Printing problem with adobe

[banditsigns]

I have adobe cs3 and when I put a inside glow or drop shadow (all I have noticed on) when it prints, it makes a square on the print where it is faded somewhat. Is there something with expand appearance or something else I am not doing right. New to adobe and printing....used flexi and a plotter before. Thanks....

 

[the graphics co]

How are you saving the file before you print? If you are adding drop shadows and such you will most likely need to rasterize the file before printing.

 

[signswi]

Are you putting a drop shadow on top of a spot color? That's a typical cause for this problem. Don't do that, convert the spot to the color space you're working in before adding rasterized transparency effects on top of it.

 

[Rodi]

Save as an eps and it goes away, it is not the most elegant of workarounds, but it does what the RIP has failed to do.

If you have some sort of "Composite Overprint" that works too, sometimes.

 

[banditsigns]

Thanks!!!!!!!!

 

[charissabuskirk]

what rip program are you using?

 

[signswi]

Save as an eps and it goes away, it is not the most elegant of workarounds, but it does what the RIP has failed to do.

If you have some sort of "Composite Overprint" that works too, sometimes.

You'll lose color management by saving to EPS though. Smart use of PDF is a better option, pre-flattening the transparencies if your RIP starts drawing boxes. Or even completely pre-flattening and saving to the target dpi as a .tif, at least then you'll still have a managed color space.

 

[thewood]

Or even completely pre-flattening and saving to the target dpi as a .tif, at least then you'll still have a managed color space.

This is what I do.

 

[banditsigns]

I'M using Color rip....thanks, Todd