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Course number HG424S
Length 5 days
Delivery method Instructor-led training ( ILT)
Onsite dedicated training ( OST)
Price USD $3,300

Course overview

This course provides prepress professionals with the knowledge and skills to build and load jobs to an HP Indigo S2000/WS2000/WS4xxx Digital Press. The course provides 40 percent lecture and 60 percent hands-on. Topics covered will relate to the Industrial market place. This includes:

  • The HP Indigo Tool, SmartStream Designer
  • Industrial based applications commonly utilized by label and screen printers such as Illustrator, and Photoshop
  • Multi-color file manipulation, barcodes and security printing

Prerequisites

  • Minimum of 1 year digital prepress experience Macintosh or PC
  • Working knowledge of QuarkXPress 7.x or
  • Working knowledge of the Adobe CS4 suite including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat

Audience

  • Prepress professionals who will create and send files to the HP Indigo S2000/WS2000/WS4xxx Digital Press

Ways to save

  • Onsite dedicated training course (OST) at your location

Next steps

  • Production Flow (web course)

Benefits to you

  • Receive an introduction to the fundamentals of working with the HP Indigo Digital Press from the vantage point of the prepress professional
  • Gain an understanding of the workflows supported by the HP Indigo Digital Press
  • Learn how to build simple imposition only jobs using SmartStream Designer and load them to the HP Indigo Digital Press
  • Learn how to build complex variable data jobs using SmartStream Designer and load them to the HP Indigo Digital Press
  • Learn how to build and submit files to the HP Indigo Digital Press utilizing Industrial based applications
  • Gain a conceptual advantage related to workflow management in an Industrial press and prepress environment
  • Obtain recommendations and instruction pertaining to working with barcodes and security printing
  • Learn how to configure the HP Indigo Digital Press on-board RIP

Course outline

Introduction to the HP Indigo Digital Press

  • General Press Specifications
  • Considerations for Preparing Files
  • Submitting Files to the Press

Introduction to SmartStream Designer

  • System Requirements
  • Output Formats
  • Export Formats
  • Installation and Setup

SmartStream Designer Imposition-Only Workflow

  • Basics
  • Trainer Demonstration
  • Hands-On Lab Exercises

HP Indigo Press User Interface

  • Job Manager
  • Job Properties
  • Job Editor
  • Press Hot Folder Parameters

SmartStream Designer for Variable Data Workflows

  • Basics
  • FAST Variable Data
  • Rich Variable Data
  • Dynamic Personalization
  • Trainer Demonstration
  • Hands-On Lab Exercise on Building and Loading a Variable Data Template Job
  • Hands-On Lab Exercise on Building and Loading a Variable Data Non-Template Job

Conditional Rules

  • Basics
  • Trainer Demonstration
  • Hands-On Lab Exercises

Hot Folder workflow for Windows

  • Basics
  • Trainer Demonstration

Testing Your Skills on Building a Personalization Job

  • Class Discussion of the Assigned Project
  • Hands-On Project for Class Participants to Test Their Knowledge on Preparation of Personalization Jobs
  • Participants Explain the Solution to the Project After Successful Completion

HP Indigo Press Built-In Imposition Options

  • Overview
  • Submitting Postscript (.PS) and Portable Document Format (.PDF) Files to the Press
  • Job Editor Step and Repeat Tool on the HP Indigo Press
  • Press Imposition Feature on the HP Indigo Press
  • RIP Imposition Feature on the HP Indigo Press

Configuring the HP Indigo Press On-Board HP Indigo RIP

  • Output Settings
  • Page Settings
  • Inputs Settings
  • Separation Settings
  • HP Indigo RIP Settings
  • Imposition Settings

Testing Your Skills on the Built-In Imposition Options

  • Class Discussion of the Assigned Project
  • Hands-On Project for Class Participants to Test Their Knowledge on Use of the Built-In Imposition Options
  • Participants Explain the Solution to the Project After Successful Completion

Hands-On Individual Projects

  • Time for Participants to Create Individual Projects to Reinforce Workflows Discussed in Class
  • One-on-One Time Available with the Trainer

Industrial Based Application Basics

  • Setup and Recommendations Related to Vector and Raster Based Applications
  • File Creation and Output from Commonly Utilized Industrial Based Applications
  • Custom Color Controlling and Color Theories

Barcodes and Security Printing

  • Utilization of Barcode Fonts, Images and Third Party Applications
  • Micro Printing

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