What do I do when I get this message?

[stephenj148]

I get this message when I'm using Illustrator and using a faded gradient, while also using the versaworks cutline swatch.

It has happened before that when I go into versaworks, my cutline is no longer recognized by versaworks and I cannot cut. Any thoughts?

 

[TheSnowman]

I get that a lot too. I just hit continue and it's always fine. Mine happens when I'm applying my cutcontour line.

 

[TheSellOut]

does your "EPS Options" window pop up after that?

 

[TheSellOut]

When you use a transparency or Effect you get the pop-up screen that you see in your OP...My tech made some custom settings in my EPS options for this and I have outlined what I think were the steps to do that in this thread

http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74044&highlight=illustrator

You will still get the pop up but using those settings have always worked great for me

 

[stephenj148]

thanks, I will try this.

 

[iSign]

I just click on "don't show this again" ...works for me

 

[HulkSmash]

if you have issues printing it, just flatten it in photoshop.

 

[TheSellOut]

I just click on "don't show this again" ...works for me

iSign, from Illustrator to VersaWorks do you notice any problems in your print if you have a transparency or Effect such as a dropshadow?

 

[Graphicholik3]

File type error...you should be saving/printing an .EPS or a .PDF file with the correct settings.

 

[TheSellOut]

File type error...you should be saving/printing an .EPS or a .PDF file with the correct settings.

Graphoholik...The EPS Options window, where you can adjust you settings, pops up after this warning.

 

[Graphicholik3]

Graphoholik...The EPS Options window, where you can adjust you settings, pops up after this warning.

Oh okay! So than it's just warning you that you set a color to a specific spot color than you changed the transparency of that spot color so it's letting you know that it's no longer a spot color. Meaning it's letting you know that you chose a spot color to hit a specific color, but you changed it's transparency so it's not longer a spot color technically. It's now a opaque version of the original color that technically can't be recognized as a spot color any longer so you aren't surprised when you see the printed results.

Make sense?

 

[iSign]

iSign, from Illustrator to VersaWorks do you notice any problems in your print if you have a transparency or Effect such as a dropshadow?

I use Flexi, to output files to a Mimaki... but this sort of warning is a good example of why I have become comfortable with my personal workflow of exporting ALL my print files as RGB .tif files & never printing vector art. In this way i can check everything as a rastor file with no layers, transparencies, multiple color spaces, font issues, or a host of other "risks" that I perceive to be present in multi-element files

 

[stephenj148]

okay, i've tried everything and this still isnt working! I need to get these things printed and this transparency thing is not working. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[redbarn]

I get this also, when using spot color and cut lines. Something hokey is happening. Convert spot colors to rgb/cmyk and it takes care of it.

 

[SightLine]

What redbarn said. Select that spot color and change it to RGB or CMYK. As mentioned most other programs cannot properly interpret spot colors with transparency applied to them.

 

[Matt-Tastic]

a spot color is jsut that, a spot. when you make it transparent, turn it to a gradient, put a shadow over it, it is no longer a spot color, and doesn't render like one. therefore, the 100% spot will print like a spot color, where the rest of the image will color correct as RGB/CMYK, typically showing different results based on the color settings on your RIP.

if you are doing any of the above things to a spot color, convert it to RGB, and the message, as well as any color variances, will be eliminated.