With user definable options, trapping should be easier than ever. Then the Separator plug-in can actually separate the files into the different plates, adding printer s marks, mapping spot color to process colors and display the color plates onscreen. By defining the output device, InProduction can correct the file and separate it right to the correct format and settings. The manual is short and concisely written and the program very intuitive. In no time a user can be up and running.
Additional help is found on the install disk of course, in .pdf format.
The only draw back to the system, which really isn t a problem for me as the designer, is that each file must be handled separately. But where I work on one document at a time, this doesn t cause me any grief. It may, however, be an issue for the high volume service bureau or color house. If you create artwork in .pdf format, this is a most valuable tool. Here again we find more and more control being placed in the hands of the person who created the file.