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Hi richielj, That's a great idea. I will need to speak with my supervisor about this. Right now we have bigger fish to fry, and the damage has already been done for the moment. As soon as I have a moment to breathe I will talk to them about this topic and see how they would like to address the...

HI, While I was working on packaging for some new products, I came across something that may help you. When you first save a document in Illustrator CS4, the Illustrator Options menu pops up. I usually just click through it, so I forgot about this, but at the top of the window there is a drop...

"Second, you said on your other thread that you printed to a laser printer, but here you say you print to an HP CP2500. Are you sure that's not an inkjet?" Haha...Probably...see what I know?? Now that you mention it, I think it is an inkjet. Lasers are bigger and for higher volume printing. I...

Hi Lukas, I totally agree that language (and a 12 hour time difference)can be a HUGE barrier. For the most part we do well, but there are times when it takes me a week to explain how an artwork file is to be applied to the product. The print quality is an issue that we will need to deal with...

Hi Mike, I appreciate the offer, and if I was running my own design firm I would definately consider it. However, I am already using my own version of Adobe CS4 to do my work, and am lucky I finally have a computer powerful enough to not make me want to murder people. You should have seen the...

"web publishing and print publishing are two different animals" So I am learning, lol. I do work in CMYK at 300ppi or better when in PhotoSHop. When working in Illistrator, I just create a document "for print" in the new documents menu.

I will have to send via Yousend it. I don't have a file less than 28 megs.

Hi ALith7, I apologize as well...I get frustrated too. Half the time I feel like I'm in school with no teacher. Google has been the best teacher so far, lol. And my boss just doesn't understand, though they are patient for the most part. It's hard for me to not get the attitude that "this isn't...

Alith7, "First off, claiming they have "crappy print practices" just because you are not familiar with the methods of the package printing world is not fair to the printer or anyone else. Please, not offense meant, but you came in here claiming ignorance, which there is nothing wrong with that...

Hi all, I am taking it all in..thanks! rmh1013, I send Illustrator files in .ai format. They will not accept anything else...believe me, I have tried. They call anything else a JPG and stop production until I produce an Illustrator file. Was a real problem here earlier in the year since I had...

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the advice! Just to give a bit of background, we buy the products we sell from factories (most in China) and sell them to companys like Staples. I was hired as a secretary (because I was a brand new graduate with a degree in IT/Visual Com and couldn't...

Thanks for the insight everyone... I will use the color picker and find the closest Pantone when the fty directly requests Pantone colors. Otherwise, I figure the CMYK values will be enough. I'm really thinking that my first instinct that there is not much I can do may have been the right...

"I guess from the above I assumed she was thinking that even Pantone colors were printed from CMYK builds. Looks like the boss is suggesting PMS colors rather than tint builds." You are right..I did think that. I thought things were printed in either RBG, CMYK, or Grayscale since those were...

Hi, I was trolling the forums, and I came across a discussion that implied that monitors can be matched to printers. I would like to know more about this, if it's possible. I had posted in the adobe forum about how my artwork comes back the wrong color from the factory. If this is possible...

Change in interface is always a hurdle with any upgrade...especially when you are upgrading from a really, really old version to something more current. However, the newer versions have features that do eventually make your life easier..once you get used to using them. That said, Adobe.com...

Thanks for the reply :) So, there is nothing I can do on my end to prevent this from happening again?

Hello, As far as I know there is no way to automatically back save...unless there is a plug in somewhere. I'm not sure why you would need to backsave, in any case...you should still be able to open (and edit) your .ai file created in CS4 in CS3. You may see a warning when the file opens in...

Hi! My name is Cherie, and I am a budding graphic artist. I have a degree in Information Technologies/Visual Communications, but it hasn't prepared me very well for the position I have now...though I like what I am doing despite the frustrations of being under informed at times. I was...

Hello, I am new here, and was hoping someone can help me. I am posting in the Adobe forum because I am working in Illustrator CS4. BTW I do not know a whole lot about print design...I was thrown into this job because I know how to use the software. I'm not complaining though. I want to do what...