Hello everyone,
I've been in prepress for years for offset printing, but recently got a job as the only prepress technician at a company that does variable printing on an Igen3. They have always printed postscript out if InDesign and then used distiller to create a PDF. I think they did this to flatten the transparency. My question is does the Igen have a problem with files that are not flattened? Could I just export a PDF x1a that flattens the file?
It seems like twice the work to print postscript and distill. Any opinions on this?
I've been in prepress for years for offset printing, but recently got a job as the only prepress technician at a company that does variable printing on an Igen3. They have always printed postscript out if InDesign and then used distiller to create a PDF. I think they did this to flatten the transparency. My question is does the Igen have a problem with files that are not flattened? Could I just export a PDF x1a that flattens the file?
It seems like twice the work to print postscript and distill. Any opinions on this?