Re: Quick solution to a scary PDF mess? ...help...
Let's just give the guy a break. It really does seem that, after 2 decades of computer layout, people still can't get it right and we in the prepress field are left to clean up the messes. Sales people don't want us to educate the customer for fear that they'll take offense and go elsewhere, so the problems never get resolved. The production supervisors and bosses don't care what the problem is, they just want it fixed so the presses can keep running. They expect us to solve the problem as fast as possible so if we need to be creative, than that is what we have to do. Many shops don't want to spend the money for new software or just don't understand the importance. So if all you have is Illustrator and you think you can use it to fix the problem, then that is what you have to do. Why are we picking on him for doing what he has to do to get the job done? Of course, having Pitstop would be preferable, so would having the fastest machine, and the best RIP, and educated clients that do it right. In a perfect world!!! I thought these forums where here to support fellow peers, not put them down for doing the best they can with what they have.
As for the problem at hand, why not import the files that need to be changed into InDesign and create masters and sections to update the incorrect areas. It sounds like there are a lot of pages and this would apply the sequences automatically.
Let's just give the guy a break. It really does seem that, after 2 decades of computer layout, people still can't get it right and we in the prepress field are left to clean up the messes. Sales people don't want us to educate the customer for fear that they'll take offense and go elsewhere, so the problems never get resolved. The production supervisors and bosses don't care what the problem is, they just want it fixed so the presses can keep running. They expect us to solve the problem as fast as possible so if we need to be creative, than that is what we have to do. Many shops don't want to spend the money for new software or just don't understand the importance. So if all you have is Illustrator and you think you can use it to fix the problem, then that is what you have to do. Why are we picking on him for doing what he has to do to get the job done? Of course, having Pitstop would be preferable, so would having the fastest machine, and the best RIP, and educated clients that do it right. In a perfect world!!! I thought these forums where here to support fellow peers, not put them down for doing the best they can with what they have.
As for the problem at hand, why not import the files that need to be changed into InDesign and create masters and sections to update the incorrect areas. It sounds like there are a lot of pages and this would apply the sequences automatically.
