7.4

Tools and Utilities
This chapter describes specific tools and utilities that are available in the PlanetPress Design interface.
The Image Downloader
It is important to understand that the copy of the image file the Image Downloader downloads or copies is a PostScript file.
More precisely, the Image Downloader takes the image file you want to download or copy, applies any optimizations you
defined for it, and creates a PostScript file that contains the optimized image (since PostScript is ASCII, the image is rep-
resented as a sequence of hexadecimal values). Thus, although the downloaded or copied image may have the same filename
extension as the original file, it is not a copy of the original file.
To copy images to a folder on the host:
1. In Windows locate the external image files the dynamic image references. These images can be in any of the sup-
ported formats.
2. Copy the images to the folder on the host. This is the folder you specified in the Image box of the picture object that con-
tains the dynamic image. Recall that this folder must be accessible to the document at runtime.
To download images to one or more printers and/or to the local PlanetPress Design Suite virtual disk:
1. Choose Tools | Application | Image Downloader.
2. In the Image Downloader dialog box, select the image files you want to copy. All image files you select must be in one
of the supported image formats (BMP, EPS, JPEG, PDF, PNG, TIFF). If you want to download bitmapped images with a
mix of image qualities (some are line art, some are photo), you should download each type of image quality separately.
This is because you can set only one image quality for all images in a download.
3. In the Copy to list, select the destinations to which you want to copy the images. You can select one or more printers,
and/or the PlanetPress Design Suite virtual disk.
4. Adjust the image settings for the download. The Image Downloader applies these settings to all of the images in the
Files to download list. Note that they affect only the copy of each image; the original image remains unchanged.
Scan orientation: Select the scanline orientation for all bitmapped images in the Files to download list.
Color conversion: Define any color depth conversion you want PlanetPress Design to perform on any of the bit-
mapped images in the Files to download list, during the download. Select Leave as is to leave the color depth of each
image unchanged. Select Convert to grayscale to convert each color bitmapped image to grayscale. Select Convert to
monochrome to convert each color or grayscale bitmapped image to monochrome.
Naming convention: Specify the case and file name extension conventions you want PlanetPress Design to use for
the file names of the copied images.Select File name original to have the name of each copied file appear in upper case,
with the file name extension as it is on the original. Select File name no extension to have the name of each copied file
appear in upper case, with the file name extension dropped.
Naming convention: Specify the case and file name extension conventions you want PlanetPress Design to use for
the file names of the copied images. Select Filename [original] to have the name of each copied file appear in upper
case, and the file name extension to remain as it is on the original. Select Filename w/o extension to have the name of
each copied file appear in upper case, and to have the file name extension dropped. Select Filename lowercase to have
the name of the copied file appear in lower case, and the file name extension to remain as it is on the original. Select
Filename w/o extension lowercase to have the name of the copied file appear in lower case, and to have the file name
extension dropped.
Printer path: Specify the path on the printer where you want to download the copy of the images. This path can be
either a path on the hard disk or a path in flash memory. This path must exist on all of the printers you select in the
Copy to list.
Image quality: Select the image quality for the bitmapped images in the Files to download list. Recall that image qual-
ity in PlanetPress Design refers to the type of content a bitmapped image contains. Select Line art if edges in the image
Tools and Utilities
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