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Colin Flashman
Memberhave a look in the downloads folder of indesignsecrets.com for multipageimporter2.5.jsx which is better than the pdf placer which is shipped with indesign. it does more than place pdfs, it scales, rotates, positions on exact coordinates.
otherwise, if all the pdfs are placed, then this script might do the trick:
https://in-tools.com/wordpress/…..ics-script
if this is what you're after, make sure to thank harbs @ in-tools for the work he put into this one!
Memberhave a look in the downloads folder of indesignsecrets.com for multipageimporter2.5.jsx which is better than the pdf placer which is shipped with indesign. it does more than place pdfs, it scales, rotates, positions on exact coordinates.
otherwise, if all the pdfs are placed, then this script might do the trick:
https://in-tools.com/wordpress/…..ics-script
if this is what you're after, make sure to thank harbs @ in-tools for the work he put into this one!
Memberask (or leave it up to) the printer. the answer could be either, depending on the kind of stock, how many passes the artwork is being done in, if there is a combination of solids and stipples of the metallic, if there are any drop-shadows in the artwork, etc.
Memberask (or leave it up to) the printer. the answer could be either, depending on the kind of stock, how many passes the artwork is being done in, if there is a combination of solids and stipples of the metallic, if there are any drop-shadows in the artwork, etc.
Memberthis is repurposing at its best, and XML is the way to go. my go-to book is at work (writing this from home) but can tell you to hunt down a book called “A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML” by James Maivald. this book describes getting XML into indesign, but also how to get XML OUT of indesign.
hope this helps.
Memberthis is repurposing at its best, and XML is the way to go. my go-to book is at work (writing this from home) but can tell you to hunt down a book called “A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML” by James Maivald. this book describes getting XML into indesign, but also how to get XML OUT of indesign.
hope this helps.
Membernope. just tried it. have to put the crops on once the merged file is complete i'm afraid.
Memberif emailing the pdf for others to see on-screen only, i'd suggest using the adobe pdf export preset titled “smallest file size”. all the pics will be resampled and won't look as good as the print-ready pdf, but should be light enough to email.
otherwise, try using one of the many free FTP options such as yousendit.com (i'm not a spokesperson for 'em, its the only one i can think of at the moment).
June 15, 2010 at 4:15 am in reply to: How long do you keep old software (CS3, CS4, etc) installed? #56048MemberCS3 is old? i'm still running it at work! everyone else but me has CS4 in the office, and will probably get CS5 :(
in my situation we need to keep a range of software both mac and windows to ensure that we can not only open but output the files customers send us. we also need to keep the software for legacy reasons (for example, a reprint of a 10 year old book with minor alterations).
Membernope. just tried it. have to put the crops on once the merged file is complete i'm afraid.
Memberif emailing the pdf for others to see on-screen only, i'd suggest using the adobe pdf export preset titled “smallest file size”. all the pics will be resampled and won't look as good as the print-ready pdf, but should be light enough to email.
otherwise, try using one of the many free FTP options such as yousendit.com (i'm not a spokesperson for 'em, its the only one i can think of at the moment).
June 14, 2010 at 9:15 pm in reply to: How long do you keep old software (CS3, CS4, etc) installed? #53084MemberCS3 is old? i'm still running it at work! everyone else but me has CS4 in the office, and will probably get CS5 :(
in my situation we need to keep a range of software both mac and windows to ensure that we can not only open but output the files customers send us. we also need to keep the software for legacy reasons (for example, a reprint of a 10 year old book with minor alterations).
Memberthe colour conversion stuff won't do a thing to resolve the issue. however, i do think the issue could be this:
https://kb2.adobe.com/cps/406/k…..06643.html
can tell you though you're doing the right thing by isolating the problem only to one page. do you have a copy of adobe acrobat professional? if so, any amount of PDFs can be combined into one by using the file/combine/merge files into single pdf option. otherwise if its just reader, no such luck and back to working out the problem in indesign.
i'm amazed that the print shop lady “scowled” at you for giving her four pdf files… is that all? i used to work for a bureau which charged a “file access fee” for each file we opened and then a standard rate for the following pages, and i'm sure there are dozens of places which still do. four files isn't much in that environment, believe me!
Memberas the document is created in indesign then i strongly suggest making black pages “black” in the indesign file itself. just like acrobat, it has a similar separations preview. my advice is to go to a black page and toggle the black separation off. if colours other than black appear on the page, then they will need to be made black only. a good example of this may be a picture which appears black and white but is in fact RGB… in this case the picture will need to be opened, converted to greyscale, saved, and update in indesign.
otherwise, acrobat can force pages to greyscale using the advanced/print production/convert colors menu. assuming acrobat 9 is being used, open that menu item and look at the dialog box. in the centre left of the dialog box there will be a checkbox which says “convert colors to output intent”. click on this checkbox and in the dropdown field associated with it, click any one of the seven options at the bottom (dot gain 10% thru to gray gamma 2.2). in the checkboxes beneath this, only click the one which says “preserve black”, and in the dialog below, select the pages that these adjustments should be made to.
Memberthe colour conversion stuff won't do a thing to resolve the issue. however, i do think the issue could be this:
https://kb2.adobe.com/cps/406/k…..06643.html
can tell you though you're doing the right thing by isolating the problem only to one page. do you have a copy of adobe acrobat professional? if so, any amount of PDFs can be combined into one by using the file/combine/merge files into single pdf option. otherwise if its just reader, no such luck and back to working out the problem in indesign.
i'm amazed that the print shop lady “scowled” at you for giving her four pdf files… is that all? i used to work for a bureau which charged a “file access fee” for each file we opened and then a standard rate for the following pages, and i'm sure there are dozens of places which still do. four files isn't much in that environment, believe me!
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