If I understand correctly, you have a book of about 1000 pages and you send each page out for review to the person responsible for that page.
I create for such uses the review file without the UV layers.
Since you use layers in your PDF, you can also include instruction for hiding those layers.
If you absolutely want to use a programmed solution, you may ask your question in the scripting and/or the API fora.
They are covers. When we release a cover to production, a pdf is generated that is used elsewhere in the process. That file is a "preview" of what the finished cover will look like, but also sometimes includes a UV layer or similar application layers. These layers are set to overprint, but are tagged with specific bright spot colors to differentiate them. These files and jobs have already been worked and going back to create another file is not a feasible option. They are also worked by many different artists and I would rather find a solution on this end than to change the process for all of those artists. I want to save a duplicate set of the pdfs that are already generated and then process them to delete these layers so what we have left is a legitimate preview of the finished cover. We then take these files and have them available to view in Bridge as a reference so if an artist is working on a cover with similar artwork, we can visually identify what those jobs were and go back and use some of those files to save art time. We also use them as a reference for our customer service and sales reps once the current year is over to give schools ideas for their covers. I am looking for a more programmed solution, so I will check out the other forum. Thank you.
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