Trap Editor

Prinect Trap Editor
Online Help
Contents
• Why Trap Colors?
• General Trapping Rules
• Overview of the Control Elements
• Tool Bar and Menu Functions
• Using Prinect Trap Editor
• Trap Settings Dialog Box
• Trapping at a Glance
• Licensing
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ABC Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1 Basics
What is Trapping? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Why Trap Colors? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
How Are Flashes Avoided? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Technical Trapping Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
2 Trapping Rules
General Trapping Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
To Trap or Not to Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Trap Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Trapping Rules for Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Trap Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
The Principle of Trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Trapping Spot Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
3 Prinect Trap Editor Viewer

Demo Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
4 Prinect Trap Editor

Overview of the Control Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Using Prinect Trap Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Prinect Trap Editor Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Prinect Trap Editor Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Prinect Trap Editor Exiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Prinect Trap EditorOnline Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Control Elements of the Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Function Buttons for the Trap Edit Functions . . . . . . . . . . 4–11
Prinect Trap Editor Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15
Batch Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–17
Creating a Batch Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–17
Running a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24
Preferences for Batch Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–25
Directly Calling the "Trap all pages" Function . . . . . 4–26
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Table of Contents ABC
Color Matching with Prinect Trap Editor . . . . . . . . . . 4–27

Working with Prinect Trap Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–30
Important Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–30
Selecting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–31
Selecting Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–35
Changing Existing Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–36
Add traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–37
Delete existing traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–38
Trapping One Page with the Same Parameters . . . . . . . . 4–39
Trapping Part of a Page (Trapping of Selected Objects) . 4–40
Retrapping a Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–40
Check trapping parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–41
Creating a Set of Trapping Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–41
Changing the Trap Settings (Trap Set) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–41
Deleting a Set of Trapping Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–42
Color Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–42
Change the trap width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–43
Change the trap direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–43
Change the trap color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–44
Change the trap path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–45
5 Trap Setting
Trap Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Closing the "Trap Settings" dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Colors Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
Geometry Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Size (Trap Width) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Rules Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8
Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8
Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–13
Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–14
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Black & Text Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–15

Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–15
Black Overprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17
(Small) Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
6 Trapping at a Glance
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1
Trap Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2
Step Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
Common Density Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
Centerline Trap Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
Trap color scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6
Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Width Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Color Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Density Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8
Overprint Text (pt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8
Smaller Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9
Size Limit (pt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9
Width Scaling (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9
Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–10
Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11
Step Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11
Trap color scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–12
Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–12
Glossary
Index
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ABC Basics
1 Basics
What is Trapping?
Trapping Trapping is a term that for some time has been widely
used in the graphic arts industry. This term refers to
Choking spreading and choking between two adjacentcolors.
Why Trap Colors?

Despite taking great care when printing multiple col-
ors, register differences may still occur. Slight shifts
(flashes, fringes) can occur at the contours of two
adjacent colors.
To avoid such undesirable effects, minimal overlaps
(traps) are created between objects and colors in the
various separations.
Flashes For example, flashes occur if the films are mounted
inaccurately or if the printing presses are not
adjusted precisely. Flashes are also likely to occur if
the paper used is affected by the machine or by tem-
perature, air humidity and the moisture content of
inks. If the adjacent colors are relatively dark, even a
very narrow flash is noticeable and cannot be over-
looked.
Example: Flashes
Flashes No flashes
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Basics ABC
How Are Flashes Avoided?

The simplest way of avoiding flashes is by spreading
the lighter color into the darker color. During an over-
print, the colors will overlap slightly and no flashes
will occur even if there are slight shifts in color.
In the example given below, the graphics on the left
are not trapped while those on the right are (by
spreading the color).
Example: Spreading
Example: A
In this case, the color of the square is lighter. By spread-
ing the color, the corresponding separation on the
right side is larger when exposed. The colors overlap
in the overprint.
Example: B
In this case, the color of the base is lighter. By spreading
the color, the knockout size of the letter H becomes
slightly smaller in that separation. The colors overlap
in the overprint.
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ABC Basics
An Example of White Framing

Not only flashes caused by gaps between colored
objects, but also overlaps themselves (in particular in
spot colors) may be noticeable and can disturb the
printed image.
In this example, both the yellow triangle and the blue
circle are to be printed in their own spot color. (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1
The most common method of trapping by deliber-
ately causing an overlap fails miserably in this case.
An overlap of these colors, whether caused by a regis-
tration error or made intentionally, results in a very
noticeable green line along the border between the
colors. (refer to Fig. 2).
Fig. 2
If at least one of the adjacent colors is quite light,

then a very good alternative method to avoid risking
an overlap might be leaving a white frame1 around
the colored areas ( s. Fig. 3). In Fig. 3, a white gap has
been left between the two objects. Offsetting the color
separations against each other would also prevent
overlapping. Next to yellow, the white frame is less
noticeable than the green overlapping zone in Fig. 2.
Fig. 3
1 This method of deliberately leaving a gap is known as white

framing.

Basics ABC
Technical Trapping Terms

Common density This is the degree to which a color is found in com-
mon in each separation of two adjacent colors:
Color 1 Color 2 Common

Density
C M Y K C M Y K C M Y K
Neutral Density Each process color (CMYK) has a different ink

strength. Neutral density was defined to determine the
strength of an ink on paper. For example, media
white has a neutral density of 0.
Example of neutral density for process colors:
0 100% Cyan 0.61
0 100% Magenta 0.76
0 100% Yellow 0.16
0 100% Black 1.70 C M Y K
The following formula can be used to calculate the
neutral density in values less than 100%:
ND = -1.7 * log (1 - color * (1 - 10 (-0.6 * D) ))
D = Neutral density value for 100% of this separation

color = Actual color value
The neutral density of all separations is calculated

from the sum of the neutral densities of the individ-
ual separations.

ABC Basics
Opacity Trapping must take into account how inks react to

each other.
Overprint properties Inks can have the following properties:
0 Normal (translucent)
0 Transparent
0 Opaque
0 Opaque & Ignore
Also refer to section Trapping Spot Colors.

ABC Trapping Rules
2 Trapping Rules
General Trapping Rules

Trapping changes your page to cover up any errors
that may occur during print. In other words, errors
are deliberately built in to hide other errors (a case of
choosing the lesser of two evils).
From the above, you can deduce that you should trap
colors as little as possible but as often as is necessary.
Creating a trap is marked by a series of steps that
must be performed every time that different colors
are adjacent:
0 Decide whether to trap or not to trap.
Does the contour of these adjacent colors have to
be trapped?
0 Define the trap direction.
If a trap is required, in which direction will it run?
0 Define the trap color.
Once the direction is defined, the correct color for
the trap must be determined.
0 Create the trap
Finally, you must create the trap based on the
parameters you defined.

Trapping Rules ABC
To Trap or Not to Trap

Trap algorithm For every pair of adjacent colors (that are visible) on a
page, the trapper (trap algorithm) checks whether a
trap is necessary or not. This decision is based on the
properties of the inks used in the adjacent objects.
In principle, the following rules can always be pre-
sumed:
0 A trap is not necessary if one of the adjacent colors
is very light.
0 A trap is necessary if the abutting colors do not
have separations in common or if the “common”
color created from the separations in both objects
is very light.
Trap Direction
The trap color is normally darker than that of the
adjacent colors. In order for the trap to remain as
invisible as possible, it must be created in the darker1
of the two adjacent colors.
If the adjacent colors have a similar lightness2, it is
difficult to decide which trap direction is the ”cor-
rect” one. In such a case, it may be better to add a trap
to both colors. A centerline trap like this is less notice-
able in the contours of adjacent objects of similar
lightness than a single-sided trap.
1 Which of the two colors is the darker one can be judged on the
basis of their neutral densities.
2 This means that the neutral density of the colors is similar.

ABC Trapping Rules
Trapping Rules for Black

Because black has such a high density, it overprints
all other colors. They become almost invisible when
printed together with black. Therefore, special rules
are applicable for black to achieve optimum results.
Colors containing a large amount of black are called
solid black and are given special treatment in trapping.
In such a case, the non-black separations are spread
under black. This exception ensures that only black
will define the visible edge of a color boundary.
Fat black Rich or Fat black refers to a color that consists of a
large amount of black plus other amounts of at least
one other separation. These additional color compo-
nents that are used to obtain a darker (hence “fatter”)
black can lead to misregisters at the edges of the
color.
The special treatment of fat black where the other
separations are choked back under black helps to
avoid such a problem.

Trapping Rules ABC
Trap Color
Generally, the trap color is a mixture of the two adja-
cent colors. For each separation in the two colors, you
usually take the darker of the two and generate a new
color, the trap color, from these separations.
Trap color scaling Frequently, the resulting trap colors are too dark and,
as a result, the traps are too noticeable. Trap color
scaling can be used to create lighter trap colors.
The Principle of Trapping

Trapping is based on vector data. With this type of
trapping, you can trap against other vector data and
images. Trapping within images is not1 supported.
The trapper creates traps based on its internal rules
and on the settings defined by the user. It evaluates
the adjacent colors and decides whether to trap or
not, and, if so, the direction and color of the trap.
1 The quality of scanned images generally suffers from pixel-to-

pixel trapping.

ABC Trapping Rules
Trapping Spot Colors

Spot colors are fully supported. The following proper-
ties in spot colors must be taken into account when
trapping them:
0 Each spot color has a certain Neutral Density.
0Each spot color has different overprint properties:
0 Normal (translucent)
This property is assigned to spot colors that,
similar to process colors, are translucent in
printing.
0 Transparent
This property is assigned to a spot color with a
transparent varnish. Transparent colors do not
have traps.
2
Note: The objects lying below transparent ele-
ments are trapped.
0 Opaque
This property is assigned to very opaque, con-
tour-defining spot colors. They are treated as
black and in the trap always pull the adjacent
colors below it.
0 Opaque & Ignore
This property is assigned to spot colors that are
Opaque but are not to be trapped (for example,
for gold, silver or spot colors where undesir-
able combinations can occur in the trap).

ABC Prinect Trap Editor Viewer
3 Prinect Trap Editor Viewer
If Prinect Trap Editor does not have a valid license

entry, it runs as Prinect Trap Editor Viewer with a
restricted functional range.
Basically, the Prinect Trap Editor Viewer has the fol-
lowing functions:
0 It highlights all the traps on a page.
0 It highlights individual traps by clicking an object
on the page.
0 It shows the color of a selected object, the trap and
the adjacent object.
0 It checks the trapping parameters the file was
trapped with.
0 It deletes all the traps on a page or in a document.
2 Prinect Trap Editor Viewer, you can only view them!

Note: You cannot make any changes to traps with the
2 screen
Note: The way traps are displayed depends on the
resolution and on the zoom factor currently
set. To judge the trap width on the screen, you must
first zoom up the section of the page you want to
view.
The parameters of the Prinect Trap Editor Viewer are
described in the Chapter Prinect Trap Editor.
Demo Mode
2 Trap
Note: You can also use the demo mode of the Prinect
Editor to test its full function range. You can
find details about this in "License.pdf".

ABC Prinect Trap Editor
4 Prinect Trap Editor
Overview of the Control Elements
Do not display objects with

transparent colors
Highlight all traps, the selected traps

or overprinted objects
Select the highlight color
Trap selection: defines which traps of

the selected objects are selected.
Select the next / previous trap of the

selected objects
Description of the object and trap

colors
Trap width
Geometry parameters for line joins

and three-color joins
Display and edit the parameters

of a trap setting
Information and error messages
Tool bar Working with Prinect Trap Editor
Click in the area of the window shown

on which you require further information.

Prinect Trap Editor ABC
Using Prinect Trap Editor

Important Tips
Demo mode
Prinect Trap Editor allows you to:
0 Perform batch processing in Acrobat
0 Perform automatic color matching
0 Convert spot colors to process colors
0 Rename spot colors
0 Change existing traps
0 Change the trap width
0 Change the trap color
0 Change the trap direction
0 Change the trap path
0 Add traps
0 Trap a page
0 Trap all pages
0 Trap part of a page
(trapping of selected objects)
0 Check trapping parameters
0 Re-trap a page with different parameters
0 Delete existing traps
0 Delete all traps on the current page.
0 Delete all traps on all pages
0 Create trap settings
0 Change trap settings

Prinect Trap Editor Start
5 ument
Prerequisites:
The Prinect Trap Editor plug-in is installed and a doc- 1
has been opened in Acrobat.

Start Prinect Trap Editor:
0 with a click on the icon opposite in the Acrobat tool-
bar or
0 with the "Plugins > Prinect > Trap Editor" menu.
Prinect Trap Editor Licensing

You can find details about licensing in the
"License.pdf" document.
Prinect Trap Editor Exiting

Click on the close box.
Prinect Trap EditorOnline Help

The following menu function opens the Online Help:
"Help > Plug-In Help > Prinect Trap Editor..."
1 The installation of Prinect Trap Editor creates files in the

...\Acrobat\plug_ins\Heidelberg directory.

Control Elements of the Main Window
2 keep the main window as small as possible.

The control elements are summarized concisely to
Hide This option enables you to show a page with and

K Traps without trap representation.
Hide This option enables pages to be displayed with or
K Transparent without objects with transparent colors. This enables
objects the traps to be checked, even if the whole page is cov-
ered with a transparent varnish.
Hiding and Showing Objects

Hide all objects which are above the selected object.
2 ply on the remaining visible part of the page.

All further actions can now be carried out more sim-
Show the hidden objects.

Tool Bar and Menu Functions

The keyboard shortcuts are listed to the right in the
Tool bar context menu and in the tool tips. Additional func-
tion: Changing the cursor.
Hides all objects on top of the selected one

Shows the hidden objects
Context menu
Deletes all traps

Traps or re-traps a page.
Delete all traps on all pages
Trap all pages
For more detailed information, click on the menu item or the
button in the tool bar.

To call up the context menu:

0 PC: mouse-click with the right mouse button
0 Mac: mouse-click with Ctrl key pressed
Trap Selection
This button enables you to set the trap selection func-
tion depending on the situation:
O All Traps All traps for the previously selected objects are
selected.
O Same Pairs All traps from the objects with the same color pair are
selected from the group of previously selected
objects.
O Single Only one single trap is selected from the previously
selected objects.

Highlight
It is not always easy to detect all the traps on a page.
With the next two functions you can highlight single
and/or all the traps in one of three predefined flashy
colors.
All Traps Highlights all the traps on the page.
Selected Highlights all the selected traps.
2 selected.
Note: All traps are highlighted if both options are
The selected traps are then highlighted in
the appropriate complementary color.
All Overprint All overprinted objects are highlighted, i.e. at least
Objects one separation is set to overprint ("-" sign).
2 overprinted objects instead of traps.

Note: In some situations Prinect Trap Editor creates
Click one of the three color patches to select the color

best suited to highlight the traps.
Double-clicking on one of the color patches calls up
the adjacent dialog box1 (Windows version) You can
select another color here. If desired, you can also
define a color of your own there.
The changed colors are automatically saved.
1 This window is somewhat different on a Macintosh!

Trap Description
In this area of the window, the trap parameters and
information concerning the objects involved are
shown in the following form:
If an object or a group of several object has several

traps, the previous or next trap can be selected using
this button.
Previous trap of the selected object.
Next trap of the selected object.
2 Click
Note: You can select a trap as follows:
the first object. Holding down the Alt key, click
the second object. The trap between these two objects
is automatically selected.

Object The color of the selected object is shown to the left

Trap and the color of the adjacent object is shown to the
Neighbor right, at the top of the field. The color of the trap is
shown in the center. The relevant object numbers are
shown in addition to the object colors.
The type of object for the selected and adjacent object
is shown below this.
The following object types are possible:
Object types 0 Graphic Colored graphic
0 Text Colored text
0 Stroke Colored line
0 Image Image
0 Blend Vignette (many small levels)
0 Shade Soft vignette (level 3)
0 Bitmap PostScript linework
0 Copydot
Direction Trap towards the adjacent object
Centerline Trap
Trap towards the selected object
Click on the arrow until you have the trap direction
you want.
Neutral Density This row shows the neutral density of the selected
object, the trap and the adjacent object.

List of process colors used. Each row shows the values

for the selected trap and the relevant adjacent object
for each separation.
Points to note:
0 The "~" sign in front of a separation color value
marks an average color value (e.g. for images and
soft vignettes).
0 The "-" sign means that the separation concerned is
set to "Overprint".
Width/Height Trap width in horizontal or vertical direction.
2 value
Note: If a value is entered in the field on the left, this
is automatically adopted for the field on the
right.
However, the trap width in vertical direction (right-
hand entry field) can be set to another value if
required.
Geometry
Click the triangle to expand the display for the geom-
etry parameters.
The geometry setting controls how the trapper reacts
with regard to line joins which are generated and in
cases where 3 colors meet.
Refer to Geometry for details on the parameters.

Function Buttons for the Trap Edit Functions

Quit edit mode without adopting changes
Adopt the changes to the selected trap. Quit edit
mode.
Trap Setting
"Trap Sets" You can select an existing trap set here. The following
sets are available by default:
0 defaultSet
Default trap set
0 inkReduSet
Example of a trap set with trap color reduction.
0 from PDF File (special case)
The page (PDF file) is already trapped. The trapping
parameters read from the PDF file are shown as a
default setting in the Trap Settings window.
Other trap settings can be created with the help of
the "Trap Settings" window.
Delete Trap Setting

1. To delete a trap set, first select it in the list "Trap Set-
ting".
2. Now select "Delete Trap Setting" in the context-sensi-
tive menu.
The selected trap setting is deleted after you confirm
an alert message.
"Settings" Button
Calls up the "Trap Settings" window. The various trap-
ping parameters are shown here.

Information and Messages

Information and messages are shown in the lower
part of the dialog box, for example, the number of
selected objects and traps.
Editing Selected Traps

Edit the trap description
Edit trap path
Deleting Selected Traps

Delete all selected traps. Changes to the overprint
attributes are retained.
Trapping Selected Objects

All selected objects are trapped against all objects
lying below them using the current valid trap setting.
Already existing traps remain unchanged.
2 bor does not affect this function.

The setting for Trap Selection or a selected trap neigh-
2 settings
This partial trapping enables the use of different trap
for different areas of the page without it
being necessary to define trap zones.
Overprint/Knockout of Selected Objects
2 start
You can only change the overprint attribute if an
object is not trapped. This should be done when you
your work. The changes are then retained when
the page is retrapped.
Selected objects are given the attribute "Overprint".
Selected objects are given the attribute "Knockout".

Undo
Undo the last action.
Note: Deleting all traps or re-trapping the entire page
can not be undone.
Restore the last action.
Deleting All Traps

Delete all jobs and reset all changes to the overprint
attribute on the page.
Note: Overprint changes made when you started
work are retained.
Trapping an Entire Page

Trap or re-trap1 the page with the parameters of the
current Trap Setting .

Delete all traps on all pages of the open document
and reset all changes to the overprint attribute on all
pages.
Note: Overprint changes made when you started
work are retained.
Trap all pages

Trap or re-trap all pages of the open document with
the parameters of the current Trap Setting.
2 performed
This function only makes sense if color matching was
for all pages of the document beforehand,
refer to Map Spot Colors.
1 If the page already has traps, recalculation of the traps must be

confirmed by quitting an appropriate message.

Grouping Objects
5 overprint
Prerequisites: The objects have the same color and
property.
The page is not yet trapped.
All the selected objects (the objects must have the
same color) are grouped to form one object.
2 split
Undo does not work with this function! You have to
up the grouped object into its single compo-
nents with the Ungroup Object function.
Ungrouping an Object
5 overprint
Prerequisites: The objects have the same color and
property.
The page is not yet trapped.
Each filled contour of a selected object becomes a sep-
arate object (grouping is canceled).
2 group
Undo does not work with this function! You can
the individual objects together to form one
object with the Group Objects function.
Change Cursor
The Change Cursor menu function changes the shape
of the cursor in the following order:

Prinect Trap Editor Preferences

You can define some preferences for Prinect Trap Edi-
tor.
1. Select "Edit > Preferences > Prinect Trap Editor".
The "Prinect Trap Editor: Preferences" window dis-
plays:
In the "Protocol" group, you can define whether a log

file will be written or not.
All PDF files edited on a certain day are listed in the
log file. This log file records, for example, the time
the program starts and ends, trap settings used, and
the number of trapped objects.
2. Check the "Write PDF Log File" option.
3. In the "Keep for ... days" box, type in after how many
days the log file will be deleted automatically.
4. In the "Folder" box, define the folder where the log
file will be saved. Browse to the folder you want with
the button with the three dots.

The log file is named automatically. The name com-

prises "Prinect Trap Editor" and the date (month, day
and year). The log file is saved as a PDF.
5. Select a paper size for the log file in the "Paper" list
box (DIN A4 or US Letter).
In the "Comment" group, you can define whether a
comment about the work done with the Prinect Trap
Editor will be added to this PDF. You can view these
details using the added Note tool and by clicking the
Adobe® Acrobat® "Comments" function.
6. If necessary, check the "Insert information about

applied trap parameters" option.
7. Click "OK".
The preferences are applied.

Batch Processing
Prinect Trap Editor supports batch processing in
Acrobat. You can create a command sequence there
and apply it automatically to one or several docu-
ments in one go.
2 inor "Working
You can find details about this in the Acrobat 5 Help
with PDF", "Batch Processing" subsection
in the Acrobat 6 Help in "Publishing in Electronic
Formats", "Processing of Adobe® PDF documents in
batches" subsection.
Creating a Batch Sequence

This is how you can apply batch processing to a docu-
ment or several documents:
1. In Adobe® Acrobat® 6 select "Advanced > Batch Pro-
cessing...".
2. In Adobe® Acrobat® 5 select "File > Batch Processing >
Edit Batch Sequences".

All batch sequences you defined beforehand as well

as a number of simple, predefined Adobe® batch
sequences are listed in the "Batch Sequences" win-
dow.
3. Click "New Sequence ..." to create a new sequence.
4. Type in a name for this new sequence and click "OK".
You create a new batch sequence in the "Batch Edit

Sequence" dialog box.
5. Click "Select Commands...".

6. Select "Prinect Trap Editor" below "Heidelberg" in the

left list box of the "Edit Sequence" dialog box and
click "Add" to add the command to the right list box.
2 sequence.
If necessary, you can add other commands to this
For example, select "Prinect Color Editor"
in addition to the "Prinect Trap Editor" command to
give your printing a perfect workflow.
You can click the triangle to the left of the name at

any time to view the options you have defined so far
for the command.

Defining Prinect Trap Editor Options for Batch Processing

1. Select "Prinect Trap Editor" in the right list box of the
Edit... "Edit Sequence" dialog box and click "Edit".
Click in the area of the

window shown
on which you require
further information.
2. Define your settings (described below) and save them

with "OK".
Trap Setting You can select an existing trap set in this box.
K Use embedded Job- Applications may embed trapping parameters in a
Ticket Settings PDF file using so-called Job Tickets. If this option is
if available checked and the file to work on has such embedded
trap settings, then trapping is done according to
these rules. In all other cases the settings chosen from
the list box are used.
2 appropriate
If the settings were really taken from the Job Ticket,
information will be displayed in the mes-
sage window after trapping. The used settings may be
checked using Prinect Trap Editor afterwards.

Spot Colors The following settings are possible:

0 Keep all spot colors
0 Map all spot colors to process
0 Respect spot colors from trap set
This option means that all spot colors in the trap set
are retained. All other spot colors are converted to
process colors.
K Retrap Trapped Pages When this option is checked, trapped pages are
retrapped during batch processing with the parame-
ters defined here.
K Trap Sheet as single This option controls how to handle imposed PDF lay-
page out documents.
Option checked:
The entire sheet is trapped as a single page. This
option should be checked especially for layouts,
where the contents from different original pages are
to be trapped against each other.
2 PDF Assistant cannot be used anymore.

Note: The “Show Layout Pages” function from Prinect
k Trap Sheet as single Option unchecked:

page Each original page within the layout will be trapped
individually. The “Show Layout Pages” function from
Prinect PDF Assistant may be used afterwards to
check or edit traps from single pages.
2 created
Note: The imposed layout PDF files must have been
using Prinect Printready or Prinect Signa Sta-
tion. Sheets created with other applications are
treated as normal single pages.

Editing the Batch Sequence
3. Select an option from the popup menu for "Run com-

mands on":
Selected Folder Select "Selected Folder" to apply batch processing to
all the files in the selected folders and their subfold-
ers. Click "Browse" to select the folder.
Ask When Sequence is Select "Ask When Sequence is Run" so that you can
Run define when batch processing is to start.
2 applied to several files in different folders.

This option is useful if the batch sequence will be
2 "Working with PDF", "Batch Processing" subsection.

You can find other options in the Acrobat Help in
4. Define where you want to save the processed files:

You can find details about this in the Acrobat Help in
0 "Specific Folder" lets you define a different folder to

the source folder. Click "Browse" to select the folder.

0 "Ask When Sequence is Run" lets you specify where

the files will be saved.
0 "Same Folder as Original(s)" lets you save all the files
in their original location.

Running a Sequence
All batch sequences you defined beforehand as well
as a number of simple, predefined Adobe batch
sequences are listed in the Edit Batch Sequences sub-
menu (shown on the left).
Select "File > Batch Processing > [My Batch]"
for example, "File > Batch Processing > Trapping
CMYK".
The other inputs that are prompted in other dialogs

depend on the batch chosen.
3
Performance Problem at the Macintosh:
To prevent severe performance problems occurring at
the Macintosh, after starting a batch sequence, acti-
vate the "Finder" window and then reactivate the
"Acrobat" window.
At the end, the "Warnings and Errors" window
appears, showing you a log of the processed files.

Preferences for Batch Processing

This is how you define preferences for batch process-
ing:
1. Select "Edit > Preferences > General".
2. Select the "Batch Processing" option in the left list box
of the preferences dialog box.

You can find details about this in the Acrobat Help in

Directly Calling the "Trap all pages" Function

This function allows you to trap all pages of the cur-
rently loaded document (with just two clicks) with-
out having to open the Prinect Trap Editor window.
1. Click on the icon in the Acrobat toolbar.
The following dialog box appears:
Click in the area of the

dialog box shown on
which you require fur-
ther information.
(2.) If required change the settings.

3. Start trapping with "Ok".

Color Matching with Prinect Trap Editor

Prinect Trap Editor has some color-matching func-
tions to ensure that the pages you wish to trap have
suitable colors1. In this color-matching process, all
non-CMYK colors (RGB, Lab or other calibrated colors)
are matched to the equivalent colors in the CMYK
color space. Spot colors are ignored in this process,
refer to Map Spot Colors. This ICC-based color match-
ing is performed automatically before the page data
are imported.
The ICCProfiles directory is created in the ...\Acro-
bat\plug_ins\Heidelberg directory during the Prinect
Trap Editor installation. This directory contains an
ICC profile for CMYK and an ICC profile for RGB.
These ICC profiles are used for automatic color
matching. The RGB profile is used for RGB graphics
and images. The CMYK profile is used as the final out-
put profile.
2 with
Note: You can replace these supplied ICC profiles
your own profiles by replacing the relevant files
with your own versions.
"Map Spot Colors" The "Map Spot Colors" function in Prinect Trap Editor
function (in the context menu) allows you to convert
unwanted spot colors to process colors or to rename
them. However, this can only be done as long as the
pages2 are not trapped.
2 Editor
Note:
The ideal tool for preparing colors for Prinect Trap
is Prinect Color Editor
1 No unwanted spot colors

2 The "Page" button cannot be selected if the current page is
already trapped. The "Document" button cannot be selected if a
page in the document is already trapped.

3
Attention: There is no undo available for this func-
tion. If you make a mistake, close the document with-
out saving the changes and then open the document
again.
Converting spot col- Procedure:
ors to process colors 1. Select "Map Spot Colors" in the context menu.
The following dialog box appears:
The dialog box lists all the spot colors1 in the docu-
ment. You can now map or rename spot colors here.
2. Select the spot color(s)2 you wish to convert to process
colors.
1 This list not only shows the spot colors of the current page, as
in the Prinect Trap Editor main window, but also the spot colors of
the entire document.
2 Multiple selection is also possible if the Shift key is held down.

3. Set the "Convert to process" color matching status to

"yes".
Saving your changes:
4. Click the "Page" button if the changes are only to
apply to the current page. Click "Document" if they
are to apply to the document.
All selected spot colors are now converted to the
equivalent process colors according to the ink recipe1
included in the shipment.
Renaming Procedure:
a spot color 1. Select the spot color whose name you wish to change.
The name of the spot color appears below in the edit
box.
2. Change the name of the spot color.
(3.) If necessary, changes the names of other unwanted
spot colors.
Saving your changes:
4. Click the "Page" button if the changes are only to
apply to the current page. Click "Document" if they
are to apply to the document.
1 The ink recipes are located in the PDF file.

Working with Prinect Trap Editor
Important Tips
3
The way traps are displayed depends on the screen
resolution and on the zoom factor currently set. To
judge the traps on the screen, you must first zoom up
the section of the page you want to view. If you do not
set a high enough scale factor, it is possible that only
some of the traps will be displayed.
3
Viewing the traps in Acrobat can be misleading in cer-
tain cases if the Acrobat Overprint Preview1 is not
enabled.
3
Attention:
Make sure that the page you wish to edit has no
unwanted spot colors.
The following items must always be remembered
when working with Prinect Trap Editor:
0 You can subsequently change the contents of a page
that is already trapped. However, we do not recom-
mend this method (exception: for minor changes).
0 While Prinect Trap Editor is being used, in Acrobat
you should only use functions affecting the view
mode and no other functions.
0 Only when the PDF document is saved with Acrobat
are the changes made with Prinect Trap Editor per-
manently saved.
0 Wherever possible, the overprint feature is used
when traps are created.
1 To be found in Acrobat 5 in "View > Overprint Preview".

Selecting Objects
Trap selection is based on objects (colored surface,
image, vignette, text, ...). Each object can have any
number of traps against adjacent objects. The pro-
gram focuses on exactly one object pair and any
Focus accompanying trap. The object has focus. The rele-
vant parameters are then shown in the Description
section of the window. The accompanying object
number1 is also displayed.
You may select any number of objects:
0 with the help of the mouse
0 with the rubberband (lasso)
0 via the relevant menu entries
0 or with the help of the buttons in the tool bar.
Prinect Trap Editor frames each selected object with a
thin bounding box.
The object pair which is in focus is marked by a
slightly thicker frame. If all objects are selected, only
one thick frame is shown around all of the selected
objects.
The following information is displayed in the mes-
sage box of the main window:
0 Number of selected objects
0 Number of traps of the selected objects
0 Number of selected traps
Example: 12 objects 4 traps 1 selected
The Trap Selectionbutton setting determines which

traps of the selected objects should be deleted or
changed.
1 The individual page objects are numbered automatically, start-

ing with 0 (page background).

Selection per Mouse Click

1. Select the first object per mouse-click. All previously
selected objects are then deselected.
2 "Description"
The object data (color, type) is displayed in the
field. If available, the trap closest to the
click-point is also selected and the relevant trap
parameter as well as the color and type of the adja-
cent object is displayed.
Collective selection 2. Add further objects to the selection by pressing the
shift key at the same time as the mouse-click. The
object selected last is in focus1.
(3.) Deselect mistakenly selected objects by clicking with
the mouse and holding down the Shift key at the
same time.
Selecting covered If necessary, reselect objects per mouse-click and
objects press the following key combination at the same
time:
0 Alt and Shift key (Windows)
0 a and Shift key (Macintosh)
The object selected last is in focus.
1 The object which is currently in the center of view is in focus.

Its data (color and type) is displayed in the Description field.

Selection with the Rubberband (Lasso)

1. Rubberband a box around all the objects you want to
select. The lowest object in the object stack is in focus.
Collective selection 2. Further objects can be enclosed and therefore added
to the selection by pressing the shift key whilst click-
ing and dragging. Objects which have already been
selected are not deselected! Focus does not change
(3.) Deselect mistakenly selected objects by clicking with
the mouse and holding down the Shift key at the
same time.
Selection with Menu Functions or the Tool Bar

0 "Select > All"
All objects on the page are selected.
This function is helpful if you wish to check all
traps on the page. Use the Next or Prev but-
tons for navigation through the traps.
0 "Select > by Color"
In addition, all objects are selected which have the
same color and the same overprint features as the
object which is currently in focus.
Example: Selecting all red objects
A red object is selected. Pressing this button now
selects all red objects which have exactly the same
color values as the previously selected object.
Additional function:
Clicking this icon with the Shift key held down
restricts the selection to all objects that have the
same color and overprint properties. Used in con-
junction with "Select > by Type", this function is use-
ful if you wish to select all objects of the same type
and same color (for example, all black, knockout
texts).

0 "Select > by Type"

In addition, all objects are selected which have the
same type as the previously selected object.
Example 1: Select all images
One single image (image object) is selected. Pressing
this button selects all images on the page.
Example 2: Select all colored text
One single colored text object is selected. Pressing
this button selects all colored text objects on the
page.
Additional function:
Clicking this icon with the Shift key held down
restricts the selection to all objects of the same type.
Used in conjunction with "Select > by Color", this
function is useful if you wish to select all objects of
the same type and same color (for example, all
black, knockout texts).
0 "Select > Invert Selection" (see context menu)
The current selection is inverted, i.e.
0 selected objects are deselected
0 deselected objects are selected
0 The next object up in the stack is selected.
0 The next object down in the stack is selected.

Selecting Traps
Single trap Click on the object whose trap is to be selected. The
selection adjacent trap is automatically selected.
If the object has several traps, use the (Next) or
(Previous) buttons to select the desired trap.
2 Click
Note: You can select a single trap as follows:
the first object. Holding down the Alt key, click
the second object. The trap between these two objects
is automatically selected.
2 K "Selected" option is activated under "Highlight".

Note: The selected traps are highlighted if the
Several traps If you wish to select several traps, first select the rele-
selection vant objects (refer to Selecting Objects).
The Trap Selection setting determines which traps are
selected.
O All Traps 0 All the traps of the selected objects are selected (for
example, to jointly change their trap width). Trap
color and trap direction cannot be changed in this
mode.
O Same Pairs 0 Of the group of selected objects, all traps of objects
with the same color pairing as the objects in Focus
are selected (for example, for a joint reduction of
the trap color).
O Single 0 Only one single trap is selected from the selected
objects.

Changing Existing Traps

(1.) If necessary, select the "Selected" option in "High-
light". This makes your work much easier.
2. Select the traps which are to be changed.
(3.) If necessary, select a suitable color for highlighting
the selected trap.
The current trapping parameters are shown in the
"Description" section.
4. Press the button .
5. Change the parameters (color, direction, width, ...) of
the selected traps.
KFlat Tint Refer also to Changing the Trap Color
6. Press the "OK" button.
2 changes made permanently saved.

Only when the PDF document is saved are the

Add traps
To create an additional trap1, you must first click the
two adjacent objects along whose border a trap will
be created:
2 ing complex bitmaps.

You can also use this function for spreading or chok-
1. Click the first object.

(2.) Click on the adjacent object whilst holding the Alt
key.
Exception: If an adjacent object is not selected, Pri-
nect Trap Editor creates a frame based on the color
data set without any restrictions caused by back-
ground objects (see below for an example).
4. Determine the parameters (color, direction, width, ...)
of the selected traps.
5. Press the OK button.
Example:
0 Select a black object
0 Click the icon ("Select > by Color").
0 Set "Trap Selection" to "Same Pairs".
0 Click in ("Edit Trap").
0 Set the color values (CMYK): --> (-,-,-,100)
0 Set the trap direction "to black".
0 Click in OK.
Result: This will create a small inside overprinting
black frame on all black objects.
1 This function is used to create a frame (any color) with a maxi-

mum width of 15 points. Refer to the example: White frame

2
A choked trap (frame) where all the color values are
set to "overprint" (-) reduces the object by the set trap
width.
2 identical
A spread trap (frame) where all the color values are
to those of the object enlarges the object by
the set trap width.
Delete existing traps
5 ready
Only traps that were created with the Prinect Print-
Trapping Processor or with Supertrap can be
deleted.
1. Select the "Selected" option in "Highlight".
2. Select the traps which are to be deleted.
The current trapping parameters are shown in the
"Description" section.
(3.) If necessary, change the highlight color.
4. Press the button (Delete all selected traps).
The selected traps are removed and the next trap is
automatically selected.
Deleting All Traps on the Current Page

Press the button.
3
Attention: This also undoes any manual changes to
the overprint attribute, unless they were made at the
beginning of your work. Should manual changes to
the overprint attribute be retained, select all objects
and delete the traps using the "Delete all selected
traps" function.


Press the button.
3
Attention: This also undoes any manual changes to
the overprint attribute, unless they were made at the
beginning of your work.
All traps on all pages of the open document are
deleted and all changes to the overprint attribute on
all pages are reset.
Trapping One Page with the Same Parameters

1. Select the desired "trap setting".
2. Press the button.
The page is trapped using the parameters of the cur-
rent trap set.
2
You can cancel the function with the Esc key.
2 traps
If the page already has traps, deletion of existing
must be confirmed by quitting an appropriate
message.
Trapping All Pages with the Same Parameters
5 document beforehand, refer to Map Spot Colors.

Color matching was performed for all pages of the

Press the button.
All pages of the document are trapped using the cur-
rent trap set.
2

Trapping Part of a Page (Trapping of Selected Objects)

1. First select the object which should be trapped with a
different "trap setting" (refer to Selecting Objects).
3. Trap object -> press the button.
All selected objects are trapped against all objects
lying below them using the current "trap set".
2 neighbor does not affect this function.

The setting for "Trap Selection" or a selected trap
(4.) If necessary, use steps 1 thru 3 several times.

5. Select all objects.
6. Select the other "trap setting".
7. Trap object -> press the button.
Existing traps remain unchanged. Only previously
untrapped objects are now trapped using the cur-
rently set "trap setting".
2
Retrapping a Page
Refer to Trapping One Page with the Same Parame-
ters.

Check trapping parameters

1. Load the trapped page.
2. Press the "Settings..." button.
The "Trap Settings" window shows you the parame-
ters with which this page was trapped.
2 This
"from PDF-File":
name is reserved and indicates that the trapping
parameters were read from the PDF file that is
already trapped.
Creating a Set of Trapping Parameters

The "Trap Settings" window appears.
2. Set the trapping parameters desired.
3. Click in "Save As..."
4. Edit the name under which you will save the set
parameters.
5. Click "Save" to save the set parameters as a parameter
set.
Changing the Trap Settings (Trap Set)

The "Trap Settings" window appears.
2. In the "Trap Set Name" field, select the trap set you
wish to change,
3. Change the trapping parameters as required.
4. Click in "Save As..."
The right name is set by default.
5. Click "Save" to save the changed parameters to the
selected trap setting.

Deleting a Set of Trapping Parameters

1. To delete a trap set, first select it in the list "Trap Set-
ting".
2. Now select "Delete Trap Setting" in the context-sensi-
tive menu.
The selected trap setting is deleted after you confirm
an alert message.
Color Reduction
The trap color is made up of certain amounts of the
adjacent object colors. The darker trap color that
results consists of the separations with the higher
screen percent density of the two object colors.
Example:
Color A consists of 100% cyan and 80% yellow, color B
consists of 100% magenta and 50% black.
Based on the rule above, the trap color would be
made up of 100% cyan, 100% magenta, 80% yellow
and 50% black.
A trap color formed in this way is often too dark and,
as a result, too noticeable. For that reason, the per-
centages of the separations used to create the trap
color can be reduced. The color reduction only affects
those parts of the trap color that originate from the
lighter of the adjacent colors.

Change the trap width

(3.) If necessary, first select the unit of measurement you
want for entering and showing the trap width.
4. Then type the trap width desired in the "Width/
Height" field. You can now enter the value for the trap
width in vertical direction in the right input field.
5. Click on "OK" to apply the desired changes.
Change the trap direction

3. Click the button with the arrow symbol several
times to change the direction of the selected trap.
4. Click on "OK" to apply the desired changes.

Change the trap color

(3.) First select the color separation whose value you wish
to change.
The values of the separation selected above are
repeated below the box. You can now change the sep-
aration value of the trap color in the input field.
2 marks
Note: The "~" sign in front of a separation color value
an average color value (e.g. for images and soft
vignettes).
4. Change the value for this separation in the input
field. The sign “-” sets the separation concerned to
"Overprint".
KFlat Tint If at least one of the trap objects is not of type "Image"
or "Blend", the trap is created from a combination of
color separations that were taken unchanged from
one of the two objects. Separations belonging to a
non constant color are marked by a preceeding "~"
average sign. In such cases, the enabling of the "Flat
Tint" check box will force the trapper to use constant
color values for the trap instead of using image or
blend separations. This mode allows to specify any
desired color values for the trap. In particular it
allows to specify values which are not within the
range of colors coming from both objects.
(5.) If necessary, repeat the last two steps to change the
other separation values.
6. Click on OK to apply the desired changes.

Change the trap path
5 to "Single".
Prerequisites: The "Trap Selection" radio button is set

2. Press the button . The selected trap is outlined in
the color selected under "Highlight".
The contour can now be changed at any point with
the help of the square drag point.
3. First click on the drag point to be changed. The point
is then highlighted with a thin line. Refer to Ways to
Select Points on the Path.
4. Make your changes. You can "Undo" or "Redo" up to 10
steps using the context menu while you are doing
this.
1 2 3
Image 1 Image 2 Image 3
5. Click on "OK" to save your changes. "Cancel" discards

any changes you made. The trap path editor mode is
exited.

Ways to Select Points on the Path
Mouse click on a point Deselects all other points on the trap path and
selects the one you clicked.
SHIFT + mouse click on a Toggles the selection status (on/off) of a point.
point
Mouse click on a trap path Deselects all other trap path points and selects
all the points of the path you clicked.
SHIFT + mouse click on a Adds all the points of the trap path you clicked
trap path to the selection.
Rubberband box (lasso) Selects all the trap path points within the rub-
berbanded box.
SHIFT + rubberband box Adds all the trap path points within the rubber-
(lasso) banded box to the selection.
Selection per Mouse Click

1. Select the first point per mouse click. All previously
selected points are then deselected.
Collective selection 2. Add further points to the selection by pressing the
Shift key at the same time as the mouse-click. Dese-
lect any points you selected by mistake by clicking
with the mouse and holding down the Shift key at the
same time.
Selection with the Rubberband (Lasso)

1. Rubberband a box (lasso) around all points you want
to select.
Collective selection 2. You can add further points to the selection by hold-
ing down the Shift key during rubberbanding. This
action does not deselect points that are already
selected!
3. Deselect any points you selected by mistake by click-
ing with the mouse and holding down the Shift key at
the same time.

How to Make Changes

Moving a trap path Move the point with the mouse or using the arrow
point keys.
Adding another point Add another point by clicking with the mouse on the
to the trap path trap path while holding down the Alt key (Windows)
or the a key (Macintosh).
Adding a curve Click with the mouse on the trap path while holding
down the Alt key (Windows) or the a key (Macintosh)
and the Shift key at the same time.
Converting a corner Hold down the Alt key (Windows) or the a key
point to a curved point (Macintosh) and the Shift key at the same time and
click the trap path point.
Shift + Alt key (a key) ---> Curved point

Alt key (a key) ---> Corner point
Converting a curved Hold down the Alt key (Windows) or the a key
point to a corner point (Macintosh) and click the trap path point.
Deleting a trap path Click the trap path point.
point Hit the Del key (or select "Delete" in the context
menu).
Moving a trap path Click the trap path and move it with the mouse or
using the arrow keys. For each click on the arrow key
the path moves one pixel. Therefore the distance
depends on the current zoom:
Zoom = 100% 1pt = 0.3528mm

Zoom = 1,600% 1/16 pt = 0.022mm
Zoom = 8 x 1600% 1/128 pt = 0.0028mm
Deleting a trap path Click the trap path to select it.

Hit the Del key (or select "Delete" in the context
menu).

Context Menu
Context menu while you are making changes.
The "Delete" function deletes any contour points or
contours you selected beforehand.
You can "Undo" or "Redo" 10 steps in your work.
When the Acrobat scale-up limit is reached, the
"Zoom in" function in the context menu enables the
view to be enlarged further by 3 steps. Select "Zoom
out" in the context menu to cancel the scale-up step.
"Zoom max" displays the section in the maximum
scale-up possible.
2 sible
When you select Zoom max, the maximum zoom pos-
in Acrobat is selected if it was not set there
beforehand. When you select "Zoom max" again, the
maximum scale-up (8fold) is reached.

ABC Trap Setting
5 Trap Setting
Trap Settings Dialog Box

The trapping parameters are explained in turn on the
pages that follow.
Click in the area of the window shown

on which you require further information.
Name
In this box, you can save trapping parameters you
have modified as a trap set or you can change an
existing trap set.
To save the trap setting:
Click "Save As...".
A dialog box appears where you can change the name
of the trap setting. Finally click "Save".
Closing the "Trap Settings" dialog box.

Choose "Cancel" to quit the dialog without saving any
changes.
Choose "Save&Close" to quit the dialog with the
changes saved.

Trap Setting ABC
Colors Tab
Color Settings
List of the inks used in the order they will be printed.
Each row shows the following parameters:
Type 0 Type of color as set in the overprint properties
ND 0 Neutral Density (ND)
SL 0 Step Limit (SL)
TCS 0 Trap Color Scaling (TCS)
The boxes below the list repeat the parameters of the
selected line and let you change the parameters that
are shown.
Printing sequence You can change the order of spot color printing as fol-
lows:
Click on and drag the relevant process color (inverted
bar) to the position on which this color should be
printed.
Default Ink Set The predefined neutral densities for CMYK are chosen
from ink sets EURO, SWOP or TOYO.

ABC Trap Setting
Geometry Tab
Size (Trap Width)

The trap width can be specified both in horizontal
and vertical direction so that it is easier for you to cus-
tomize your work to the different printing condi-
tions1. The user interface accepts trap widths from
0.05 point to 15 point or 0.0176 mm to 5.29 mm.
2 (vertical/horizontal) must be known for this.

Note: The orientation of the page on the signature
Width Trap width along vertical contour2.
Width = horizontal trap width
Height Trap width along horizontal contour.
1 The trap width required is based on the largest possible regis-

ter error that can occur during the entire processing route right up
to the printed result. The size of the horizontal register fault can
differ from the vertical one depending on the error source.
2 Refers to the page as seen on the monitor.

Trap Setting ABC
Height = vertical
trap width
The trap width on the horizontal contour ("Height") is

automatically set to the same value when an entry is
made in the "Width" box. However, the value for the
"Height" can then be changed independently.
Line Split (%)

This parameter is only significant when trapping
lines1 (only choked traps).
The function helps to prevent a third color, differing
from the two trap colors, remaining visible in the
center of the line.
"Trap Width" is Result larger than The "Trap Width" is set

multiplied by the the line width? to half of the line
Yes
"Line Split (%)" width.
value.
No
The "Trap Width"

remains unchanged.
Example:
Line width Trap Width Line Split Resulting Trap Width

1 pt 0.25 pt 200 % 0.25*2.00=0.5 < 1 ------> 0.25 pt
1 pt 0.25 pt 500 % 0.25*5.00=1.25 > 1 ------> 0,50 pt
1 The object type is "Stroke".

ABC Trap Setting
Geometry
The geometry setting controls how the trapper reacts
with regard to line joins which are generated and in
cases where 3 colors meet.
Line Join:
O Bevel
O Round
O Miter

Trap Setting ABC
Limit (%) The "Limit" determines when traps on mitered cor-

ners are beveled.
Limit = 500% (default)
100 200 00 600
b The length is smaller than 5 * b
i.e. the corner remains mitered
Limit = 500% (default)

100 200 300 600
The length is greater than 5 * b
i.e. the corner is beveled
b
Examples: Limit 100, 200, 300 and 600%
100 200 300 600

ABC Trap Setting
3 Color Joins
The "3 Color Join" parameters are used to determine
the contour of the trap in those places where at least
three colors meet.
K Mitered Corners k Mitered Corners K Mitered Corners
deactivated activated
Trap Trap
K Clipped Chokes k Clipped Chokes K Clipped Chokes

deactivated activated
Trap Trap

Trap Setting ABC
Rules Tab
Trap
The parameters relating to "Trap" allow a general con-
trol of the trapping conditions. The following three
conditions must be met in order to create a trap:
Absolute difference 0 The difference in dot percentage between two col-
between separations ors must be greater than 5% in at least two separa-
tions.
Relative difference 0 The difference between two separations relative to
between separations the lighter of the two must be greater than the step
limit entered by the user.
Overall common den- 0 The sum of the neutral density of all separations
sity must be less than the common density limit.

ABC Trap Setting
Step Limit (%)

This parameter indicates the degree to which the sep-
arations of adjacent colors must vary before a trap is
created.
A trap is created in those separations where the differ-
ence between adjacent colors is greater than the
input value.
How this works:
0 Lower values cause traps to be created even with
slight differences in color. Accordingly, there are a
greater number of traps.
0 Higher values mean that traps are created only if
the differences in color are greater. Accordingly,
there are not as many traps.
2 There
Note:
is no trapping if the difference between adja-
cent colors is less than 5 %.
The "Step limit" ranges between 1% - 100% .
The default value is 25%.

Trap Setting ABC
Common DensityLimit
This "Common Density Limit" is used to prevent traps
being created in places where flashes are not visible
due to the ink recipe. Any spot colors will also be
taken into account.
How this works:
0 Lower values mean that traps are not created if
there are only slight differences in color. Accord-
ingly, there are not as many traps.
0 Higher values mean that traps are created only if
there are greater differences in color. Accordingly,
there are a greater number of traps.
The values for the "Common Density Limit" range
between 0 and 10. The default value is 0.5.
Example: "Common Density Limit" = 0.5, this means a
trap is not to be created if the common neutral den-
sity is greater than 0.5.
Color 1 -> 60% Cyan and 20% Magenta
Color 2 -> 40% Cyan and 70% Magenta
The neutral density value (ND) of cyan is 0.61, that of
magenta 0.76.
Formula for calculating neutral density (ND):
ND = -1.7 * log (1 - color * (1 - 10 (-0.6 * D) ))

Result: ND= 0.294 common neutral density

The common neutral density of both colors is less
than the specified Common Density Limit. In this case, a
trap is created.

ABC Trap Setting
Centerline Trap Limit (%)

The "Centerline Trap Limit" specifies under what con-
ditions a centerline trap will be created.
The default trap direction (lighter color moves under
darker color) is not obligatory between colors with a
similar neutral density (ND).
The default value is 100% and means that no 1center-
line trap will be created.
How this works:
The lower the "Centerline Trap Limit" entered, the
more centerline traps will be created.
Theory:
A centerline trap is created if the neutral density of
the lighter color is greater than the neutral density of
the darker color multiplied by the "Centerline Trap
Limit".
The values for "Centerline Trap Limit" range between
0% and 100%.
1 Rare exception: Centerline traps will be created if the neutral

density of the objects is identical.

Trap Setting ABC
Trap Color Scaling (%)

"Trap Color Scaling" helps to make traps less notice-
able (for example, in pastels).
The default value is 100% and means that there is no
"Trap Color Scaling".
How this works:
Lower values entered here create lighter trap colors,
thus making the traps less noticeable.
Theory:
"TrapColor Scaling" makes traps less visible by reduc-
ing the various separations according to the degree
they are present in the trap color. "Trap Color Scaling"
only affect those parts of the trap color that originate
from the lighter of the adjacent colors.
The values for "TrapColor Scaling" range between 0%
and 100%.
Example of a Color Reduction

Trap Color Scaling = 75%
The yellow separation in the darker color is 60%.
The yellow separation in the lighter color is 88%.
Without a color reduction, the trap in the yellow sep-
aration would be 88%. With Trap Color Scaling, the
difference (88 - 60 = 28) is now reduced to 75% (0.75 *
28 = 21) and this 21% is added to the separation with
the lesser value (60 + 21=81).
Result:
By means of a 75% Trap Color Scaling, the trap color
in the yellow separation was reduced from 88% to
81%.

ABC Trap Setting
Keepaway Mode
This is a new trapping function that is required in
some packaging jobs.
When "Keepaway Mode" is checked, trapping is done
by moving the lighter separations to the lighter
object instead of moving the darker separations to
the darker object. This usually creates a white frame
around every object.
This White Framing is useful if you want to keep inks
away from each other, for example, when printing on
metallic surfaces.
2
You could also call this function "inverted" trapping.
Creation
K "Postscript Level 2 if possible" (checked)
The traps are created without using the DeviceN color
space. DeviceN color spaces are not reproduced cor-
rectly on PostScript Level 2 RIPs.
k "Postscript Level 2 if possible" (unchecked)

The DeviceN color space is used when required dur-
ing trapping.

Trap Setting ABC
Images
Trap To: KObjects If checked, images are trapped to other objects. The
image pixels are not replicated. Instead the traps are
created by "overprinting" single color separations.
Default: function checked.
Trap To: KImages If checked, images are trapped to other images1.
Default: function not checked.
Direction This parameter controls how traps are placed when
images are trapped.
The following settings are available:
0 "Into Image"
Traps are placed in the image.
0 "Center"
Traps are centered along the edge between the
image and the adjacent object.
0 "Into Object"
Traps are placed in the adjacent object.
0 "Automatic"
The trap direction is determined automatically on
the basis of the color of the adjacent object and of
the average color of that image area.
Default: "Automatic"
K Trap complex Bit- Sometimes trapping for complex bitmaps (many
maps if possible small elements) may not be desired.
It can be disabled here.
1 Trapping within images is not supported.

ABC Trap Setting
Black & Text Tab
Black
The parameters relating to Black are used for the spe-
cial way black colors are handled.
Width Scaling (%)

"Width Scaling (%)" allows you set a different trap
width for black. This ensures that in the case of
S rich or fat black the colors lying below are not vis-
ible as margins on the pages.
How this works:
0 Lower values -> narrower traps
0 Higher values -> wider traps
This value means that the normal trap width is used
for black.
The values range between 0% and 10000%.
Example:
To obtain 1.5 times the trap width for black, a value of
150% must be set.

Trap Setting ABC
Color Limit (%)

"Color Limit (%)" defines the threshold above which
the trapper treats a dark color as solid black and thus
applies the special rules for black.
How this works:
The smaller the value, the more likely a dark color
will be treated as black.
The values range between 0% and 100%.
0% -> all colors are treated as black
100% -> only 100% black is treated as black
Density Limit
"Density Limit" defines a threshold for neutral density
above which the trapper considers a spot color to be
as dark as black.
2 spot
The special rules for black are only applied to a dark
color if the value set for "Color Limit (%)" is
reached.
The user can specify that a dark spot color should be
treated as black by setting the Black Density Limit less
than or equal to the neutral density of the spot color.
How this works:
The smaller the value, the more likely a dark color
will be treated as black.
The default value is 1.6.
(The neutral density of SWOP black is 1.7.)
The values range between 0 and 10.0.

ABC Trap Setting
Black Overprint
K Text up to (pt) All black texts that are smaller than or the same as
the font size specified here are set to "Overprint".
The default value is 12 point.
The values range between 0 and 999 point.
Setting the size of the body text is advisable so that
this is converted to "Overprint" while headings and
headlines are trapped normally.
K Strokes up to Width Black frame objects (type = Stroke) are set to "Over-
(mm) print" if they don't reach the limit width.
K Graphics All black graphic objects (type = Graphic) are set to
"Overprint".
2 located
Black objects will not be set to "overprint" if they are
on top of other opaque or black objects and
their ink is printed later. Otherwise the black object
would totally be covered when printed.

Trap Setting ABC
(Small) Text
Under this name, parameters are integrated which
control the specific behavior of the Trapper with
regard to smaller fonts. This should help to reduce
possible problems with the legibility of smaller fonts
which can be caused by trapping.
Size Limit (pt)

Colored fonts1 below or equal to the size specified
here are given special treatment. The trap width
(defined by the "Width Scaling" parameter) may be
reduced in such cases.
The default value is 6 point.
Width Scaling (%)

If the font size of a colored text is smaller than speci-
fied in "Size Limit (pt)", the trap width for this text is
scaled down as set here.
The default value is 75% and means that the trap
width for small fonts is scaled down to 75% of the
original trap width.
Special case:
An input of 0% means that no traps will be created for
small-sized texts.
1 "Overprint" cannot be used here as this would change the color

of the text.

ABC Trapping at a Glance
6 Trapping at a Glance
General
What is trapped? Only composite elements are trapped.
Any linework data and mask images contained there
are also trapped. Exception:
Only manual spreading or choking is possible on
complex bitmaps (pixeled elements full of details).
Default trap direction: The lighter color moves under
the darker color.
Fonts The following embedded fonts are trapped:
0 Type 1
0 Type 3
0 TrueType
0 Kanji-Fonts
The following fonts are not trapped:
0 Multiple Masterfonts
What is neutral den- "Neutral density" simply means: how light / dark the
sity? impression is which a color leaves on the paper.
Display Only the measured color values of the traps are
shown accurately by Prinect Trap Editor. The visual
display is not true-color as Acrobat cannot depict the
overprint of the separation colors.
Manual traps The trapper recognizes the separations of frames

(manual traps) in PostScript and that they do not
need any traps.

Trapping at a Glance ABC
Trap Width
Default: 0.1 mm
Function Sets the width of the traps.
2 The
Note:
user interface accepts trap widths from
0.05 pt to 15 pt or
0.0176 mm to 5.29 mm.
Width 0 Trap width along vertical contour1
Height 0 Trap width along horizontal contour1
1 Refers to the page as seen on the monitor.

Step Limit
Default:
25% (relative difference between colors in percent)
Function Trap decision
As of what difference between adjacent colors will a
trap be created.
A trap is created in those separations where the differ-
ence between adjacent colors is greater than the
input value.
Effect produced 0 Low value: Traps are created even when there are
slight differences.
0 High value: Traps are created only if differences are
great.
0 Max. value 100: Trapping is very seldom.
2 There
Note:
is no trapping if the difference between adja-
cent colors is less than 5 %.
Example / Background Info

Colors C60M10% and C50M70% are adjacent.
An input value of 25% means: 25% of the density of
the lighter of the separations is added to it:
C50% + 25% = C62.5%
M10% + 25% = M12.5%
If the darker color is still darker afterwards, trapping
is performed.
C60% is not darker than C62,5%. This separation is
not trapped.
M70% is still darker than M12.5%. This separation is
trapped.

Common Density Limit

Default: 0,5 (neutral density)
Function Prevents traps between richer colors.
In misregisters, flashes cannot be seen between richer
colors.
There is no trapping if the common neutral density
(ND) of adjacent colors is greater than the input
value.
Effect produced Min. value 0: No trapping.
Low value: No trapping between lighter colors.
High value: Trapping is still performed between
richer colors.
Max. value 10: The Common Density Limit parameter
would have no effect.

Colors C60M20% and C40M70% are adjacent. These
colors have 40% in common in cyan and 20% in
magenta. The neutral density value (ND) of cyan is
0.61, that of magenta 0.76.
Formula for calculating neutral density (ND):
ND = -1.7 * log (1 - color * (1 - 10 (-0.6 * D) ))

Result: ND = 0.294 common neutral density

With an input value of 0.5, trapping is still performed
between these colors.

Centerline Trap Limit

Default: 100% (percent)
Function Trap direction
Is a centerline trap to be created?
The default trap direction (lighter color moves under
darker color) is not obligatory between colors with a
similar neutral density (ND).
Effect produced Max. value 100%: None1 of the created traps are “cen-
terline”.
High value: A few of the created traps are “center-
line”.
Low value: Many of the created traps are “centerline”.
Min. value 0%: Almost all of the created traps are
“centerline”.
(Exceptions: “Black” and “Opaque”.)

A color with a neutral density of 0.9 and a color with
a neutral density of 1.0 are adjacent. Input value =
80%.
If 80% neutral density of the darker color is lighter
than the neutral density of the lighter color, then the
created trap is “centerline”.
1 Rare exception: Centerline traps will be created if the neutral

density of the objects is identical.

Trap color scaling

Default: 100% (percent)
Function Reduction of the trap color
The color of the traps can be reduced (scaled) so that
the trap outline does not look like a “frame”.
Generally, in a trap, the separations of the lighter
color move under the darker color. Only the separa-
tions of this lighter color are reduced.
Effect produced 100%: Trap color remains unchanged
High value: A large amount of the trap color is
retained. (Small reduction)
Low value: A small amount of the trap color is
retained. (Large reduction).
0%: The trap would be reduced so much as if there
were no trap.

Colors “C60M100Y10%” and “Y100%” abut. Input
value = 30%.
In the trap, Y10% of the darker color “C60M100Y10” is
replaced by the Y100% of the lighter color “Y100”.
The trap would result in a black “frame” with the
color C60M100Y100%.
The difference amounts to Y90 (calculated: Y100 – Y10
= Y90). 30% of this is Y27%.
This Y27% is added to the smaller separation values.
(Y10 + Y27 = Y37%).
The trap then is composed of the color
C60M100Y37%.

Black
Width Scaling
Default: 100% (scaling factor)
Function Black can be assigned a wider trap width.
The trap for black is to be wider than the set trap
width.
Effect produced Less than 100%: The black trap has a narrower trap
width.
100%: The black trap is assigned the set trap width.
150%: The black trap is 0.15 mm if a trap width of 0.1
mm is set.
Color Limit
Default: 95% (screen percent)
Function Defines black based on the screen percent in the K
separation.
A color is treated as black if the K separation has the
same value as the input value. It is always a contour-
defining color and in the trap pulls the adjacent col-
ors below it, for example, white below rich black.
Effect produced 100%: Only colors with K100% are treated as black.
95%: A color is treated as black if the K percentage is
95% and higher.
0%: All colors are treated as black.

Density Limit
Default: 1.6 (neutral density)
Function Defines black based on the neutral density of the
color.
A spot color is treated as black if it has the same value
as the input value.
It is a contour-defining color and in the trap always
pulls the adjacent colors below it.
Effect produced Min. value 0: All spot colors would be trapped as
black.
Low value: Even lighter spot colors are trapped as
black.
High value: Only very dark spot colors are trapped as
black.
Prinect Trap Editor shows the neutral densities that
were determined in Color Settings in the Trap Settings
window.
Overprint Text (pt)

Default: 12 (point)
Function Small black text is not to be trapped but to be set to
overprint.
Effect produced Min. value 0: No black text is set to overprint instead
of trapping.
Max. value 999: Black text up to 999 point would be
set to overprint instead of trapping.

Smaller Text
Size Limit (pt)

Default: 6 (point)
Function Determines small-sized colored texts that will have
narrower traps than entered in the trap width.
Effect produced Min. value 0: No small-sized text would have a nar-
rower trap width.
Max. value 100: Text up to 100 point would be given a
narrower trap width.
Width Scaling (%)

Default: 75 (scaling factor)
Function The trap width of small-sized colored texts is to be
scaled down.
Effect produced Value above 100: Small-sized colored texts are given a
wider trap.
Value = 100: Small-sized colored texts are given the
set trap width.
Value less than 100: Small-sized colored texts are
given a narrower trap.
Example: (input value = 75%)
Trap width 0.1 mm, small-sized colored text then has
a trap width of 0.075 mm (75% of 0.1 mm).
Special case:
An input of 0% means that no traps will be created for
small-sized texts.

Images
Default: Checked
Function Graphic and text create traps to images.
Trapping is to images and vignettes comprising
CMYK, gray and spot colors.
There is also image-to-image trapping.
Effect produced Automatic (default): The trap direction is determined
automatically.
Center: Centerline traps between image and graphic/
text.
To Image: Traps graphic/text towards the image.
To Object: Traps image towards graphic/text.
Background Info
Wherever image and graphic/text overlap, the trap-
per evaluates the image data for light, middle and
dark areas. Based on this, the decision whether to
trap or not is made and the trap direction deter-
mined.

Color Settings
Step Limit
Default: not set
(Prinect Trap Editor: SL, default: 25)
An individual1 limit can be entered here for every pro-
cess color separation. These settings override the Step
Limit setting in Trap.
1 The Step Limit setting in Trap treats all process color separations
the same.

Trap color scaling

Default: not set
(Prinect Trap Editor: TCS, default: 100)
An individual1 color reduction can be set here for
every process color separation. These settings over-
ride the Trap Color Scaling setting in Trap.
Type
0 Normal
This property is assigned to spot colors that, similar
to process colors, are translucent in printing.
0 Transparent
This property is assigned to a spot color with a trans-
parent varnish. Transparent colors do not have
traps.
2
Note: The objects lying below transparent elements
are trapped.
0 Opaque
This property is assigned to very opaque, contour-
defining spot colors. They are treated as black and
in the trap always pull the adjacent colors below it.
0 Opaque & Ignore
This property is assigned to spot colors that are
Opaque but are not to be trapped (for example, for
gold, silver or spot colors where undesirable combi-
nations can occur in the trap).
1 The Trap Color Scaling setting in Trap treats all process color sep-
arations the same

ABC Glossary
Glossary
Fat black Rich or fat black refers to a color that consists of a

large amount of black plus other amounts of at least
one other separation. The combination of 100%
black and 60% magenta produces a black that, how-
ever, appears darker (hence ”fatter”) than could be
created by using a hue of only 100% black.
Other terms used for this: rich black, solid black
Focus The object which is currently in the center of view is
in focus. Its data (color and type) is displayed in the
Description field.
Object color The color of an object is known as the object color.
This color can be made up of certain amounts of dif-
ferent inks.
Process color Process colors are the inks that are used when print-
ing a page in the inkers of the printing press. In con-
trast to these, object colors can comprise various
amounts of several process colors (or separation col-
ors).
One color separation of the page is allocated to each
process color (or ink) used.
Spreading Deliberate overlap in the various color separations
along the borders between abutting colors.
Trap Trap is the name for a single object with its appropri-
ate trap color, shape and width that the Trapper
adds to the page along the contours where two
objects abut.
Trapping Synonyms or other names used in conjunction with
trapping and traps are fatties and skinnies, spreads
and chokes, shrink, crimp, swell.
Prinect Trap Editor – Online Help

ABC Index
Index
B Batch Processing 4–17 P Preferences 4–15

Create sequence 4–17 Protocol 4–15
Preferences 4–25
Run sequence 4–24 Q Quick guide 6–1
Batch processing 4–17 Quit 4–3
Black 6–7
S Selection
C Centerline Trap Limit 6–5 Objects 4–31
Change Cursor 4–14 Traps 4–6
Choking 1–1 Spot Colors 2–5
Color Spreading 1–1
Trap color 2–4 Startup 4–3
Color matching 4–27 Step Limit 6–3, 6–11
Color Settings 6–11
Comment 4–15 T Text
Common density 1–4 Small Text 6–9
Common Density Limit 6–4 Tool bar 4–5
Context menu 4–5 Transparent Objects
Control elements 4–4 Hide 4–4
Trap
D Delete 4–38 Change direction 4–43
Demo mode 3–1 Change path 4–45
Display of traps 6–1 Change setting 4–41
Change width 4–43
F Fat black 2–3 Delete 4–38
Flashes Direction 4–9
Avoiding 1–2 Display 6–1
Fonts 6–1 Edit Color 4–44
Hide 4–4
I Images 6–10 Highlight 4–7
Manual 6–1
L Licensing 4–3 Parameter 4–11
Line split 5–4 Select 4–35
Log file 4–15 Selection 4–6
Settings 5–1
showing 4–4
M Menu functions 4–5
Trap width 6–2
Messages 4–12
What is trapped? 6–1
Width 5–3
N Neutral Density 1–4, 6–1 Width/Height 4–10
Trap algorithm 2–2
O Object Trap color 2–4
Selection 4–31 Trap color scaling 6–6, 6–12
Trap direction 2–2
Prinect Trap Editor – Online Help

Index ABC
Trap Editor
Licensing 4–3
Quit 4–3
Start 4–3
Trap path
Add curve point 4–47
Add point 4–47
Change 4–45
Convert corner point to curved point
4–47
Convert curved point to corner point
4–47
Delete 4–47
Delete point 4–47
Move 4–47
Move point 4–47
Trap Setting
Delete 4–11, 4–42
Trapping 1–1
Entire Page 4–39
Principle 2–4
Spot Colors 2–5
Trapping rules
for black 2–3
General 2–1
Type 6–12
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Color Matching with Prinect Trap Editor . . . . . . . . . . 4–27

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Black & Text Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–15

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Why Trap Colors?

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How Are Flashes Avoided?

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An Example of White Framing

If at least one of the adjacent colors is quite light,

1 This method of deliberately leaving a gap is known as white

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Technical Trapping Terms

Color 1 Color 2 Common

Neutral Density Each process color (CMYK) has a different ink

ND = -1.7 * log (1 - color * (1 - 10 (-0.6 * D) ))

D = Neutral density value for 100% of this separation

The neutral density of all separations is calculated

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Opacity Trapping must take into account how inks react to

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General Trapping Rules

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To Trap or Not to Trap

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Trapping Rules for Black

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The Principle of Trapping

1 The quality of scanned images generally suffers from pixel-to-

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Trapping Spot Colors

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If Prinect Trap Editor does not have a valid license

2 Prinect Trap Editor Viewer, you can only view them!

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Overview of the Control Elements

Do not display objects with

Highlight all traps, the selected traps

Select the highlight color

Trap selection: defines which traps of

Select the next / previous trap of the

Description of the object and trap

Geometry parameters for line joins

Display and edit the parameters

Information and error messages

Tool bar Working with Prinect Trap Editor

Click in the area of the window shown

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Using Prinect Trap Editor

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Prinect Trap Editor Start

has been opened in Acrobat.

Prinect Trap Editor Licensing

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Prinect Trap EditorOnline Help

1 The installation of Prinect Trap Editor creates files in the