Preps 5.3.3

[jramseth]

We just upgraded our Preps to 5.3.3 because we upgraded Nexus to a PDF work flow. Now when we print out of Preps we do not have the option to turn on or off any of the color separations (they are grayed out). We would use this to turn off the Die Line when printing or the Varnish when proofing. Also our color bars and marks that are PDF's are not seen and can't be imported into the template. We were told that these should be converted to PDF's because with the new work flow upgrade there could be conflicts with them being .eps's. Please let me know...

Thanks
Jane

 

[t.hack]

You need to turn on PDF Color mapping in the General tab in the Print menu.

 

[jramseth]

That is selected! If I select to print as a JDF the color separations are active. I don't get it...

 

[gebalazs]

Hi!

We use Preps 5.3.3 Pro. I played with it a bit now and found the following.
First I also could not select color separations no matter what "Send to" showed. Then I tried to select a different device (Generic Postscript Printer) and suddenly the option under "Imaging options" "In-RIP Color separation" became active. Then I set the device and output type back to normal (JDF output) and I still had the In-RIP separation option active.
Try to play with this. If "Color Separation" under "Imaging options" in the Print/General tab become active - you win.

Balazs

 

[selectset]

You are correct. In Preps 5.5.3 if you print to pdf, you can not turn off the separations. That option is available only if you print to jdf.

 

[selectset]

Now when we print out of Preps we do not have the option to turn on or off any of the color separations

Preps 5.3.3 does not allow you to turn off separations when printing pdf to pdf. You have to print to jdf in order to control separations. In Nexus, you will need to build a jdf workflow.

 

[jramseth]

Thanks for your help!

 

[jramseth]

OK, we got the JDF WF figured out! Now when we have spot colors and we map them to the spot color bars they do not convert so we then need to bring the imposed pdf into NEO and map them.

Also when we need to turn off the dieline (most of our clients like to see their proof with the dieline) for plating it still shows up...

Augh, what am I missing? Any ideas?

 

[t.hack]

Do you have Apply Color Mapping turned on in the JDF to PDF module?

 

[jramseth]

It wasn't selected. I will see if that takes care of the problem!

Thanks