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Take this off your email list, there has been a mistake ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Rosenthol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] Errors on printed PDFs from Illustrator 10 > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > At 11:20 AM +1000 7/30/03, davidogilvie wrote: > >My printing bureau recently had a problem printing an Illustrator PDF > >version I had supplied them of a simple Illustrator10 graphics file. > > > >* A rectangular patch had shifted position leaving a glaring gap > >* A rectangular area with a different shade appeared around some type which > > had a soft drop shadow. > >* A darker rectangular area had appeared arbitrarily over a graduated blue > > rectangle. > > Sounds VERY MUCH like the printer was using an older version > of Acrobat (4.0, most likely) to print the PDF. > > I have had similar problems with Kinko shops when sending > them PDFs created with Illustrator or InDesign and using features of > Acrobat 5 or 6 such as transparency (which is used by drop shadows, > feathering, etc.). > > > >The printer has blamed me for the debacle, refusing to reprint them, > > Verify what version of Acrobat they used to print. If they > did not use the currently shipping version (6) or at LEAST one still > supported by Adobe (5), then they are completely in the wrong!! > > > Leonard > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> > PDF Sages, Inc. 215-629-3700 (voice) > 215-629-0789 (fax) > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
