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In 1998, I started to see the benefits of Acrobat...even though the version was only 3.0. During the next four years, I worked for three different printers and pre-press houses. I fought tooth and nail with each one to adopt an Acrobat workflow. The first company simply refused to adopt the PDF format which meant that files had to be physically transported to the plant, rather than sent vis ftp. This caused hours of delays for each job, and chewed up a great deal of my time needlessly. One liked PDF, but didn't have the resources to upgrade the rip so many PDF's failed. The owner also didn't understand why I had to spend so much time teaching people how to make PDFs (remember, this was with version 3 and into the early stages of version 4). The third, and last prepress house, had no vision. They couldn't see the handwriting on the wall. Many people in the printing industry find it tough to keep pace with the technology. The capital investment in this industry is unbelievable, every advance in technology requires training and lost revenue (especially due to downtime with trying to make people's files work), and competition is great, meaning narrow profit margins. Also, printers were forced (by default) to install digital prepress departments, which was unfamiliar territory in relation to traditional camera and strip ops, and heavy metal (presses and bindery). We have people on the list who have trouble talking bosses into spending $99 for an Acrobat upgrade. Not everyone can afford the cost of keeping pace, or if they can, are willing to spend the money without a battle. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Onder Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:48 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] PDF's from CS PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Leonard, Have you ever worked for a printer/prepress house? Just curious. Gregory > ---------- > From: Leonard Rosenthol > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:09 PM > 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 To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
