Re: [WinMac] Re: PostScript platform independent?

Carver Washburn(clwashburn[at]worldnet.att.net)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:59:48 -0500

I use the default settings in QuarkXpress. So far, that has worked out
OK. The only problem encountered was the sequence in which the printer
lays down the ink color on the web offset press. A red was overprinting
a black. However, with black the last color 'station', this problem goes
away.

Carver Washburn

Dan Schwartz wrote:
>
> Dear Carver:
>
> OK, you use Acrobat Distiller... And indeed the settings are critical. But
> how do you handle trapping? Do you use the "In-RIP Trapping" extensions in
> your RIP?
>
> At 01:59 PM 1/11/99 -0500, Carver Washburn wrote:
> >Response to Milan Adamov comment about Postcript and Corel
> >
> >"PostScript is platform independant. But we have an imagesetter in
> >company (the other department is prepress oriented), and from our
> >experience, PostScript files coming from Macs never had any problem,
> >while those files coming from PCs are like playing lottery, especially
> >if they are Corel-made, they look good distilled in PDF, but generates
> >error in RIP. Several times our operators wasn't able to do anything
> >with the PS file and clients went to competition and competition never
> >could do anything with files also. As I can here from our competition,
> >they all have similar problems.
> >
> >Milan
> >Milan Adamov
> >Colorgrafx d.o.o., Netopia Inc., Farallon and ACI distributor
> >Misarska 5, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
> >Tel/Fax. +381-11-323-2159 http://www.colorgrafx.co.yu/
> >E-mail 1: madamov@opennet.org E-mail 2: madamov@colorgrafx.co.yu
> >
> >Response:
> >
> >I design a biweekly tabloid newspaper - 16 pages with 8 pages
> >four-color. Ads are designed in CorelDraw and imported to QuarkXpress
> >V4.04. Final output is color separated and distilled from Quark and
> >delivered to Web offset press printer as PDF files. (all genetrated on a
> >Pentium PC).
> >
> >Printer outputs to film on a Mac-based Imagesetter. There has never been
> >a problem doing any of this. Yes, I have even used a couple of
> >"isolated" TruType fonts - but they are all embedded in PDF.
> >
> >Admittedly, the PDF settings for distillation are critical and specific,
> >but Adobe helped guide me though them.
> >
> >Obviously, something is different between Milan Adamov process and mine
> >-- but nothing that a little homework might correct.
> >
> >Carver Washburn
> >clwashburn@worldnet.att.net
>
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