Setting Up a Proof

To set up proof approval for all products:

Open the product you wish to edit, and in the Product Setup page go to the Proof section.
Select the Let the User Generate a Proof checkbox to enable customers to proof the product before purchasing it.
Select the Enable Proof Approval checkbox to have customers approve a document proof before they submit a purchase order. You can change the text used for customer approval in the Proof Approval Text text box, and the text used when a document proof has failed in the Proof Approval Error text box.

To set up proof and preview definitions for dynamic products:

Open the product you wish to edit, and in the Product Setup page go to the Proof section.
From the Preview DPI Resolution dropdown, select the resolution of the preview. Note that this is the DPI resolution of the product preview and not of the proof. This option is available only if the product is set to single-page flow.

The available resolutions are 72, 150 and 300 DPI. For larger documents, letter or A4 and above, 72 DPI is fine. For smaller documents such as business cards, select 150 or 300 DPI, so that the preview appears larger in the storefront and is easier for customers to see and proofread.

Higher resolution improves the preview's quality, but takes longer to process.

The Auto option leaves the resolution to uProduce, which calculates it from the size of the InDesign document: a small document such as a business card is given a high resolution, and a large document such as A4 or A3 a considerably lower one. If a large document previews poorly or looks blurry, select a resolution manually instead of using Auto.

This setting applies to the preview only. If the proof itself is of a low resolution, that is not controlled by this setting. A JPG proof is produced at the production default resolution, unless Proof_JPG_Resolution is set in the Global Configurations Table. A PDF proof is not affected by that key.

Note: This option is available only for dynamic products set to single-page flow.
Select Enable Automatic Preview to update the preview in real time following any customization change. If this option is not selected, the preview will be updated only when clicking the Refresh Preview button. Note that using this option for documents with complex logic or design could potentially slow down the website and thus affect the shopper’s customization experience.

If the preview of a complex product is not ready in time, the storefront stops waiting for it. The number of checks it makes before giving up is set by RefreshPreviewTimeout in the Global Configurations Table.

Note: This option is available only for dynamic products set to single-page flow. If you don't see this option, it means that the product is set to multi-page flow.

If this option is set, however you don't see the proof being auto refreshed, this means that the product is forced to display in multi-page flow. This can happen, for example, if the product is set with an unsupported recipient list. For the conditions that cause this, see Setting the Store Mode.
Select the Let the User Generate a Proof checkbox to enable customers to proof the product before purchasing it.

Clearing this checkbox does not on its own stop a proof being produced. uStore generates a proof for every ordered item unless AlwaysGenerateProof is also set to False in the Global Configurations table.
- Proof Type: Enable customers to proof their documents as either PDF files or JPEG files. A default proof type is defined when setting up the store. You can a select value to override the default proof type.
- Number of Records: Enter the number of records per proof.
Select the Allow User to Select No. of Records per Proof checkbox to enable users to define a number of records per proof, and enter the number of records in the Max No. text box.
Select the Enable Proof Approval checkbox to have customers approve a document proof before they submit a purchase order. You can change the text used for customer approval in the Proof Approval Text text box, and the text used when a document proof has failed in the Proof Approval Error text box.

Note: For composite products, the proof format is PDF only. This applies to all composite components as well. This format overrides the proof format settings of all component products. For XM campaign products, the proof type is set in Circle.