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Configure the general options
In this dialog, you can configure:
• A number of general settings for the application.
These settings are applied to the application when you click button [OK].
• A number of general settings for all documents.
These settings are applied when you open a document.
General settings for the application
1. Click [Tools] - [General options].
2. [System of measurement for media]
PRISMAprepare uses these media properties when opening a non-page programmed file.
Standard media sizes always use their own measurement units regardless of the chosen
'Measurement System' value. The size of A4 media is always in [mm], the size of Letter media
is always in [inch].
The media weight settings are not automatically available in the [Production] workspace. You
have to close and open PRISMAprepare to load the media weight settings in the [Production]
workspace.
• [Default media size] and [Media weight]
These settings define which units are used by default for the media size and the media
weight.
• [Metric (A4, A3, ...)]
Use the metric system to define the media size [mm] and/or media weight [g/m
2
].
• [Imperial (Letter, Ledger, ...)]
Use the imperial system to define the media size [inch] and/or media weight [lb bond].
• [Maximum media size]
This settings defines the maximum size for media in the media catalog.
3. [Recent files]
Specify the number of files that appear in the [Open recent] list in the [File] menu.
• [Clear List]
Removes the files from the [Open recent] list in the [File] menu.
4. The [Enable overprint preview] option simulates overprints in the application. Use this option
to get an estimation of how overprint behavior appears in the printed document.
The overprint preview setting is not automatically available in the [Production] workspace.
You have to select another workspace and then select the [Production] workspace to load the
overprint preview setting in the [Production] workspace.
Option [Enable overprint preview] is overruled by option [Overprint simulation] in the
[Production] workspace.
5. [Color spaces]
Select the default color space for the application. The working spaces will be set automatically
according to the selected color space. The color space embedded in a document can be
different from the color space used by the application. In this case, the application uses the
embedded color space of the document.
A color space is an intermediate color space used to define and edit colors in Adobe
applications. Each color model has an associated color space profile. Use this option to
choose the default color space profiles.
A color space profile acts as the source profile for newly created documents that use the
associated color model. For example, if sRGB IEC61966-2.1 is the current RGB color space
profile, each new RGB document that you create will use colors within the sRGB IEC61966-2.1
gamut. Color spaces also determine the appearance of colors in documents that do not use a
color model.
6. Click [OK] to apply these settings to the application.
Configure the general options
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Chapter 2 - Configure the application
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