This morning I prepared a 4mb image file (A0036D23.tif) which I then dropped on Aladdin Dropstuff, which resulted in my file name being A0036D23.tif.sit and sent it to the printer via email. They said they couldn't open it.
There are three reasons this is possible...
1. They are using an older version of StuffIt to open the file (which
does not seem likely).2. They are dragging and dropping the SIT file from the email... I
have had problems with this very issue and always click the "Save
All..." button by the attachments.3. It is getting scrambled somewhere on the path of the email. Since
the SIT format is 8-bit, older mail servers (especially old UNIX
boxes) are not able to correctly read the 8-bit data and strip off
the last bit. To get around this, save the SIT with the HQX
encoding. It makes the file about 20% larger, but it is compatible
with all email systems.On Jan 28, 2004, at 9:29 AM, Patrick Baldwin wrote:
...but why not send them a best quality jpeg and don't stuff it. They'll be able to open it and nobody... but nobody will be able to detect a difference between the tif and the jpeg and it may well be a smaller file than the stuffed tif anyway.
From a digital prepress operator's perspective, this is a good idea except in one case:
The only time you can tell the different between a JPG and a TIF is if the background is masked to perfect white (such as a transparency masked object with a soft shadow). Even at the highest setting, the JPG will add a little color in CMKY to the white area and you will see it when it comes off the press.
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