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2. Re: Ghost of placed/linked psd cutout
PurplePlumUK Jun 12, 2010 9:23 AM (in response to P Spier)Hi
Thanks for those, very interesting.
However I don't think it's the issue... there are no spot colours involved nor shadows.
In the output window there are always only the four process colours listed - it's one thing we're in the habit of double checking as a matter of best practice.
Also to overprint would not be a solution in these instances. One of mine was a cutout of a russet apple (so no 100% black) but a fair amount of dusky pink. This was placed over a mossy 4 colour green... no spot, no shadow. The square of the photo was clearly visible.
I'm wondering if most people still produce cutouts using the pen and this explains why it's not being queried... ah well, not to worry. Thanks for taking the time.
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3. Re: Ghost of placed/linked psd cutout
P Spier Jun 12, 2010 9:57 AM (in response to PurplePlumUK)I think this is more a case of a two-level RIP that is treating the raster image (and the background behind your transparency which is maybe being rasterized to flatten the transparency) differently from the rest of the native vector object.
A couple of things to look at are the transparency flattener settings -- I think High Resolution would be appropriate, and possibly leaving the transparency live during the export, but that probably isn't the answer if you are printing this on a digital device, so you may need to create the custom flattener that rasterizes everything. For sure make ceertain you aren't managing color both in ID and the Printer controls.
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4. Re: Ghost of placed/linked psd cutout
PurplePlumUK Jun 12, 2010 10:13 AM (in response to P Spier)HI, thank you.
I will look into this. Because we're not able to reproduce it in-house - it only occurs in external printer proofs and then not every one - it's a bit difficult to do anything with right now. However, I'll look at applying your suggestions on jobs and see if it stops occurring.
Thanks again



