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rachelvp
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September 12, 2012
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Preflight/Packaging Files in CS5

  • September 12, 2012
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My printer needs an AI file type. I'm used to preflighting in InDesign by clicking "package"-- what's the best way to package a final file in Illustrator CS5?

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    creativigrafica
    creativigrafica
    Participant
    June 26, 2015

    Have you ever tried this?: To pack Fonts in Illustrator, COPY the Illustrator design* and PASTE it into InDesign.

    * if the design is very complex, you may copy in little groups, or InDesign will convert it to EPS.

    Then PACKAGE the file and you have all used fonts in a folder. Delete de .indd file and attach the .ai one and the Images you used.

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    Pijnacker01
    Participating Frequently
    September 13, 2012

    Hi rachelvp,

    Where I work, we develop and publish the software FlightCheck. This stand-alone application can not only package all used fonts, images and artwork, but will also preflight the Illusrtrator CS5 files (and all other versions as well), warning you of potential problems as well. Furthermore, will do the same for Photoshop, InDesign, etc, etc too. Here is how it works:

    Friendly Regards,

    David Dilling

    Markzware

    Mike_Gondek10189183
    Community Expert
    Mike_Gondek10189183Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 12, 2012

    This collection utiltiy works the best, and is well worth the small fee if you need to package .ai files on a regualr basis.

    http://www.code-line.com/software/artfiles/

    Otherwise you will haev to do thsi manually by using link palette for fonts, adn if you have suitcase you can use that to collect the fonts, by the menu added to Illustrator i Belive is under type.

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    Anonymous
    October 7, 2013

    Thanks for spreading the word, Mike. As you mentioned, Art Files is a very straight-forward way to package and collect artwork for Adobe Illustrator files. Here's a quick how-to video. It's compatible with Illy files from 8-CC (v17.0).

    Best,

    Matheau Dakoske

    Code Line

    http://www.code-line.com/artfiles/

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