Instructor-led training (
ILT)
Onsite dedicated training (
OST)
Price
USD $2,340
Course overview
This course provides prepress professionals with the knowledge and skills to submit jobs to an HP Indigo Digital Press 3500, 5000, or 5500. The main focus is the HP Indigo tool, Yours Truly Designer. The 4-day course is 40 percent lecture and 60 percent hands-on.
Prerequisites
Minimum of 1 year digital prepress experience Macintosh or PC
Working knowledge of QuarkXPress 7.x or
Working knowledge of the Adobe CS suite including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat
Audience
Prepress professionals who will be creating and send files to the HP Indigo press
Ways to save
Onsite dedicated training course (OST) at your location
Benefits to you
Receive an introduction to the fundamentals of working with the HP Indigo Press from the vantage point of the prepress professional
Become familiar with the prepress support documentation
Learn to work with the HP Press Production Manager UI and the remote access tool called the Remote Production Manager
Gain an understanding of the proprietary and non-proprietary workflows supported by the press
Be trained on how to configure the HP Indigo Press on-board HP Production RIP
Become skilled at assessing and selecting the most efficient workflow for the project
Course outline
Introduction to the HP Indigo Presses
Digital Front End
Printing Process
Press Specifications
Considerations for preparing files
Submitting files to the press
Introduction to the Remote Production Manager
System requirements
Installation
Setting user accounts
Tour of the interface
Pre-configured input methods
Pre-configured ticket templates
Introduction to Yours Truly Designer
System requirements
Output formats
Export formats
Installation and setup
Yours Truly Designer Imposition-only workflow
Basics
Trainer demonstration
Hands-on lab exercises
HP Press Production Manager user interface
(The Digital Front End of the HP Indigo Press)
PDF composition preview
Job properties
Job editor
Group jobs
Yours Truly Designer for variable data workflows
Basics
SNAP variable data
Non-SNAP variable data
Trainer demonstration
Hands-on lab exercises
Conditional rules
Basics
Trainer demonstration
Hands-on lab exercises
Testing your skills
Discuss the project
Hand-on lab exercise
Explain the solution
Configuring the on-board RIP
Overview
Ticket template settings
Input methods
Built-in imposition options
Job editor step and repeat
Press imposition
RIP imposition
Trainer demonstration
Hands-on lab exercises
Hands-on individual projects
Free time for participants to create individual projects to reinforce workflows discussed in the training course
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