WS6000; Using HP SmartStream Labels & Packaging Tools Powered by EskoArtwork

Special notes

The course is structured to cover the following configurations. Participants are invited to attend the full course regardless of configuration purchased

• HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging DFE Server Package
• HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging DFE Productivity Package
• HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging DFE Productivity + VDP Package

Course overview

This course provides prepress professionals with the knowledge and skills to build and load jobs to an HP 6000 Digital Press. This will include a focus on using HP SmartStream Labels & Packaging Prepress Tools Powered by EskoArtwork. Topics covered will relate to common Prepress needs of the Industrial market place; Spot colors, Indichrome, imposition and Barcode job options. During the second half of the class the focus will shift to the HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging Color Kit powered by EskoArtwork. This will include using the profiling tool to profile the press, instruction on dealing with special colors, and creating bundles of color management specifications called Color Strategies to support an automated workflow. Finally, the Variable Data tools will be introduced with a focus on Sequential numbering and variable barcode file submittal.
The course provides 40 percent lecture and 60 percent hands-on.

Prerequisites

• Minimum of 1 year digital prepress experience Macintosh or PC
• If applicable a working knowledge of variable data
• If applicable a working knowledge of color theory, color profiling and color measurement and calibration tools

Audience

• Prepress professionals who will be creating and send files to the HP SmartStream press

Ways to save

Benefits to you

• Receive an introduction to the fundamentals of working with the HP 6000 Digital Press from the vantage point of the prepress professional
• Gain an in-depth understanding of the workflows supported by the HP 6000 Digital Press
• Learn how to assess and select the most efficient workflow for the project
• Learn how to build simple imposition jobs using the stepX option and load them to the HP 6000 Digital Press
• Learn how to utilize the barX option to create Vector barcodes within Illustrator and load them to the HP 6000 Digital Press
• Gain an understanding of Color Management tools and how they can be used on the HP 6000 Digital Press
• Learn how to build variable data jobs using variable data options and load them to the HP 6000 Digital Press
• Learn how to build and submit files to the HP 6000 Digital Press utilizing Hotfolders and IN100 L&P Server Client.
• Gain a conceptual advantage related to workflow management in an Industrial press and pre-press environment

Course outline

• Intro to the Press
  • Printing
  • Press Specs
  • Considerations for files
  • Submitting Files

• Intro to Esko Systems
  • Server
  • Software
  • Color Kit
  • VDP Tools

• Basic of IN100 L&P Server Client
  • Installation & configuration
  • General workflow
  • Print Job Submittal
  • Working with hot folders
  • Print Job Properties
  • Bitmap Viewer

• HP 6000 Press user interface
  • Job Manager
  • Job Properties

• Introduction of Prepress tools inside Adobe Illustrator
  • Installation & configuration
  • General Illustrator (DeskPack) workflow

• Deskpack – stepX workflow
  • Basics
  • Trainer demonstration
  • Hands-on lab exercises

• Deskpack – barX workflow
  • Basics
  • Trainer demonstration
  • Hands-on lab exercises

• Kaleidoscope- Color Management
  • Principles of Color Management
  • Kaleidoscope Basics
  • Profiling a press/substrate
  • Color strategies
  • Hands-on

• VDP workflow
  • Basics
  • Trainer demonstration
  • Hands-on lab exercises