FlightCheck 2022 Quick Start Guide: How To Start Preflighting Pre-Press Print Files
Summary
Preflighting involves several stages, including previewing, inspecting, then analyzing your digital job files, to identify and correct potential problems before the files are output, with the intention of catching potential problems, as early as possible Printers borrowed the term “preflight” from the procedure pilots use before taking off. The plane analogy is appropriate, because civil air flights are what inspired the term pre-flighting, in the first place. Just as in air travel, proper preflighting can make all the difference in ensuring a smooth, successful outcome for your project. Proper preflight procedures not only reduce your prepress costs, but also make sure your job is accurately output, within your turnaround time. This standalone application for the macOS can preflight, preview, report on, and package documents of many file types into a job folder.