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If your QuarkXpress files can be output quickly and easily with no hassles. PDF-X-Robot is a QuarkXpress Xtension that can be run on an open document for perfect PDF creation from QuarkXpress. PDF-X-Robot™ Menu - If you are using the PDF-X-Robot Xtension from QuarkXpress, it requires an open document to process and output. To preflight and output a current open document, simply go to the PDF-X-Robot™ Menu. In QuarkXPress, go to the PDF-X-Robot™ Menu and select your desired output. With PDF-X-Robot Workflow, no output will be produced until the documents are preflighted. PDF-X-Robot will quickly and automatically check and report on all document problems <prior to> moving forward. This is very much a proactive preflight workflow. PDF-X-Robot™ is a VERY easy application to understand and operate. After launching PDF-X-Robot™ by menu, you can simply follow your intuition. You will notice the logical sequence of simple steps. It is truly easy to run and understand and requires no experience to make perfect PDF files for computer to plate.
On your first run after installing, or whenever you suspect your robot is not running correctly, please run the PDF-X-Robot™ test docs. These test documents are very plain and are simply used to verify that your robot is functioning properly. Using one of these documents can point to a document problem vs. a problem with your machine, or software. Below is the path to those files to use when testing, training, or troubleshooting. Macintosh HD / Applications / PDF-X-Robot / zResources / 0_Test_Docs/
There are a few things to look for when preparing documents for PDF-Robot™. The goal is to check these things as you build and edit your documents. It is a good idea to check your documents out for bleeds and sectioning prior to running through PDF-X-Robot™. Proper Document Sectioning - PDF/X-Robot™ uses the document sectioning to name its pages. If you don't have your documents sectioned properly, the PDF files will not come out named correctly. Or, they may come out in a bad order, or could overwrite each other. Please do not use Alphabet characters in your document sectioning, numbers ONLY. Section all your documents to reflect their actual pagination and folio in the final job. Improper Bleeds - The robot cannot detect whether you want or need bleeds extended on a page. So, please verify that your bleeds are extended 1/8 of an inch beyond the actual document trim size. We recommend that you always apply and check bleeds when handling any page. So, as you are working your documents, take a second to go to look. Check the Bleeds and make sure your documents are Sectioned Correctly.
Always Maintain Proper Config - Please be sure you understand proper maintenance of Mac OS X. There are specific disk and file system maintenance procedures that you need to use. Additionally, you should be really careful in using third party disk utilities on OS X. Once you have a PDF-X-Robot workstation configured and running, we recommend keeping it very clean and well maintained. Please see our recommended maintenance procedures and follow our advice. Master OS X Font Management - Please be sure that you take the time and care necessary to manage your Mac OS X fonts properly. Mac OS X is very cumbersome and problematic with fonts. Please take the time to read our Mac OS X Font Management guidelines here to make your font management work well. Having a fast, automatic PDF workflow is useless if you are battling fonts due to poor management.
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