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Adobe Illustrator CS

Printing Guide

for Service Providers

Содержание 26001360 - Illustrator CS - PC

Страница 1: ...T E C H N I C A L R E F E R E N C E Adobe Illustrator CS Printing Guide for Service Providers...

Страница 2: ...ator with other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite 9 Placing Illustrator art in QuarkXPress 11 Preparing Illustrator files for print 13 New Adobe Text Engine 13 Trapping 14 Gradients mesh object...

Страница 3: ...l not only bypass several tasks to save an EPS le and incorporate it into another application but you retain a live document that can be edited up until the time it is printed Device speci c settings...

Страница 4: ...om the print prepress service provider s point of view The need for Page Setup and Separations Setup dialog boxes has been eliminated and all print functionality has been consolidated into the new com...

Страница 5: ...nterface been streamlined but you get increased control over individual print settings as well providing the complete output experience needed to print directly from Illustrator Printer s marks trim r...

Страница 6: ...tions directly from the Print dialog for individual inks Access this dialog from File Print Output tab The Frequency Angle and Dot Shape values can be edited directly When printing layers with Illustr...

Страница 7: ...your own to ensure consistency and save time New text composition engine Adobe Illustrator CS has an entirely new text composition engine which includes advanced support of OpenType fonts the standard...

Страница 8: ...ossible Both applications now share the same text composition engine which signi cantly improves text editability Multiple spot channels can be imported and 16 bit color data can be converted to 8 bit...

Страница 9: ...t option You also have the option to Preserve Text Appearance which retains the appearance of the text both on screen and in print and will not cause text to re ow For details see New Adobe Text Engin...

Страница 10: ...nsparency Using Illustrator CS to create color separations means spot colors are maintained rather than converted to process colors unless speci ed otherwise in the print settings Even in linked duoto...

Страница 11: ...and modi ca tion dates You can also access this dialog by double clicking on the link name To see image resolution and color space use the Linked Images panel of the Document Info palette Using Illust...

Страница 12: ...dit its individual components Linked PDF les When placing PDF les into Illustrator CS including Photoshop multi tone les you can leave them linked rather than embedded and they will print as intended...

Страница 13: ...a Knockout option either Shallow or Deep are merged with the underly ing layers Layer sets that use the Dissolve blending mode are merged into a single layer Hidden layers that require merging are dis...

Страница 14: ...placed Since the exact resolution and capabilities of the end printing device are not necessarily known during the design process you should use the highest resolution possible in the PDF attening set...

Страница 15: ...n to either update the text then or wait until later By default Illustrator appends the word Converted to the lename when you update the text If you don t want Illustrator to append the lename you can...

Страница 16: ...Or you can use Illustrator to create traps Illustrator has two main ways of creating traps You can use the Trap command as part of the Path nder and let Illustrator determine the need for trapping or...

Страница 17: ...raps to equivalent process colors An object of the lighter of the spot colors is created and overprinted Select Reverse Traps to trap darker colors into lighter colors This option does not work with r...

Страница 18: ...important for print output of raster and transparency effects Use a line screen low enough for the resolution of the device to retain 256 levels of gray If the resolution is 1270 a maximum screen fre...

Страница 19: ...a speci c object in the document and look at the following palettes Transparency palette To see or change the opacity and blending mode of the currently selected object s group s or layer s use the T...

Страница 20: ...jects that are not involved in transparency even when they are overprinted Overprint preview It is always a good idea to check the results of settings before progressing with print output To see an in...

Страница 21: ...at the time of printing rather than earlier in the process Transparency f lattener presets To streamline the attening process and ensure consistent results in similar conditions Illustrator CS include...

Страница 22: ...ions When overlapping transparent objects are attened each discrete shape that results from the overlapping objects is called an atomic region When complex areas get rasterized during the attening pro...

Страница 23: ...ncy Flattener Preset Options If you change them you can save them into a new preset or rede ne a preset with the Flattener palette yout menu You can zoom in to magnify the preview by clicking in the p...

Страница 24: ...clicking the triangle to the left of the layer or group name Note If a layer is off not visible it will not be printed or included in the exported artwork Choose Window Layers to list and control all...

Страница 25: ...racters item which you can double click to list the character attributes For more information see Working with appearance attributes in the User Guide Note If you have done trapping by overprinting yo...

Страница 26: ...how overprinting colors will print Flattener Preview palette displays the results of overprinting and attening in les being color separated that may contain transparency The preview in the Print dial...

Страница 27: ...incorpo rates their functionality into a uni ed Print dialog box similar to that in InDesign Once you ve determined the best combinations of settings for the output devices in your shop save them as...

Страница 28: ...e given device and output conditions The print settings are identical to those on the Print dialog 5 Check the Summary on the last tab to make sure everything is correct 6 Click OK The new preset name...

Страница 29: ...6 layers are converted to PDF layers which can then be selectively turned on and off for viewing and printing in Acrobat 6 Professional This is very useful when creating different versions of content...

Страница 30: ...ation marks you want by selecting each individual choice You can also specify the weight of trim marks the offset distance from the artwork and the type of printer s marks Select individual printer s...

Страница 31: ...t dialog Turn individual inks on or off by clicking the printer icon next to each ink It is no longer necessary to load an EPSF Rider le to the printer Instead set the frequency screen angle and dot s...

Страница 32: ...this option often creates smaller le sizes for short documents or those without much text you may run into problems if the le is edited later When sending les to print select Complete PostScript The P...

Страница 33: ...matching as your content moves across applications during the production process If you are using color management you will have already turned it on in this document by selecting Color Settings from...

Страница 34: ...rint Fill or Overprint Stroke settings you have set in the Attributes palette are not used Flattener presets Lists the three prede ned and locked attener presets for Low Medium and High Resolution out...

Страница 35: ...ency including overprints and you require high resolution output it s a good idea to preview the effects of attening before saving the le by going to Window Flattener Preview For details see the secti...

Страница 36: ...t for each kind of output you want to receive This lets you decide how to deal with font embedding compres sion levels marks and bleeds overprinting and transparency attening when necessary To make yo...

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