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Just to put this to rest Just to put this to rest Just to put this topic to rest, I finally figured out that all of the problems were specific to elements being created by the FormsX plugin, and it is a manufacturing error of that program. They have engineers working on it now. Jim Y.

Funny, it's been working just fine for us so far Funny, it's been working just fine for us so far We've actually been using Illustrator to strip jobs (including PDF files as source) and it's been working flawlessly. Illustrator has been the only dependable part of our setup. Jim Y.

Oh, when it's all Cyan, things are ducky Oh, when it's all Cyan, things are ducky Just one more thing to add to this discussion (I don't remember when it started, very long ago): If I delete the Pantone color and force it to change everything on that (Pantone) plate to Cyan, then I get...

More information ... it's not the PDF process More information ... it's not the PDF process On a whim, I tried another tactic on this file which has been giving me grief. I used Quark's save as EPS function to save the file as an EPS and threw the generated EPS file at the RIP. On the RIP...

Tried David's settings, now it's really a no-go Tried David's settings, now it's really a no-go I tried David's approach of starting with High Quality Press settings and making the few changes that he suggested. Then I tried Shaun's suggestion of exporting the PDF with native transparency...

I would have to answer heck no to this question. That would be insane. I am taking documents created in Quark and copying the layouts into my stripping template and step and repeating them as needed. It's really not all that complicated. These are simple forms, which need to go either two up...

Tried, but failed Tried, but failed Shaun and David: I applied both of your suggested revisions to no avail. When outputting the job to separations, the same part of the PMS color is kicking to the Cyan plate, with the rest of the color landing on the correct Pantone plate. To recap what I...

Not generally a problem in our situation Not generally a problem in our situation This is not generally a problem in our situation as most of our work is forms, but we do have bodies of text at times. Good to be reminded that we need to doublecheck for this. Jim Y.

Problem resolved Problem resolved Thanks so much for your response. I finally got guidance on the special mode I had to use to get 1 bit files and now everything (for the most part) is ducky. Now my RIP likes the files and doesn't try to screen them further. Jim Y.

Recommended settings? Recommended settings? You said do not use X anything ... did you mean don't use any of the PDF-X settings? If not, what settings would you recommend that we use, knowing that our end goal is CTP? Thanks so much, Jim Y.

Somewhat counter-intuitively, one cannot use the Negative or Black Separation on the Cezanne to scan black negatives. One must use the Mechanical TRN setting. Once you do that, it scans as a 1 bit scan (thus no grayscale). Mystery solved. Thank you all for your kind input.

Thanks again, Gordo Thanks again, Gordo Thanks again for the response Gordo. I have more information so I can run another test and see if I can get what I'm looking for using the more correct settings (it seems I was using the wrong film settings). I'll test it again and get back to you. Jim Y.

Mac 10.6.7 PC Rip is Xitron 8.3.1, running on a Vista server, tons of extra HD space, unknown ram We create the PDFs directly from within Quark, using the Export to PDF feature.

All Mac Workflow except for RIP All Mac Workflow except for RIP For production we're an all-mac shop with the PC RIP being the exception. All files are Quark native files. Just had another set of plates shift 1/2 inch to the right with no good explanation. :eek: Jim Y

Correction: Previously run jobs from negs Correction: Previously run jobs from negs Correction to my previous post. I am scanning negs of a job that we ran in the past. It has gradiated screens on it, thus I thought it would be a good test. I tried scanning it in grayscale to 300, 600 and...

We are testing scanning in already scanned jobs and I took a job and scanned it at 3 target resolutions (1200, 600, 300 dpi) and set up a plate and output it to our Agfa Acento II platesetter. Even though the files look great on the screen, it looks like either the RIP (Xitron Navigator 8.3.1)...

Gordo: I did as you suggested, created my Stepwise Wedge, and am getting very strange readings across the board. These are some of the readings I'm seeing: 1%=90%K 2%=86% 3%=83% 5%=78% 10%=71% 20%=58% 30%=58% 40%=40% !!! 50%=33% 60%=25% 70%=20% 80%=15% 90%=12% 93%=10% 95%=9% 97%=7% 100%=8%...

I can't even express how grateful I am for your detailed and precise response. Thanks for providing me with clear directions. I will work on setting up the wedge and calibrating our scanner. Again, thank you so much. Jim Y.

More info on previous request More info on previous request This is for a shop that has an inventory of mostly line art negs. They do virtually no 4c (process) work. So that means that most of the negs being scanned are composed of rules, type, and the occasional screened background. Jim Y.

I am working with a company that is changing from analog to CTP. Many jobs they of course have in digital form which we are wrangling in to the Platemaker. However, they also have a substantial number of jobs for which they only have negs. We are using a Cezanne Elite flatbed scanner to bring...