Half-size Sets :: Converting PDF & DWF Files to Half-size or Reduced Size TIFF with AcroPlot Repro™ PDF to TIFF Software.

Half-size Sets and Reduced Size Plotting

AcroPlot Repro™ PDF & DWF^® to TIFF Converter

When KIP^®, MetaPrint^™, or Océ^® software applications render half-size TIFF files, what they are actually doing is instructing Ghostscript^® or AcroPlot Repro^™ to create a full-size TIFF and then scale it down 50% when the file arrives at the plotter. The result is undesirable because grayscales become darker due to the fact that the dots per inch (DPI) of the full-size drawing are now twice as dense or closer together.

AcroPlot Repro includes a half-size conversion utility that runs in conjunction with Océ Repro Desk^®, KIP Request^®, and MetaPrint^™ software applications. If AcroPlot Repro is configured as the PDF or DWF processor for Océ Repro Desk^®, KIP Request^®, and MetaPrint^™ software, then the half-size utility will intercept file processing with the additional reduction instructions. Your production workflow remains the same for full and half-size sets!

1.	Go to Start-->All Programs-->AcroPlot Repro-->Create Half-size TIFF's to launch the utility.

2.	Choose the radio button for either full-size or half-size processing of PDF or DWF files. Be sure to leave the "Create Half-size TIFF" window open while processing files.

3.	Process and convert the PDF or DWF files to TIFF using Océ Repro Desk^®, KIP Request^®, or MetaPrint^™ software and the TIFF files will be converted at a true 50% reduction.

AcroPlot Repro™ 50% Reduction Utility Configuration for PDF & DWF® Processing Screen Image 1. - AcroPlot Repro&trade Includes a Half-size or 50% Reduction Ulility for Creating Half-size Sets with Correct Grayscales.

5.	Your configuration of AcroPlot Repro for 50% reductions for using Océ Repro Desk^®, KIP Request^®, or MetaPrint^™ software software is complete!