Create and preflight with FlightCheck (GWG)

This flow is a Ghent PDF Workgroup compatible flow. PDF files are created with Acrobat Distiller and preflighted with FlightCheck Professional. Notifications are sent whenever a problem is detected.

This flow is compatible with: PowerSWITCH

Information

Input
This flow accepts input files from different sources:

• The "Mail Receive" tool periodically checks an email account and inserts file attachments into the flow, while remembering the sender’s address.
• The "FTP Receive" tool periodically checks an FTP server (including subdirectories up to five levels deep) and downloads all files it finds; an appropriate “sender” email address is attached to the file depending on where it was found.
• The “Drop Folder ” folder (a shared folder on the local server) is available for manual submission of files; for example in case the files are supplied on CD.

Sorting files
Incoming PDF files are handed directly to Markzware FlightCheck Professional for preflight; incoming PostScript or EPS files are handed to Adobe Acrobat Distiller. All other file types are placed in the “Other” folder, and an email notification is sent to the designated internal operator and to the file’s sender.

Creating PDF files
Adobe Acrobat Distiller processes all incoming PostScript files using the “MagazineAds_1v3” Adobe PDF Settings, configured from within SWITCH.
If Distiller successfully creates a PDF file, it is placed in the “PDF files” folder for preflight. If an error occurs, Distiller’s error log is mailed to the customer who supplied the faulty file and to the appropriate internal customer service representative.

Checking PDF files
Markzware FlightCheck Professional checks all generated PDF files using the “MagazineAds_1v3” preflight profile, configured from within SWITCH. This is a PDF/X-plus profile available on the Ghent PDF Workgroup web site. FlightCheck tries to fix any problems it finds in order to create a compliant file. If a problem cannot be fixed, a report and result file detailing the problem is mailed to the customer who supplied the faulty file and to the appropriate internal customer service representative. Successfully preflighted PDF files are moved into the “Good PDF files” folder.

Using this flow

• Download the flow and save it on your computer: download flow
• Launch one of the SWITCH products this flow is compatible with
• Use the “Flow > Import…” menu item
• In the dialog that is shown, select the flow file

The flow now appears in the flow list. You can now examine it or customize it to your needs.