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Define preflight profiles



By default, the [Basic] profile is applied to new and converted documents. This profile flags missing or modified links, overset text, and missing fonts. Although you cannot edit or delete the [Basic] profile, you can create and use multiple profiles. For example, you can switch between profiles when working on different documents, when using different print service providers, or when running a single document through different production phases.

Consult with your prepress provider to obtain a profile or to learn what the preflight profile settings are. To view a printing guide for prepress providers (PDF), see www.adobe.com/go/learn_id_prepress_wp.

Define a preflight profile

  1. Choose Define Profiles from the Preflight panel menu or from the Preflight menu at the bottom of the document window.
  2. Click the New Preflight Profile icon , and specify a name for the profile.
  3. In each category, specify the preflight settings. A check mark in a box indicates that all settings are included. An empty box indicates that no settings are included.
    Links
    Determine whether missing links and modified links are displayed as errors.

    Color
    Determine which transparency blending space is required and whether items such as CMY plates, colorspaces, and overprinting are allowed.

    Text
    The Text category displays errors for items such as missing fonts and overset text.

    Images and Objects
    Specify requirements for items such as image resolution, transparency, and stroke thickness.

    Document
    Specify requirements for page size and orientation, number of pages, blank pages, and bleed and slug setup.

  4. Choose Save to preserve your changes on one profile before working on another profile. Or click OK to close the dialog box and save all changes.

Emded and unembed profiles

When you embed a profile, you make the profile part of the document. Embedding profiles is especially useful when you’re sending the file to someone else. Just because the profile is embedded does not mean it must be used. For example, if you send a document with an embedded profile to a print service, the printer can select a different profile to use with the document.

You can embed only one profile. The [Basic] profile cannot be embedded.

  1. To embed a profile, select it in the Profile list, and then click the Embed icon  to the right of the Profile list.

    You can also embed a profile in the Define Profiles dialog box.

  2. To unembed a profile, choose Define Profiles from the Preflight panel menu, select the profile, and then choose Unembed Profile from the Preflight Profile Menu on the left side of the dialog box.

Export and load profiles

You can export a profile to make it available to others. Exported profiles are saved with a .idpp extension.

Exporting a profile is a good way to back up your profile settings. When you restore preferences, your profile information is reset. If you need to restore preferences, you can simply load your exported profile.

You can also load a profile that someone else has made available to you. You can load a *.idpp file, or you can load the embedded profile in the document you specify.

  • To export a profile, choose Define Profiles from the Preflight menu. Choose Export Profile from the Preflight Profile Menu, specify the name and location, and click Save.
  • To load (import) a profile, choose Define Profiles from the Preflight menu. Choose Load Profile from the Preflight Profile Menu, select the *.idpp file or document containing an embedded profile you want to use, and click Open.

Delete a profile

  1. Choose Define Profiles from the Preflight menu.
  2. Select the profile you want to delete, and then click the Delete Preflight Profile icon .
  3. Click OK to delete the profile.