2 Volume settings
  • 4.3 OPI printer queue settings
  • 4.4 ICC printer settings
  • 4.5 Using the HELIOS Admin printer log file to check OPI activities
• 5 Using ImageServer
  • 5.1 Notes about layout generation
    • 5.1.1 Notes for Photoshop users
  • 5.2 Define folder specific OPI settings
  • 5.3 Tag images with ICC profiles
  • 5.4 Export/Import XMP etc. information
    • 5.4.1 Export
    • 5.4.2 Import
  • 5.5 Refresh layouts using the “touch” program
    • 5.5.1 Using “Touch.exe” under Windows
    • 5.5.2 opitouch
  • 5.6 OPI print options – Printing from QuarkXPress and InDesign
    • 5.6.1 QuarkXPress
    • 5.6.2 InDesign
  • 5.7 Using QuarkXPress with ImageServer
    • 5.7.1 Print settings in QuarkXPress
    • 5.7.2 Overcoming QuarkXPress limitations with ImageServer and PDF HandShake
    • 5.7.3 HELIOS Preview XT
  • 5.8 Using InDesign with ImageServer
    • 5.8.1 The HELIOS Preview plug-in
    • 5.8.2 PDF-native OPI workflows
  • 5.9 Viewing HELIOS XPPV documents
    • 5.9.1 Converting the preview image format
    • 5.9.2 Viewing preview images in WebShare
    • 5.9.3 XPV action scripts in WebShare
• 6 ImageServer utility programs
  • 6.1 layout
    • 6.1.1 Syntax conventions
    • 6.1.2 General “layout” options
    • 6.1.3 Layout file generation
    • 6.1.4 Options for the layout file generation
    • 6.1.5 Attributes for “layout” options
    • 6.1.6 Layout generation example
    • 6.1.7 Image conversion
    • 6.1.8 Image conversion options
    • 6.1.9 Image conversion examples
    • 6.1.10 “OpenImage” file specification
    • 6.1.11 Tagging ICC profiles, path information, and metadata to images
    • 6.1.12 Tagging options
  • 6.2 opitouch
  • 6.3 hirespath
    • 6.3.1 Additional “hirespath” arguments
    • 6.3.2 Example
  • 6.4 oiimginfo
    • 6.4.1 Options
    • 6.4.2 Verbose/Filter levels
    • 6.4.3 Export
    • 6.4.4 Attributes for “oiimginfo”
  • 6.5 psresolve
    • 6.5.1 Options
    • 6.5.2 Example
  • 6.6 psrip
    • 6.6.1 Output file formats
    • 6.6.2 Attributes for “psrip” options
    • 6.6.3 Examples
  • 6.7 pdfresolve
• 7 HELIOS Script Server
  • 7.1 Script Server settings
    • 7.1.1 Configure a script queue
    • 7.1.2 Automatic Script Server configuration
    • 7.1.3 “Script Jobs” window
  • 7.2 Script Server log files
    • 7.2.1 Script Server log file structure
  • 7.3 Start, stop and refresh the Script Server process
  • 7.4 Included sample scripts
    • 7.4.1 HELIOS default scripts location
  • 7.5 Script Server service port
  • 7.6 ScriptAssistant
    • 7.6.1 Usage
    • 7.6.2 The “Tasks”
    • 7.6.3 Requirements
    • 7.6.4 Installation
    • 7.6.5 Uninstallation
  • 7.7 Developing and debugging scripts
    • 7.7.1 Script parameters
    • 7.7.2 Status (shown on service port 2024)
    • 7.7.3 Debugging scripts stand-alone (without Script Server)
    • 7.7.4 Debugging scripts in the Script Server environment
  • 7.8 Additional considerations
• 8 HELIOS Tool Server
• 9 Preferences and notification features
  • 9.1 ImageServer preferences
    • 9.1.1 OPI server preferences
    • 9.1.2 Global OPI preferences
    • 9.1.3 OPI-related volume preferences
    • 9.1.4 Global printer preferences
    • 9.1.5 OPI-related printer queue preferences
    • 9.1.6 Script Server preferences
    • 9.1.7 Script queue preferences
    • 9.1.8 Spot color editor preferences
  • 9.2 Notification features
    • 9.2.1 Event types
    • 9.2.2 Notification features (newer protocols)
• 10 Troubleshooting
• 11 Technical support
• A About OPI settings, typical workflows, and conflicts
• B Colors, color matching, proof printing – basic concepts
  • B.1 DeviceLink
• C ImageServer and color space
  • C.1 Hexachrome printing
  • C.2 Multicolor support for image conversion
  • C.3 The Spot Color editor
    • C.3.1 What is the spot color editor good for?
    • C.3.2 Setting up the Spot Color editor
    • C.3.3 Accurate spot colors with ColorSync/ICC
• D Raster image transparency
  • D.1 Categories of image documents with transparency
  • D.2 Transparency in raster images
    • D.2.1 Clipping paths
    • D.2.2 Alpha and mask channels
    • D.2.3 Transparency channels
    • D.2.4 Multiple layers
  • D.3 How transparency properties of images are displayed in Adobe Photoshop
  • D.4 Raster image transparency support in ImageServer
• E Raster PDF format
  • E.1 Photoshop PDF format
  • E.2 HELIOS raster PDF
  • E.3 Creating HELIOS raster PDF documents
  • E.4 Using HELIOS raster PDF as OPI layouts
  • E.5 Embedded and referenced ICC profiles
    • E.5.1 Rendering intent in PDF documents
• F Notes for PCShare users
• G Glossary