1. Introduction: Presentation of EXTIF pro 4

1.1. ‚Virtual Printer Driver‘ – what does it actually mean? 4

1.2. TIFF format 4

1.3. Purpose of use: To whom is EXTIF pro useful? 5

1.4. Comparison: ‚…but that´s supposed be done with PDF…!‘ 6

1.4.1. Where PDLs fail in principle 6

1.4.2. Translation losses: ‚Chinese Whispers’ with PostScript 7

1.4.3. Suppression of Pixelation on embedded matrix graphics objects 11

1.4.4. Fonts and TrueTypes 15

1.4.5. Editing and Retouch 16

1.4.6. Color fidelity 16

1.4.7. ‚Flashing‘ and the unsolved Trimming Problem 16

1.4.8. Complementing instead of replacing 16

2. Installation hints 17

2.1. System requirements 17

2.2. Installation step-by-step guide 17

2.3. Demo version 20

2.4. Full Version 21

2.4.1. Network Shared Version 22

2.4.2. Single User Version 24

2.5. Substitute registration key 25

2.6. Default Printer 25

2.7. Uninstall 26

3. Directions for Use 28

3.1. Simple managing: Easy printing with EXTIF pro 28

3.2. Property Pages 29

3.2.1. Page Orientation: Portrait or Landscape? 30

3.2.2. Paper Format 30

3.2.2.1. Suffix ‚Extra Plus‘ 31

3.2.2.2. Suffix ‚Extra‘ 32

3.2.3. Resolution or Print Quality 33

3.2.3.1. Smoothing vector graphics 34

3.2.4. Scaling 35

3.2.5. File name of the output files 36

3.2.5.1. File name dialog 37

3.2.5.2. Default name 37

3.2.6. Default path, or default file name root respectively 38

3.2.7. Compression 39

3.2.8. Color space and file 40

3.2.8.1. Which Setting for Which Purpose? 43

3.2.9. RGB Color Profile 43

3.2.10. CMYK Color Profile 44

3.2.11. Gray Excerpt 45

3.2.12. Trimming 47

3.3. Image Viewer and Image Processing Programs 49

3.4. Differences in behavior of Vector and Matrix Graphics on printers and screens 49

3.4.1. Pixelation on certain fonts 51

3.5. Huge files 52

3.5.1. Duration of printing process 52

3.5.2. Opening Huge Files 53

3.6. Canceling running printing processes 53

3.7. Acknowledged incompatibilities 54

4. Configuration file EXTIF pro.ini 55

4.1. What does EXTIF pro.ini offer? 55

4.1.1. List of Paper Formats 55

4.1.2. Imprints on crop margins 56

4.1.3. Imprint position on crop margins 56

4.2. Syntax: How is EXTIF pro.ini structured? 56

4.2.1. Assignment of character strings 56

4.2.2. Forbidden Control Characters 56

4.2.3. Units 57

4.2.4. Short and long side of a Paper Format 57

4.3. The sections, in detail 58

4.3.1. Paper Format Sections 58

4.3.1.1. Ordinal number 58

4.3.1.2. Paper Format name 59

4.3.1.3. Imageable Area versus Paper Dimensions 59

4.3.2. Imprint Sections 59

4.3.2.1. Crop marks 61

4.3.2.2. Register crosses and color wedges 62

4.3.3. PrinterStatus section 62

5. Appendix 63

5.1. Keyword index 63