Name

fpovolopts - options database for making FPOs.

Synopsis

/usr/adm/appletalk/fpovolopts

Description

fpovolopts contains options on a per-volume basis for making FPO images on FullPress servers. The options are usually set via the FullPress(1) GUI or with setfpoopt(8) . fpod(8) reads the options and passes on the appropriate ones to mkfpo(1) .

The format of the file is patterned after the printcap(5) database, consisting of 7-bit ASCII text except for volume names, which may contain 8-bit Apple characters. An AppleShare volume name starts each entry at the beginning of a line, followed by a colon-separated (and surrounded) list of two-letter keys and their values. The key/value pairs are separated by `=' or `#', depending on if the value is a string or integer. Boolean keys are either present (True) or not (False), with no value (and no `=' or '#'). Entries may be broken into multiple lines by ending a to-be-continued line after a colon with the backslash (\) character, followed by a TAB character and a colon at the beginning of the next line. Comments start at the beginning of a line with a `#' character and end at the end of a line.

The following table describes the keys used by fpod(8) to guide FPO generation:

3m	bool	include masks in EPFS FPOs via a PostScript level-3
		Masked Image operator. These FPOs will render
		as a grey region if printed to a PS Level 1 or
		2 device. This option key overrides ``em.''
as	bool	make ASCII images inside EPS FPOs (Binary is default)
bb	bool	leave images out of EPS FPOs
bc	bool	don't make EPS FPOs out of non-EPS 1-bit images
bp	bool	use Black Point Compensation when doing ICC conversions
bw	string	pathname to B & W image to watermark BW and index
		color FPOs or Web Images. Must be given together
		with gw. The image must be in one of the FullPress
		supported image formats, and for web images should
		be less than 112 pixels wide and high.
bz	string	pathname to B & W image to watermark expired assets
dr	int	sets the default resolution for images without a
		built-in resolution (in dots per 10 inches)
em	bool	(overridden by the 3m key) OMIT any mask in the
		high-res from the body of an EPS FPO (does not
		affect previews). By default, masks are included
		as PostScript level 2 patterns and will misrender
		on level 1 RIPs. They may also confuse Illustrator.
fm	string	format of the FPO: the value is one of the following:
		noconv: make eps from eps, TIFF from all others
		eps: create EPS FPOs from all formats
		web: create JPEG or GIF FPOs from all formats
gc	bool	don't make EPS FPOs out of non-EPS Greyscale images
gw	string	pathname to greyscale image to watermark rgb, lab,
		and cmyk FPOs or Web Images. Must be given together
		with bw. The image must be in one of the FullPress
		supported image formats, and for web images should
		be less than 112 pixels wide and high.
gz	string	pathname to greyscale image to watermark expired assets
jp	int	if given, JPEG-encode all image-included EPS FPOs.
		The value is the JPEG quality (useful range 5-95)
mp	int	minimum pixel dimension of previews (FPO/PICT or WEB).
		This may increase an FPO's resolution.
ms	bool	generate TIFF PC previews on EPS FPOs
na	bool	for EPS FPOs, this causes the Standard OPI `ALDImage'
		comments to NOT be inserted in the FPO
nc	bool	don't copy-protect the FPO. This should be set only
		if the format is EPS (fm=eps) because only EPS has
		a chance of finding the Hi-Res image at print time
ng	bool	do not make GIFs of masked or clipped images
ni	bool	do not perform Image Replacement on PDF input files
nj	bool	do not retain JPEGness of original high res images.
nm	bool	do not create an alpha (mask) channel when rasterizing
		PDF and EPS files for preview and/or FPO. By
		default, all EPS files and all PDF files with
		suffix .ai , or created by Photoshop are rendered
		with unpainted parts of the canvas transparent.
nn	bool	DO create FPOs for image types that normally do not
		get them (e.g. Raw Camera files, GIFs, Art Pro CTs)
np	bool	don't make FPOs for PDF files
nr	bool	don't process RAW Camera files (should appear on both
		WEB and FPO volume options if both are enabled)
ns	bool	don't make small PICTs
nv	bool	don't make FPOs out of Vector EPS files (or any
		pixel-EPS file that FullPress doesn't support)
nx	bool	don't make FPOs of TIFFs with extra channels (spot or
		mask) - requires Q3 key for extra channel detection
op	bool	force rendering PDF and vector EPS files with overprint
		of spot colors simulated (disables alpha channel)
pc	int	if given, the FPO is this percent size of the original
pi	int	if given, generate PICT previews for EPS FPOs. It
		means - 0: 24-bit full color, 1: 8-bit paletted
		2: 24-bit full color OS9-compatible (reduced region)
pj	bool	do not make fpos of JFIF/JPEG source images
pm	bool	ignore Mask channels in PhotoShop Native files
px	int	if given, limit pixel dimensions to this maximum
		number (currently ignored for non-WEB-format FPOs)
Q1	bool	honor Mask channels when reading TIFFs
Q2	bool	honor Spot channels when reading TIFFs
Q3	bool	honor Mask and Spot channels when reading TIFFs
rs	int	if given, constrain to this many DOTS PER 10 INCHES
sp	bool	if given, include ICC profile in WEB preview JPEGs
sz	int	if given, constrain the FPO to this many kilobytes
tp	bool	if given, generate PICT previews even for TIFF FPOs
uc	bool	when reading TIFFs, do not ignore clipping paths
us	string	the UNIX login name of the owner of the volume
wp	bool	ignore PNOT timestamps - causes any PICT preview to
		be replaced if PICT making is turned on
xx	bool	append the options from the `*' entry to this one

An entry for the special volume name `*' is required, and it's used for default settings if there is no entry for a particular AppleShare volume. As an example, the following single line may be used as the entire fpovolopts file:

*:fm=noconv:pi#1:rs#720:

It will cause FPOs to be at 72 DPI, and also produce 8-bit PICT previews and custom icons (for those document types that need them) along with each FPO image.

See Also

FullPress(1) , mkfpo(1) , fpod(8)

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