PS files

[adambaker70]

• I am printing film plates-saving illustrator files as ps files. But 'out of the blue', the ps file won't save as the correct specified artwork size. Help?

[Ton Frederiks]

Are you creating separations? Can you describe the steps and where it goes wrong compared to previous workflows/versions?

[adambaker70]

I'm printing single colour film plates, to then make chromatec/transfer decals.

See attached screenshots of

1 - a typical artwork (A3)

2 - ps file which is saving with the oversized and non central page size...

[Ton Frederiks]

So you are printing to a PostScript file? What PPD are you using?

Does it need to be PostScript or can you use PDF?

[adambaker70]

im using a ppd set up and installed by my imagesetter/printer manufacturers, which has been working perfectly until now

(see screenshot)

[Ton Frederiks]

Something went wrong with your screenshot.

When I use this Distiller PPD no change takes place when I print/save separations.

The direct download for the PPD:

https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/kb/en/852/cpsid_85257/attachments/ADPDF9.zip

[Ton Frederiks]

Yes, I see that it opens the .ps file as an a4 artboard, seems to do that since at least AI 2023.

Acrobat Distiller interprets it correctly as an a3 file