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    PSD or TIF with Spot Channel not recognized in InDesign CS4?

    Gregg, Save as a pdf and the spots channels will import correctly.
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    indesign page info pushed job off centre

    wonderings, Here is a link, www.indesignsecrets.com/downloads/mrk.pdf that explains how to make a custom marks file. Here is one I modified that puts the tagline between and at the bottom of the crop marks. You can modify the crop mark offset and the name of you company in any text editor. This...
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    Font issues between 10.5 and 10.6

    What program are you using that causes the font problem? Is the font Postscript Type 1 or a truetype?
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    Change - PlacemultipagePDF script in InDesign CS4

    Al Ferrari, The script I was referring to is a javascript PlaceMultipagePDF.jsx and not an applescript. Sorry for the confusion. Tim
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    Change - PlacemultipagePDF script in InDesign CS4

    This is the line that controls the box that is imported. app.pdfPlacePreferences.pdfCrop = PDFCrop.cropMedia; (imports the media box). Change this line with the one that fits your needs. app.pdfPlacePreferences.pdfCrop = PDFCrop.cropBleed; (imports the bleed box)...
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    Workflow mistakes!

    pacart, Nexus makes DotSpy, a 1-bit tif viewer, that lets you proof ripped jobs before plates are made. I don't know the cost of the software, but it will pay for itself if it prevents one spoiled job.
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    Pantograph Line Stroke vs. Screening

    The pantographs I have used are 2400 dpi bitmaps and should be rendered at 100% with no screening. The only way I could get them to render correctly was to us OPI image replacement and let the rip render the file without any processing. This worked with both Nexus and Prinergy rips. Hope this...
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    ID CS5 wrong language

    Default ID CS5 wrong language Default ID CS5 wrong language @Jason, Here is a link to the "ChangeIDmenuLanguage.app". Change InDesign’s UI Language with Free App | InDesignSecrets It works for CS4, don't know if it works for CS5.
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    To trust submitted PDF's

    To trust submitted PDF's "developed a "gut feeling"" - how funny, but not really, so nothings changed in all these years then, I wonder if anyone with more experience of the APPE would know if it can be trusted to flatten 'live transparency' ?? I have used Prinergy Workshop with APPE and have...
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    Moire in Stripped shirts

    If the image has visible moire, here is a tip to remove it that works. "How to Remove Mega Moiré: What is moiré, and how do you prevent or remove it?" By Jane Conner-ziser Photoshop Tips Tim Barnes
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    PerfX Press curves or IDEAlliance Curve?

    Re: PerfX Press curves or IDEAlliance Curve? We use IDEAlliance Curve software with ColorPort and an iOne spectro. The software is very easy to use and generates the curves with or without gray balance, or with the black using CMY curve, or as a Delta curve. It has built in configurations for...
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    InDesign Page Information - slug line

    Re: InDesign Page Information - slug line If you download the fig11-13.mrk file and change the "outoffset" to a positive number(I use 12) and remove the "Real World Adobe InDesign" type and save as a new marks file. All you have to do is make a preset using the new marks instead of the...
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    InDesign Page Information - slug line

    Re: InDesign Page Information - slug line Dan, Make a custom marks file that puts the slug info between the crop marks, this will keep the page centered. Got to the url below to get the "how to". http://indesignsecrets.com/creating-custom-printer-marks-in-indesign.php Tim_B

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