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I guess I didn't fully understand your question. Are you in the prepress or printing business? And do you have a RIP? Is your RIP up-to-date, Level 3 PostScript? Do you have Acrobat 6? Have you tried ripping PDFs that have transparent objects? Acrobat 6 has a built-in transparency flattener which flattens the file before it is printed. This function can be adjusted. I'd like to clarify what I said earlier about InDesign. The problems that I ran across were in version 1, and with older rips. Exported PDFs have double-byte glyphs, rather than single-bytes if the file is printed to PS and distilled. I don't know what this really means, or whether this was the problem I encountered. I have the Adobe CS and am comfortable with the Export to PDF feature. I've had no files rejected, where for several years I was a PostScript it and distill it advocate. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] PDF's from CS PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Hi all Bill here, the original person who posted the question. Thanks for all your suggestions and views, but the question is still transparenices, i have not come a cross a RIP yet that can handle PDF with transparenices , anyone got any views, as if this i sthe case then surely no printer should excpet PDF's created from the CS range with transparenices in them. Bill............ > from: Rich Sprague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:55:14 > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] PDF's from CS > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > 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 Indesign-exported PDFs due to the rips being outdated.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 > Cheers Bill To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
