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Once the Riders plug-in is in your directory or Plug-ins folder and you have created an
EPSF Riders file, all files saved or printed from Illustrator are affected. To remove the EPSF
Riders information from your files, you can either delete the Adobe Illustrator EPSF Riders
file or move it out of the Plug-ins folder, and then resave all the files that contain the
embedded Riders information.
To create an EPSF Riders file:
1
Choose Filter > Other > Make Riders.
Note:
If you haven’t moved the Riders plug-in into the Plug-ins folder, the Other category
does not appear in the Filter menu. If necessary, follow the steps in the previous section to
move the Riders plug-in into the correct location.
2
Do any of the following:
•
Choose a screen frequency, or
line screen
, to designate the number of rows of halftone
dots per inch when printing. The screen frequency value must be between 1 and 999.
•
Choose a screen angle to determine the angle at which the rows of halftone dots print.
(The default setting for black-and-white printing, 45 degrees, is intended to make the
dot rows less conspicuous to the eye.) The screen angle value must be between 0
and 360.
•
Choose a spot function to determine the halftone dot’s shape. Choose Import from the
Spot Function pop-up menu to select and import a spot function.
Important:
An imported spot function must be in PostScript language, correctly
formatted. Importing an incorrectly formatted spot function can make a file unprintable.
See the Spot Function Template file, located in the Utilities/Riders folder.
•
Choose a flatness setting to simplify complex paths. The Riders flatness setting must be
between 0.2 and 200 and is applied to all curves in an Illustrator file.
Note:
The Riders flatness setting overrides the output resolution setting and is not recom-
mended in most cases. (See
“Changing the path output resolution” on page 337
.)
•
Choose Setup from the Annotation pop-up menu, and enter an annotation of up to
254 characters. The annotation appears at the bottom left corner of the printed page.
•
Choose Error Handler to print error information on the page if a PostScript error occurs.
If you are using the Adobe PSPrinter
™
or the LaserWriter 8.0 or later printer driver, turn
on the printer driver’s error handling instead of the Riders’ error handler.
3
When you have selected the options you want, click Make.
Important:
Do not rename the EPSF Riders file. (The name Adobe Illustrator EPSF Riders is
selected by default.) If you change the name, Illustrator ignores the file.
4
Save the EPSF Riders file in the Plug-ins folder.
To delete the Riders file:
1
Choose Filter > Other > Delete Rider.
2
Select the Adobe Illustrator EPSF Riders file.
3
Click Delete.
To move a Riders file:
1
Locate the EPSF Riders file in the Plug-ins folder.
