Illustrator vector images imported into Indesign look bad in PDF

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December 3, 2023
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I'm using Indesign with intent to print, and I placed some of my Illustrator image-traced pictures onto the pages, and they all look fine in the Indesign workspace. Once exported to PDF/X-1a:2001 in acrobat 4 I see a ton of white lines showing up randomly in my images. Some I can tell are remnants from where I used the pen tool and made a shape in Illustrator, and some are just random white lines that appear for seemingly no reason. Is there any setting/quick way to fix this in Indesign without having to go back into Illustrator and re-editing all my images? I added an image to show what it looks like.

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Correct answer rob day

Hi @vsibyl , Try unchecking Smooth line art in Acrobat's Display preferences. More here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/how-do-i-get-rid-of-what-looks-like-frame-lines-on-my-adobe-print-pdf/m-p/13302680

Willi Adelberger

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When you import/place PDFs into InDesign, they should be PDF/X-4, avoid X-1aor X-3.

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vsibylAuthor

Inspiring

My professor told me to use the X-1 2001 PDF setting. It's also not an at home printing, its going to be printed at a printing store, so I'm not sure if there would be compatibility issues if I changed it. I'll certainly ask though, but I'm also hesitant as that setting changes a lot of my images with effects' colors.

rob day

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Hi @vsibyl , Try unchecking Smooth line art in Acrobat's Display preferences. More here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/how-do-i-get-rid-of-what-looks-like-frame-lines-on-my-adobe-print-pdf/m-p/13302680

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