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Aug 8, 2012 12:10 PM

I'm trying to create a trapped PDF through Acrobat. I'm sending the Postscript file out of Indesign with all the trapping presets. If the file has any complexity to it, it rips to about 80% and then stops. If it's a easy page it rips and traps beautifully. We have a customer that is requesting trapped PDF's and I'm trying to get to the bottom of this problem. Is there a setting in Acrobat thats causing it to hang up, do we need a different rip. Anyone have any ideas?

 

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479 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: MichaelKazlow, Aug 16, 2012 3:54 PM
 
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    1. Test Screen Name,
    Aug 9, 2012 1:59 AM   in reply to jjohnmpls
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    So, when you say "RIP" do you mean "Distiller Server"? Or is this actually happening in the RIP?

     
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    2. jjohnmpls,
    Aug 9, 2012 7:21 AM   in reply to Test Screen Name
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    I mean distiller.

    Im trying to distill it through Acrobat to get a trapped PDF

     
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    3. Test Screen Name,
    Aug 9, 2012 10:26 AM   in reply to jjohnmpls
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    Ok, some Adobe PostScript RIPs include an in-RIP trapping engine.

     

    But neither Distiller nor Distiller Server does in-RIP trapping. It isn't really a possibility, in-RIP trapping works at the level of the final bitmap, not an intermediate PDF.

     

    Or do you mean that you've trapped it in Illustrator already and just want a PDF? If so, just save as PDF.

     
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    4. jjohnmpls,
    Aug 9, 2012 10:53 AM   in reply to Test Screen Name
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    I can send trapped postscript out of indesign. If the page isnt to complex its makes a trapped PDF just fine. The problem I'm having is that when the file gets complex it wont make a PDF it distills it to about 80% then stops. Im looking for away around this, something that can handle the information and still get a PDF out of it

     
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    5. MichaelKazlow,
    Aug 16, 2012 3:54 PM   in reply to jjohnmpls
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    Moved to Creating, Editing & Exporting PDFs

     
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