Proper Preflight Method

[MrSalumi]

Hey everyone... I was just wondering what you all do to preflight you files before sending them to your RIP. Let's say you're working in Illustrator. Do you flatten the image and rasterize before sending it? Do you save it in PDF, EPS, AI? How about in Photoshop? JPEG, PDF, EPS?

Just trying to get a sense of what the common method of preflighting is.

 

[Asuma01]

It depends on what I am sending. I try to keep the format the same. eg: vectors saved as .eps and photos and other raster based graphics get sent as flattened tifs. If a file has both vector and raster then I will export it as a flattened tif.

Its really not a big deal which way you do it. As long as your color management is set up and working correctly you shouldn't notice a color difference.

I use Corel x6 and Onyx in my workflow.

 

[MrSalumi]

Thats good to know.. I usually send flattened pdfs.. Using Wastach and Adobe CS6

 

[hansman]

Same here..........If a file is vector (Illustrator) keep it vector based > PDF. Flattening it to a raster will limit resizing for a larger output.
If the file is built in (Photoshop) and is raster based anyway, a flattened tiff at full size with no compression should be fine.

 

[hansman]

Thats good to know.. I usually send flattened pdfs.. Using Wastach and Adobe CS6

Most of todays rips can handle non flattened PDF's (PDF 1.4 and above). So there is no need to "flatten the transparency" of a PDF.
This should be greyed out in the Advanced section when you are saving out your .pdf.

 

[danno]

There is a big industry push to use .pdfs at the moment. I would check with my RIP supplier and see what they suggest. The newest versions or RIP's are using the Adobe PDF rip engine.

 

[MrSalumi]

Most of todays rips can handle non flattened PDF's (PDF 1.4 and above). So there is no need to "flatten the transparency" of a PDF.
This should be greyed out in the Advanced section when you are saving out your .pdf.

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