Getting started with Smart Preflight

To begin Smart Preflight you need to start by defining your variables. These are saved within a Variable Set which is selected with the Hot Folder preferences of your Preflight configuration. Variables within the Variable Set can then be used in your Preflight Profiles or Action Lists and applied to different checks or corrections when Enable Variable Names is turned on for that preflight check or correction. You will probably need only one Variable Set for your installation, but you can create more if necessary. However, you can only activate one variable set per Hot Folder configuration.

Note: PitStop Pro and PitStop Server can share the same Smart Preflight Variable Sets much like Preflight Profiles or Action Lists. However, "Constant" variables are specific for use in PitStop Pro and, "Job Ticket" variables are specific to PitStop Server. Non-supported variables are ignored or the default value is used when processing.

PitStop Server uses XML/JDF job ticket data to drive the Smart Preflight processing. Before building a variable set, you need to decide which Job Ticket values will be used from the XML/JDF and what functions they will affect.