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JCHPetter
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September 25, 2009
Question

Save as PDF feature creates extra frame around the tables

  • September 25, 2009
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I am creating a large catalog with black + 1PMS color.

If I use the Save As PDF feature in Frame 9, I get an extra line around the Price portion of MOST (not all) of my tables.  If I use the Distiller process, the extra line is not there, but the PDF file does not hold the color separations.

Has anyone else come across these issues or have any ideas what I could be doing wrong?

Thank you,

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    Art_Campbell1
    Inspiring
    September 25, 2009

    Is your version of 9 fully patched? I believe the released updates have addressed some of the problems with SaveAs...

    Also, I'd try Distilling using the Press Job Options -- I'm remembering that they're set up better for separations, but it's been a couple years and a different version since I had to use them.

    Art

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    JCHPetterAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 25, 2009

    I have all of the patches uploaded - through 9.0.3.  I hoped that would take care of it, but it hasn't helped that issue.

    I tried the Press job option, but it doesn't hold the color separations.  It is still converting everything to CMYK colors even though I only have black as my process color and Pantone 294 as my spot color.

    Any other ideas I could try?

    Thank you for such a quick response.

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    September 25, 2009

    If you are trying to use the new SaveAsPDF CMYK option, forget it. It is sorely broken in many aspects (just search this forum), especially when dealing with tables and OTFPro fonts.

    Go back to an RGB based workflow (i.e. ensure that the "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" option is checked in the PDF Setup) and use a third-party tool to deal with the results. Some choices would be:

    - Acrobat 9 Pro has some even stronger pre-flighting and colour handling features now, but Acrobat 8was no slouch either

    - Enfocus' PitStopPro is extremely powerful for fixing up colours: http://www.enfocus.com/product.php?id=855

    - Grafikhuset's PubliPDF tool allows you to set up conversions for the RGB by printing to a queue and then post-processing the postscript prior to handing off to Distiller for PDF creation: http://www.grafikhuset.net/PubliPDF/

    - Quite Software's Quite a Box of Tricks let's yuou do colour conversions: http://www.quite.com/box/features.htm

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