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Simple shape in white not printing

Jun 23, 2012 10:10 PM

Tags: #problem #path #printing #objects

I've never seen this before. I have a simple white shape with a logo on top.

The shape itself sits on a coloured background.

So far I only used this in a document and exported it as a pdf.

But today I had to print the document and now it turns out it doensn't

print the shape. I did a few tests in ID and AI. When I colour the shape

any other colour then white it prints but as soon I colour it back to white

the shape doesn't print anymore. I have a native postscript 3 printer.

What on earth could be wrong?

 

AI CS5.5

ID CS5.5

973 Views   10 Replies   Latest reply: motiondude, Jun 27, 2012 3:36 PM
 
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  • [scott w]
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    1. [scott w],
    Jun 24, 2012 1:52 AM   in reply to motiondude
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    Ensure the white object is not set to overprint in AI.

     
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    2. motiondude,
    Jun 24, 2012 11:32 AM   in reply to [scott w]
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    Thanks Scott. The odd thing is, I never messed with overprint settings

    as there was no reason for doing so. That's why I never thought of that.

    The shape was visble but wasn't printed. Now it does again. Thanks!

     
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  • Mathias17
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    3. Mathias17,
    Jun 24, 2012 10:37 PM   in reply to motiondude
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    Get in the habit of using your Print Preview every now and then when creating artwork headed for print. It'll reveal any fills or strokes set to Overprint.

     
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  • [scott w]
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    4. [scott w],
    Jun 25, 2012 12:59 AM   in reply to Mathias17
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    White is often automatically set to overprint. Whevever you intend to print white, you need to verify overprint settings.

     
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    5. motiondude,
    Jun 25, 2012 1:06 AM   in reply to [scott w]
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    Thanks Mathias17, I will make this part of the standard procedure.

    Thanks [scott w], Is this now a default setting in AI CS5.5? I never had any issues in AI CS4.

     
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  • Larry G. Schneider
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    6. Larry G. Schneider,
    Jun 25, 2012 8:58 AM   in reply to motiondude
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    What may have happened is that the white object was in another color and was set to overprint. It was later changed to white but the overprint was never removed.

     
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  • motiondude
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    7. motiondude,
    Jun 27, 2012 1:56 PM   in reply to Larry G. Schneider
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    Thanks Larry. I'm not sure. I was the only one working on this project

    and I've never encountered this problem before.

     

    Something else: can I change the overprint setting later on in Acrobat?

    I've made a form in pdf and it's faster to just alter the logo's state

    than to redo all the form fields. Thanks!

     
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  • Tom Usrey
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    8. Tom Usrey,
    Jun 27, 2012 2:08 PM   in reply to motiondude
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    You might be interested in a plug-in called WhiteOP2KO (White Overprint To Knockout), from www.worker72a.com, that checks for White overprint in CMYK documents. They offer several versions with varying features (a free version that checks and puts up a findings dialog, a slightly less than free version that checks but doesn't say anything unless it finds something, and then a more full featured version that can actually fix problems).

     

    No connection; just a satisfied user.

     
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  • Larry G. Schneider
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    9. Larry G. Schneider,
    Jun 27, 2012 2:51 PM   in reply to motiondude
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    With an Acrobat form with fields, you can update it and not mess up the from fields by using Acrobat Pro and doing a Document>Replace Pages to make changes to the background and still have the form fields.

     
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  • motiondude
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    10. motiondude,
    Jun 27, 2012 3:36 PM   in reply to Tom Usrey
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    @ Tom, Thanks I will check that out.

     

    @ Larry, I got mixed results. I have CS5.5 Master so I have Acrobat Pro.

    I also have Pitstop Pro 10. I was able to set the overprint to none on one form,

    the other gave me an error stating it was not possible to make changes.

    Now I have to manually copy over the form fields to get it done.

     
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