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• • November 12, 2010 at 5:18 am #57701
    Anonymous

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    Hi Guys, got a bit of a prob with exporting pages of my magazine to PDF.

    I have to export them to PDF/X-1a:2001 as my printer requires.

    So using Indesign I export the pages one at a time, using a preset I have saved which is based on a PDF/X-1A:2001 Standard (from the standard dropdown) through Acrobat 5

    After sending 36 pages to the printer yesterday they got back to me saying half of the pdfs were PDF/X-ia:2001 but half of them weren't – I have no idea why this would be as I exported them all using the same template.

    Anyone have any idea whats going on?

  • November 12, 2010 at 7:17 am #57704
    David Blatner

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    Well, PDF/X1-a is based on Acrobat 4, not 5. Huge difference: transparency is not flattened in acr4. So if there was any transparency on those pages, your printer probably didn't like it.

  • November 12, 2010 at 8:15 pm #57721
    Bob Levine

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    Just to avoid confusion…I know David meant transparency is not flattened in ACROBAT 5.

    Now, a few points…X/1-a is used in pretty old workflows. A modern printer should have no problem with transparency.

    Instead of exporting the pages one at a time, export the entire file and then use the extract pages command in Acrobat to chop them up. But that brings us back to this printer. A modern printer should have no problem taking a multi-page PDF with live transparency in it. Why not have a chat with your printer and find out just exactly why he' requiring you do this.

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