Adobe Illustrator Client
User Manual
Adobe Illustrator Client
Contents
1. Copyright Notice.......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Server Connection Assistant.................................................................................................................................................. 5
3. Launch Workflow using Shuttle (PDF).............................................................................................................................10
4. Known Limitations.................................................................................................................................................................... 11
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1. Copyright Notice
©
Copyright 2014 Esko Software BVBA, Gent, Belgium
All rights reserved. This material, information and instructions for use contained herein are the
property of Esko Software BVBA. The material, information and instructions are provided on an AS IS
basis without warranty of any kind. There are no warranties granted or extended by this document.
Furthermore Esko Software BVBA does not warrant, guarantee or make any representations
regarding the use, or the results of the use of the software or the information contained herein. Esko
Software BVBA shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential or incidental damages arising
out of the use or inability to use the software or the information contained herein.
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Revisions may be issued from
time to time to advise of such changes and/or additions.
No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a data base or retrieval system, or published,
in any form or in any way, electronically, mechanically, by print, photoprint, microfilm or any other
means without prior written permission from Esko Software BVBA.
This document supersedes all previous dated versions.
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trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Pantone is a wholly
owned subsidiary of X-Rite, Incorporated. © Pantone LLC, 2014. All rights reserved.
This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.
Portions of this software are copyright © 1996-2002 The FreeType Project (www.freetype.org). All
rights reserved.
Portions of this software are copyright 2006 Feeling Software, copyright 2005-2006 Autodesk Media
Entertainment.
Portions of this software are copyright ©1998-2003 Daniel Veillard. All rights reserved.
Portions of this software are copyright ©1999-2006 The Botan Project. All rights reserved.
Part of the software embedded in this product is gSOAP software. Portions created by gSOAP are
Copyright ©2001-2004 Robert A. van Engelen, Genivia inc. All rights reserved.
Portions of this software are copyright ©1998-2008 The OpenSSL Project and ©1995-1998 Eric
Young ([email protected]). All rights reserved.
This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (http://
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Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4). All rights
reserved.
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The Esko software contains the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems in the U.S. and other countries.
Part of this software uses technology by BestTM Color Technology (EFI). EFI and Bestcolor are
registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging GmbH in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Contains PowerNest library Copyrighted and Licensed by Alma, 2005 – 2007.
All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Correspondence regarding this publication should be forwarded to:
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2. Server Connection Assistant
The assistant will appear automatically the first time you start Illustrator after installing the DeskPack
plug-ins and every time the Illustrator preferences files are deleted.
You can also find the DeskPack setup assistant: Edit > Preferences > Esko > Server Connection
Assistant… (on a PC) or Illustrator > Preferences > Esko > Server Connection Assistant… (on
a Mac).
Note:
Not only DeskPackContainer but also bg_data_cms_v010 will be mounted if you have the Color
Connection Engine license.
The Setup Assistant is a wizard-like configuration tool. It tells the DeskPack plug-ins:
1. Which Automation Engine Server to use (e.g. on which server to write temporary data and to
launch workflows).
Note:
This server will automatically be added to the Shuttle Server List. See the Shuttle documentation.
2. Where the DeskPackContainer file share is located (by default this share is located on the
Automation Engine server).
3. Which user account should be used to mount the DeskPack shares (container, cms).
Note:
All the configuration data you supplied in the Setup Assistant are stored in the AI prefs file.
You may delete the Preference file, to delete the current set up and to force the set up assistant to
pop up the next time Illustrator is started.
You will need the Setup Assistant in the following cases:
1. At system installation time (since the Adobe Illustrator preferences file does not contain any setup
info yet). After installing the plug-ins (see Installation Manual) the Setup Assistant will start up
automatically the first time you launch Illustrator.
2. If the AI Prefs file has been deleted or has become corrupt.
3. If you need to switch to a different Automation Engine server. In this case the Setup Assistant can
be started manually using the menu: Illustrator > Preferences > Esko > Server Connection
Assistant… .
The Setup Assistant Step-by-Step
1. When launching the Setup Assistant you will first get this Introduction screen. Choose the first
option to connect to a Server, choose the second to remove the connection to a server.
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2. Click right arrow to continue.
Fill out the name of the Automation Engine Server. This is the computer name (network name) of
the Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 Server that will be used by the plug-ins as server to execute
background tasks on.
3. IP adress of the DeskPack Server.If the Setup Assistant is unable to retrieve the IP address
corresponding with the server name you entered, it will display an additional screen which allows
you to specify the IP address manually.
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4. The next screen confirms that the server has found the network.
5. Click Go Ahead and then Done to finish the Setup.
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Note:
After completion of the Setup Assistant, Adobe Illustrator must be restarted to make the settings
effective.
Following screenshots show the additional steps that will appear when you launch the Setup
Assistant manually Illustrator > Preferences > Esko > Server Connection Assistant… :
1. Allows you to specify the name of the server that hosts the DeskPackcontainer file share. By
default the share is located on the Automation Engine server itself.
On the Mac, this window also will allow you to specify which protocol should be used to mount
the DeskPackcontainer (and other data shares).
• AFP (Apple File Protocol). (not recommended anymore, and not available on Windows 2008
and Mac OS 10.7 and higher)
• The Windows SMB (Samba) protocol (default).
Note:
Limitation: For special foreign encodings (e.g. Japanese) you will need to manually mount the
DP shares upfront with the correct encoding.
2. This screen allows you to specify the username and password DeskPack should use to
(auto)mount the DeskPack Container share.
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When using SMB mounts on a Mac, Domain-name must be specified. Correct form is
"Domain-name/username" or "Domain-name\username" in the User Name editbox.
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3. Launch Workflow using Shuttle (PDF)
Use Launch Workflow to submit the current document to a selected output task (running in
background on the server).
Click Window Menu > Esko > Launch Workflow...
The Launch Workflow dialog pops up:
If you get the following messages:
You need to make your workflows public in the Automation Engine Pilot.
For further details, we refer to the Shuttle documentation, available on the Esko Documentation DVD.
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4. Known Limitations
RGB
RGB documents or documents containing linked RGB images are not supported.
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