Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!
Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!
-
Congratulations derfloh on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!
Why shouldn't we use 'transparency' in professional pring design?
- Thread starter MammaLiz
- Start date
jconingham
Technical User
The problem is that not all printers have the proper equipment and not all users know how to properly save a file containing transparency to send to the printer.
It used to be a problem during the late 80's and 90's, when graphic design was entering the digital era and all sorts of new effects became available on screen but not the equipment to output it, but today it is much easier to handle.
It used to be a problem during the late 80's and 90's, when graphic design was entering the digital era and all sorts of new effects became available on screen but not the equipment to output it, but today it is much easier to handle.
You usually do fine with transparency with all printers if you flatten it at high quality. If you make a pdf compatible with Acorbat 4 and select high quality in the transparency flattening section of teh pdf export options, it'll usually be ok.
The problem seems to be that some printers, and/or their equipment, can't, or don't know how to, handle unflattened.
Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4
The problem seems to be that some printers, and/or their equipment, can't, or don't know how to, handle unflattened.
Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4
- Status