Self-meditating in Tampa, Florida USA schreef:
On Jan 21, 6:59 pm, steggy wrote:
Adam schreef:
"steggy" wrote in message
Nothing Adam. That is why most printers nowadays really love PDF. Although if saved in the right manner, the PDF file can be opened and edited in Illustrator.
Just make sure you make a high res PDF (most of the times the PDF/X-1a:2001 preset is good enough). Spot colours will be preserved.
What about flexography and silkscreening, and the trapping (dot gain) associated with it? I was told PDF can’t handle that. If you can prove me wrong, I would *love* to switch to PDF permanently for all projects, and make it a company-wide policy.
If you are using Adobe software to make the original documents, I do not think you have anything to worry about. The PDF just makes a 100% copy of your doc. To be completely safe you should get into Enfocus, to create Certified PDF’s. But to be honest: I have a professional studio and I always deliver the PDF’s right out from InDesign/Illustrator.
Mind you it would be a good idea to have Adobe Acrobat Pro in the house. With Preflight you can check the file before sending it to the printer.
Trapping is not an issue.
Good reco, Steggy. We do the same thing; generate PDF’s directly from InDesign — and preflights are a major thing (even when we’re outputting what we call ‘transitional’ books that fill the gap between commercial sheetfed production and school-start-dates). PDF workflows are wonderful once you get a grip on them.
gary in florida (brrrrrr!)
Please do not tell me it is cold in Florida…
And yes (to start a discussion) the whole Certified PDF (e.g. Enfocus) is puzzling me for years.
If and when things are well prepared in InDesign or whatever a good PDF does not give any trouble.
Sometimes I get a "Problem" warning I have no clue about, let alone solve it. Never ever did it give any problem for the printer and the end result. Make sure the colors are set right and the fonts are OK.