Defining the general properties of a Preflight Profile

To define the general properties of a Preflight Profile

  1. In the Enfocus Preflight Profile Editor, in the SETUP > General category, check and, if necessary, change the Profile Properties:
    • Name
    • Author
    • Company
  2. Check and, if necessary, change the Description of the Preflight Profile.
  3. In the Permissions section, you can choose to (partially) lock the Preflight Profile to prevent users from changing the Preflight Profile. See Locking a Preflight Profile with a password.
  4. In the Problem Handling section, you can decide what you want to do when an error occurs.
    • Allow fixes: If enabled, PitStop Pro will try to solve any problems. If disabled, problems will be logged but not resolved.
    • Allow sign-off: If enabled, the user will get the chance to sign off on problems for which the Sign-off flag is set (see further). This allows the user to treat errors as warnings if they are considered less severe. If disabled, users cannot sign off errors, even if the Sign-off flag is set. Note that this sign-off is only possible as part of a certified PDF workflow.
    • Log fixes: If enabled, all fixes made in the PDF are listed in the Preflight Report.
  5. In the Preflight Report section, along with the preflight details, you can choose to gather information about fonts, color, page boxes, inks, layers, images, OPI, output intent and page color type.
    Each checkbox corresponds with an information chapter in the Preflight Report. For example, if you select the Layers checkbox, the Preflight Report will contain a chapter about the layers in the PDF and their properties. The Page Color Type chapter will inform you about the number of empty, white and black, and color pages, ...