Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

Define media specifications for a print job

You specify the media for each component of your print job using the Media Manager. If you know the stock brand, you can specify it. Otherwise, you describe the characteristics of the medium, and a particular stock is matched to those characteristics at the production site.

Define media specifications

  1. In the JDF Job Definitions dialog box, click the Media Manager button.
    Media Manager dialog box

  2. Enter the media specifications that you want to apply:

    • Click Add to enter new information.

    • Select an item in the list, and click Edit to update the information.

    • Select an item in the list, and click Remove.

Add a media specifications to a job definition

  1. In the JDF Job Definitions dialog box, select a job definition and click Edit.
  2. In the document hierarchy, select a section in the second level of the hierarchy.
  3. Select an option from the Media pop-up menu.
  4. If a media option doesn’t exist, or there is no media appropriate for the job definition, click the Media Manager button.
  5. Update the media specifications, as needed:

    • Click Add to enter new information.

    • Select an item in the list, and click Edit to update the information.

    • Select an item in the list, and click Remove.

Media options

Use Media options to specify paper requirements.

Description
Unique identifier for the media.

Media Type
Paper or transparency.

User Media Type
A description of the type of media.

Grade
The grade of the paper. The offset printing grades are based on a scale of 1 through 5, where Gloss-Coated is “1” and Uncoated, Yellowish is “5.”

Weight
The intended weight of the media, measured in grams per square meter (g/m2).

Thickness
The thickness of the chosen medium, measured in microns (µm).

Opacity
The opacity of the media. Use Opaque for two-sided printing when you don’t want the printing on the other side to show through under normal light. Use translucent for back-lit viewing.

Texture
The intended texture of the media.

Front/Back Coating
The prepress coating applied to the front and back surfaces of the media.

Stock Brand
The brand name associated with the media.

Stock Type
Available stock types. Note that Offset includes book stock.

Brightness
Reflectance percentage.

Recycled Amount
The percentage, between 0 and 100, of recycled material the media must contain.

Color
Media color.

Shade
The color’s shade, light or dark.

Clear
An option for specifying whether the color is translucent.