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I've worked with several prepress houses that could not rip Indesign-exported PDFs due to the rips being outdated. The problem, of course, is money. Upgrading rips can be expensive. The owners say, "it's the software's fault." i.e., InDesign. I say: 1. If you want to stay with your current vendor, write a PostScript file and distill it. 2. If you're not married to your vendor, find someone else who can work with exported PDFs. 3. When seeking a vendor, make sure that you have a heart-to-heart to make sure that your workflow is compatible with theirs. When one's on deadline is no time to find out they can't process your exported PDF. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard Rosenthol Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] PDF's from CS PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ At 03:05 AM 2/19/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Would any one except PDF created directly out of the new Adobe Creative >suite for high-end output (Prepress). Any printer that does NOT accept these files should be avoided - it means they are running their business based on FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) of misunderstood technology AND may also not be using current and up to date printers/RIPs. ANYONE with a current copy of Adobe Acrobat AND the current software/firmware for their RIPs will have NO PROBLEMS handling anything generated directly from ACS applications. >I am currently not, as i dont want to fall into any issues with layers, >transparencies etc etc. Layers will only get exported IF you have that box checked in the export dialog AND choose PDF 1.5 as your PDF level. Easily solved by choosing PDF 1.4/Acrobat 5 compatibility. Transparency MUST be left in a PDF UNTIL RIP TIME - NEVER flatten transparency pre-RIP!! 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
