I think it related to Mimaki Fine Cut, i keep getting it but the version we have is not compatible with the latest version of OSX, ive just uninstalled it using cleanmy mac and i see the mimaki fine cut plugin works fine in illustrator. ... View more

well not really, if i import a file at full size at 72dpi the image quality will print perfect as long as your linked images are hi res in illustrator with vectors it does not mater and if you work at 10% of the size at 300dpi same thing, talking in regard with large format printing, talking here from 15+ years of digital experience, always imported pdf's and even the ai files in photoshop when its multiple pages and it just worked from version 5 all the way to cc 2018, even the shift to scale proportionally has changes but thats a whole other discussion all together   ... View more

i sometimes work at 10% of the size in illustrator and just rasterise in photoshop add a colour profile and send to my printers rip, even them i could open a few pages select all od them and add the zero at  the end of the size and it would scale all the pages up to thier proper 100% sizes ... View more

everything before CC 2019 i used to do it often for my printers rip its easier to send single pages to it ... View more