Harlequin Extensions Manual
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The RIP in action
- Harlequin RIP skin initialization
- Starting up the Harlequin RIP
- PostScript-language interpreter bootstrap
- The Harlequin server loop
- Interpretation and rendering
- Shutting down the Harlequin RIP
- The exitserver and startjob operators
- Determining the RIP's capabilities
- Multi-threading and Harlequin Parallel Pages (HPP)
- Asynchronous actions
Color spaces and color management
- Color management glossary
- ICC color management
- Non-ICC color management
- Color management overrides
- Transparency color management
- Named color management
- NextDevice named colorants
- DeviceN color spaces
- Black preservation
- Understanding OverprintPreview
- PDF/X Color
- Object-based color management
- Custom color management modules
- Photoink devices
- XG Devices
- Less common workflows
- Operator details
- Legacy extensions
Advanced Imposition using the HqnImpose2 procset
- Basic usage of HqnImpose2
- Sequence of actions for HqnImpose2
- Standard additional information for HqnImpose2
- HqnImpose2 objectives
- HqnImpose2 tactics
- HqnImpose2 prefixes
- HqnImpose2 suffixes
- HqnImpose2 page trimming and Trailer
- Crop and register marks in HqnImpose2
- Additional marks in HqnImpose2
- Scaling in HqnImpose2
- HqnImpose2 page size control
- HqnImpose2 paneling
- Multiple jobs concatenated in HqnImpose2
- Duplexing in HqnImpose2
- HqnImpose2 and other calls to page device procedures
- Customizing HqnImpose2
- Other HqnImpose2 procedure calls
- HqnImpose2 examples
- Using HqnImpose2 for overlays without imposing any pages
Simple imposition using the HqnLayout procset
- Simple imposition schemes
- HqnLayout calling interface
- Keys in the main HqnLayout configuration
- The HqnLayout FrontVals and BackVals subdictionaries
- Work & turn, work & tumble
- HqnImpose2 and simple imposition compatibility
- HqnLayout color bars and control strips
- Example HqnLayout plate color bar annotation
- HMR Page Setup options that affect simple imposition
Configuring the page device
- Raster devices and setpagedevice
- Tips for using the page device
- Generalizing the page device
- Page sizes and orientations
- Hooks
- Miscellaneous page device extensions
- Level 1 compatibility operators
- Color format control keys
- SeparationDetails
- Programmatic control of separations
- Scan conversion controls
Calibration
- Transfer functions and halftones
- The setcalibration operator
- The TransferFunction user parameter
- Order of application of calibration and transfer functions
- Calibration array details
- Auto-selection using calibration groups
- Bump-up curves
- Calibration user parameters
- Calibration procedure
- Applying a calibration in Harlequin Core and Example Configurations
- Push Calibration
PDF support in Harlequin
- PDF versions and the PDF/X standards
- Executing a PDF file
- Default PDF execution parameters
- Shadowable PostScript operators
- Interpreting the PDF specification
- Repairing damaged PDF files
- Inspecting PDF files
- PDF operator definitions
- Additional PDF Parameters for annotations and AcroForms
- Obtaining information while processing PDF files
- Harlequin VariData
Procsets in the Harlequin RIP
- Supported procsets in the Harlequin RIP
- Harlequin Localization
- The HqnAssert procset
- The HqnCompare procset
- The HqnContour procset
- The HqnControl procset
- The HqnCreator procset
- The HqnFlatOut procset
- The HqnFontBook procset
- The HqnFontConverter procset
- The GGFontEmulation procset
- The HqnHiFi procset and spot color support
- The HqnImportICC procset
- The HqnImage procset
- The HqnListFonts procset
- The HqnMissingFonts procset
- The HqnSettings procset
- The HqnWhite procset
- The Harlequin Extended Error Handler