Course number HG425S

Delivery method
Instructor-led training (ILT)
Onsite dedicated training (OST)

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

Next steps
Production Flow (web course)

Benefits to you

• Receive an introduction to the fundamentals of working with the HP Indigo Press from the vantage point of the prepress professional
• Gain knowledge of the workflows supported by the HP Indigo Press
• Learn how to build simple imposition only jobs using Yours Truly Designer and load them to the HP Indigo Press
• Learn how to build complex variable data jobs using Yours Truly Designer and load them to the HP Indigo Press
• Learn how to work with the HP Indigo Press built-in imposition options
• Be trained on how to configure the HP Indigo Press on-board HP Indigo RIP
• Become skilled at assessing and selecting the most efficient workflow for the project

Course outline
Introduction to the HP Indigo Press

• General press specifications
• Considerations for preparing files
• Submitting files to the press

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 Indigo Press user interface

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

Yours Truly Designer for variable data workflows

• Basics
• SNAP variable data
• Non-SNAP variable data
• 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

Testing your skills on building a personalization job

• Class discussion of the assigned project
• Hands-on project for class participants to test their own knowledge regarding the preparation of a personalization job
• 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 own knowledge regarding the use of the built-in imposition options
• Participants explain the solution to the project after successful completion

Hands-on individual projects

• Free time for participants to create individual projects to reinforce workflows discussed in the training course
• One-on-One time available with the trainer

• Upis u radnu knjižicu: ne
• Certifikat: ne
• Uvjerenje: ne
• In-house: ne
• Svjedodžba: ne
• Diploma: ne