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Thank you Dov - I have just copied and pasted the above into my powerpoint. Good tip on Word - I had not thought of that. For the record, these folks work in our IT department and they are like a toddler with a yoghurt and a spoon who think they can do this all by themselves.

lol ... should be good fun Thank you - I appreciate that.

Of course, Plan B is to stop paying the subscription :-)

Hello Folks, I am hosting an internal training session next week One aim is to get the team to stop using Illustrator to check or correct PDF files created by non-Illustrator apps and I am looking for any PDF file that when opened in Illustrator causes obvious (or hard to discover) errors. I...

Yes... I use it from time to time if I have troublesome files that won't open etc. I never use the output but it can shed light on what's going on. Many years ago had it set up with a hot folder to make low res , password protected spec sheets. There was another worklow that made pdf files of...

Can you select them by region and / or stroke weight?

Hello Sara, Not sure I understand what is going on here. If you can upload a sample PDF that would help. Are you saying that the PDF's with correctly names Pantone Colours work just fine when you fine tune the colours on the Fiery - but - different files with just CMYK equivalent values don't...

Hello Tommi, I would agree that Avery Dennison is a good place to start. If they don't make it, it's probably not out there. But shop around. There is also Raflatac and Herma http://www.upmraflatac.com/ https://www.herma.com You will need to think about specific stickers for specific...

... and fingers crossed they don't break something else along the way ;-)

Done - three votes for you - Good luck :-)

Thank god No. This practice was started by a previous supplier many years ago and no one dares question it just in case there is some knock on effect. We are late comers to the party and just a bit alarmed to find ourselves in a Dov Issacs Nightmare. When they said PDF, I knew it was a waste of...

Horrible workflow indeed! ... I've decided that it is better to spend my time getting everybody to use a PDF workflow than this nonsense. It will help everyone in the long term.

Thanks PrePressDork! That's a handy little script. I had hoped to find a route that avoided opening the file in Illustrator but I don't think I have any alternative.

Yes! - we used to do this for all jobs before we ran to film. We used to print them out on an A3 B&W printer for a final check. Usually to check overprint was ok. In those days the press runs were quite long so it was better to be safe than sorry. Later on we ran the seps to a PDF for checking...

Hello Folks, .... deep sigh .... I have a short term project for a client where despite all resasonable arguments to the contrary, I have to supply the same artwork file as AI, PDF and outlined AI. The project involves working with some rival firms so using Pitstop / Pitstop Server / Switch...

Hello KDW, Have you considered that you are being played? If you work in print purchasing then the moment you say you are happy with a price then you are not doing your job. It might be that your customer is just trying to get a better price. The moment your business competes on price...

Hello Delta E, So. Stephen has given you a little bed time reading. They are both great references and worth a revisit from time to time. The second link shows you how to use Bridge to sync all your Adobe applications. Once you have a decided your settings you can save them to a file. You can...

Hello Delta E, My word, there is a lot to be said about the options in this window. You can do some serious damage to your files. A lot depends on what kind of jobs you're printing. If you are printing beautiful colour photography all day or if you just print packaging with just black and two...

Thank you everyone so much for your great advice. I have passed it all on. As yet, they have not found the cause but they tell me they are working closely with the Ink Supplier to get to the bottom of it. They are certain that is where the problem is. The problem seems limited to these few press...

I'd make a start here: http://www.colorwiki.com/wiki/The_Color_of_Toast There is plenty of material free online and on YouTube. You can sign up for free Webinars from X-rite and Pantone as well us software houses like GMG and Esko. However, a lot of this information can be fairly generic...