We have gotten our first introduction to supplied customer files using quark 7.0 and drop show effects that overprint other images. Both ,tiff's and vector base .eps files.
We are having issues trying to get a good file out of Quark to upload into Prinergy. We are either getting solid black boxes where the drop shadows are, or where the drop shadows intersect the other images, it renders the files down to 72 dpi.
We are using Adobe PDF 8.0 as our printer and using Prinergy Refine 3 as our PPD.
We select Full Resolution TIFF Output
We select Composite CMYK
For Transparency Rendering options I selected the folllowing
Vector Images: 2400
Blends: 300
Drop Shadows: 300
We are writing fat postscript, no OPI.
We are using Postscript level 3
We have tried exporting PDF's and .eps files as well.
Nothing gave us the desired results for Prinergy.
I tested the postscripts out in Distiller using 1.4 (even though .PS flattened them already), to make sure it was not Prinergy Refining files that way.
I ended up recreating files in Indesign with same effects, which worked out great, but we cannot do this every time we get a Quark 7 build like this.
So if you have any ideas or work arounds to the new drop shadow features and tranparency, I would appreciate it.
Also what color management settings should we us so that we will be preserving numbers when we Postscript out of Quark. This is another issue we came up against on another job. We got a variety of results trying to use profile and settings to get the results we were after.
Thanks In Advance
Steve Lehning
We are having issues trying to get a good file out of Quark to upload into Prinergy. We are either getting solid black boxes where the drop shadows are, or where the drop shadows intersect the other images, it renders the files down to 72 dpi.
We are using Adobe PDF 8.0 as our printer and using Prinergy Refine 3 as our PPD.
We select Full Resolution TIFF Output
We select Composite CMYK
For Transparency Rendering options I selected the folllowing
Vector Images: 2400
Blends: 300
Drop Shadows: 300
We are writing fat postscript, no OPI.
We are using Postscript level 3
We have tried exporting PDF's and .eps files as well.
Nothing gave us the desired results for Prinergy.
I tested the postscripts out in Distiller using 1.4 (even though .PS flattened them already), to make sure it was not Prinergy Refining files that way.
I ended up recreating files in Indesign with same effects, which worked out great, but we cannot do this every time we get a Quark 7 build like this.
So if you have any ideas or work arounds to the new drop shadow features and tranparency, I would appreciate it.
Also what color management settings should we us so that we will be preserving numbers when we Postscript out of Quark. This is another issue we came up against on another job. We got a variety of results trying to use profile and settings to get the results we were after.
Thanks In Advance
Steve Lehning