There’s a lot of prep work to be done before you can get your print job off the ground.

By Jean-Marie Hershey

Can’t be too careful

Preflighting is usefully performed on native files at any stage and in any area of the workflow. The software looks for color space discrepancies, inappropriate use of Pantone or specialty colors, unembedded or incompatible fonts, resolution conflicts, and problems with images, fonts, bleeds, etc.