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InPreflight

Preflight, packaging and reporting beyond InDesign basics

InPreflight Pro $139⁹⁵ / Studio $99⁹⁵

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PREFLIGHT INDESIGN DOCUMENTS

Preflight results

Preflight Presets

PACKAGE MULTIPLE FILES

Advanced Packaging (InPreflight Pro only)

SAVE GRAPHIC REPORTS

Interactive PDF Report

Download sample PDF report

MAJOR FEATURES

Quickly check document fonts, colors and links
Find hidden errors not reported by InDesign
Make decisions quickly with "bird's eye view" interface
Instantly locate problems according to preflight presets
Package multiple documents (InPreflight Pro only)
Print graphic reports and save them as PDF

WHY INPREFLIGHT?
Q: InDesign CS4 already has the live preflight feature. Why would I need InPreflight?
A: InPreflight is much more than preflight. With all the advanced preflight capabilities of InDesign CS4, InPreflight remains a valuable asset on its own right. InPreflight provides a wider range of solutions, which go beyond and complement the InDesign CS4 capabilities. For example, while InDesign preflight reports errors only, InPreflight provides a "bird's eye view" on all document's fonts, links and colors in one cleverly designed interface, which lets you make decisions quickly and easily. In addition, InPreflight warns about several important attributes that InDesign doesn't, such as embedded fonts in vector EPS files, TIFF and EPS compression, and illegal folder names. Missing any of these issues can result in missing critical deadlines and ad insertions, expensive print reruns and other problems. Which can translate into losing hundreds and thousands of dollars.
Q: InDesign can package files. Why would I need the Advanced Packaging of InPreflight?
A: InPreflight Pro goes way beyond the basic packaging abilities of InDesign and is the only program that lets you automatically package multiple documents. Among other abilities, it can collect all files into one folder, eliminating the need to collect the same links multiple times for each design. The savings can result in gigabytes of space and hours of production time. InPreflight enhances packaging with several other professional features, such as the detailed progress of file copy, the ability to collect external files and more. It can even open the package folder in the Finder so you don't have to look for it every time, and set it to your preferred view style. (InPreflight Pro only)
Q: How InPreflight reports can improve my workflow?
A: InPreflight lets users print graphic preflight reports and save them as fully searchable interactive PDF, providing an easy way to analyze, archive and send reports to service providers. Supplying an InPreflight report with your job is like sending along a copy of InPreflight. The PDF reports are like interactive screenshots of InPreflight window with the detailed link info saved in PDF comments.

FEATURES OVERVIEW

PREFLIGHT

Quickly check document's fonts, colors and links. InPreflight is on average 2 - 10 times faster than FlightCheck.
Sort preflight results by any attribute.

Links
Get extensive info on links attributes such as kind, size, effective resolution, color, fonts and many others (see detailed list here).
Reveal link attributes otherwise unavailable in InDesign, such as TIFF compression and embedded fonts.
Warn about "forbidden" names and locations. For example, warn about links which are not located in the folder "Hi-Res", or whose name contains "_random".
Open links in their default application, show in InDesign and reveal in Finder.

Colors
List color space (CMYK/RGB/Lab), model (Process/Spot), value and used status.
List unnamed colors.
Check documents for Registration color used in text.

Fonts
Check font type, status and PDF embedding permissions.
Update fonts status as you activate them in the system.

PREFLIGHT PRESETS

Create preflight presets for various job types to check your documents for specific attributes. For example, create different presets for newspapers, magazines and spot color brochures, which will warn you different link resolution, color usage and other attributes.
Reassess preflight results with different presets instantly without the need to re-preflight your document.

AUTOMATED PACKAGING

Automate packaging of multiple documents with the option to collect them all in one folder or separately.
InPreflight can collect all mutual files into one folder, so you don't need to collect the same links multiple times for each design. This can save you gigabytes of space and hours of production time when collecting InDesign files that share the same linked images.
You can also choose to collect each file separately - InPreflight will automatically create separate folder for each document and collect there all required elements.
Add extra files and folders not directly related to the document.
Collect links into the same folder as the original document - InDesign will always find the links automatically when you send the job to your service provider or move it to another volume.
Tell InPreflight to open the collected documents and folders automatically so you don't have to chase them in the Finder.
InPreflight can ask you to choose the destination folder for your collected jobs every time you package the documents or daily.

REPORTS

Print and save reports as interactive PDF.
PDF report is like a copy of InPreflight with the detailed link info saved in PDF comments.
Customize reports interactively.
Include complete Paragraph Styles report.
Save text-only reports.

Link attributes reported by InPreflight

(red type = info not available in InDesign)

Attribute	Notes
Name
Path
Volume
Kind	such as TIFF, EPS, JPEG, PNG etc. including: TIFF compression (LZW/JPEG/ZIP), EPS JPEG compression
Size
Color Mode	CMYK, RGB, CMYK+Spot etc. including: Multichannel, Duotone mode in Photoshop files; color mode of Illustrator (native and EPS) files (RGB/CMYK)
Scale (%)
Actual Resolution	including: Duotone and monochrome EPS images
Effective Resolution	including: Duotone and monochrome EPS images
Fonts in Illustrator (.ai) files
Fonts in vector EPS files	including: Embedded fonts
Spot colors in Illustrator (.ai) files
Spot colors in vector EPS files
Spot colors in Duotone and DCS files
Status
Non-printing status
"Forbidden" locations and names