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  1. Best format to save the files for textile printing

    Hello, I recently purchased a Mimaki TX300P-1800 MkII textile printer. I will be working with Rasterlink 6 plus. I plan to print on 100% cotton and linen fabrics. I bought patters from online websites, but I can't figure out the best format to save the files for printing. I get very different...
  2. Issues with Illustrator PDF Scale Exports

    Hello awesome community! I'm exporting a raster/vector image from Illustrator as a PDF and adobe keeps scaling it to a 1/10 scale. Thats all fine and dandy for the vector parts of the image of course. But the raster parts of the image after scaling it back up by 1000% are still not as sharp as...
  3. Question Flexi Subscription can't utilize "Send email" feature!

    Hey Guys, we've noticed our 2 machines that have Flexi19 subscriptions have lost the ability to use the File/Send Email/jpg/pdf/native feature. The manager used to use this quite a bit to attach artwork to a quick email for approval, but it seems it is broken in some way. We have both...
  4. New Product vs 540 service manual

    Hi does anyone have the vs 540 service manual please. thank you
  5. PDF Settings!

    Hello All - Just trying to find documentation online for the adobe PDF save setting under "Output" the option for Profile Inclusion Policy, "Include All Profiles" - I'm assuming that this setting includes all tagged RGB/CMYK/LAB/ETC. profiles, but for untagged or native elements does this...
  6. Question Flexi 10.5 Export PDF Help

    Hi all! Hopefully simple question! I can't seem to find the setting in my export file that is sending my artboard with the selected graphic. I've attached a couple tests to show you guys what I mean No matter where in my file I move the graphic, the artboard shows up in the PDF. Obviously one...
  7. Need Help VersaWorks Dual won't Read Multipage PDF

    We have recently upgraded printers and as such have moved up to Versaworks Dual. I'm having multiple issues and can't seem to find any information online. The first issue was that my cut paths were not showing up as cut paths, I fixed this issue by running versaworks as administrator. This...
  8. Need Help Saving JPG as PDF

    I'm not great with Illustrator, I do most of my designing in Omega then save as. I'm re-designing a postcard for a customer. They sent me a jpg, about 2 megs, I think. When I set some type and add the jpg in Illustrator and save as PDF it turns into a huge file. I think about 40 megs, I can't...
  9. Does illy have an artboard limitation?

    I'm designing a tradeshow display at full scale in Corel X7. Size with crop marks is 221"w x 108"h. When I make a pdf for the third party they inform me that the file comes in at 200"w x .... I figured they're probably using adobe. Sure enough when I open the pdf in illy it's cutting it off. I...
  10. import pages of PDF

    I am running 5.0 and can't for the life of me get a pdf with multi pages to open the page I want. it wants to open page 1 so I changed it to another page and it keeps going back to page 1 finally got it to open page 3, no idea why it allowed that one but now it just keeps going back to page 1...
  11. Need Help Looking for a cheap, simple printing (multplying) software for SRA3 printer

    Hi Guys, I just bought a Konica Minolta printer, and I am searching for a small software to print my files (pdf, jpg, tiff, eps). The program must be cheap. It is important to make me easy to print 8-10 files on one page. (like business cards, with cutting line, image margin, and so on - pdf...
  12. Flexi Sign Pro need to import large file to print

    Version: FlexiSign Pro 8.6v2 I have a large design I am going to need to print, I made it in illustrator even though illustrator cannot have that large of canvas, but I can make it larger in Flexi and it would print fine. Flexi does not import the .ai files correctly, ever, so I saved it as a...
  13. Lawson MO

    Very small shop, doing small signs and banners and customized apparel. Now running a Graphtec CE6000. Received .ve file from customer and cannot open it. Can someone open it, convert it to pdf or eps for me. Thanks, promise I will pay it forward.
  14. .cdl to eps or pdf

    Hi signmakers, I need to convert a bunch of signlab files to pdf or eps. And with a bunch i mean 500-600 files. Is there a way to do it with a freeware or is there someone with a script that opens a file and saves it as a pdf? We are stil working with singlab till the end of the month. Thanks.
  15. InDesign - How to save hi-res pdf @ 10% scale

    Amatuer night at the Apollo here, but...... (InDesign is like Microsoft Publisher to me..... :/ ) I have an InDesign file that has 2 linked .psd files in it. I need to save a high-res file from InDesign so I can print. The InDesign file is 1/10 scale. When I try saving PDF I change...
  16. XC-540 service manual

    Hello, I'm loo​king for the service manual for the xc-540. Is there anyone who has a pdf and wants to share? my email is max@graciesigns.com.au
  17. HELP! Saving files for print

    I need help saving files for print properly. In turn, I need help choosing the appropriate settings in Onyx RIP. Here is my typical setup: Onyx Postershop 10.2 Illustrator CS6 HP L26500 Printer Media: 3M 180C-10 ControlTac The only color calibration that has been done, is from the on board...
  18. PDF Color Profile Settings...(Raster art color accuracy)

    Hello! What is the best way to get the most original color from a raster image that was placed in an illustrator file that also contains spot colors (ie, a file containing a spot color plus 1 raster image)? Here's what we did so far: We saved the file as a PDF with the output set at No...
  19. Rasterlink sees white instead of PDFs...

    Very infrequently, I'll feed a PDF into Rasterlink(v5) and instead of RIPing the PDF normally, I'll get a blank white image. The dimensions are correct, there's just nothing but whitespace where the image is supposed to be. I've had this happen on two different computers that are hooked up to...
  20. eps. to pdf

    I've noticed a few times when I create a design in Illustrator .EPS file and then save it to a PDF to send it to my client sometimes some of the text is bold and not uniform as it is in the .EPS file. Has anyone else had that happen to them and do you know why. It's hard to send a proof to a...
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