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Risca · #1 (**permalink**) 07-18-2003, 02:39 AM

I don't know if this is a Quark, Pagemaker or PDF issue so I'm posting here hoping someone can help. I have a 19 page Pagemaker file and one page supplied in Quark to add to this. So I thought I'd make a composite PDF of the Quark V4 page and place into PM7. However, the Quark page contains a duotone. The PM doc, once sent to the RIP with different screen angles for each of the two spot colours ends up with the screen angles the same. So I presume the composite pdf has got screen angle information in it, which is incorrect screen angles, ie the same angles for each colour.
How can I get correct information into the PDF, or no infromation and let PM take care of screen angles?

12000M · #2 (**permalink**) 07-18-2003, 10:09 AM

Hi Risca,
I haven't delt with the PM into QX issue but QX to PDF to RIP.
If possible can you change the PMS colors to black and cyan?

For me this will "force" the screens to two different angles and this will distill with the two different angles. At the RIP, I have it set so the RIP will strip all info from the file and use what I have set up in my screen setting dialog box. (For me, CMYK are set up as the std 4-color process angles and the PMS colors are set to the black angle).
It is easier for me to change the color in QX and output as a process color, even though it is printing in a PMS color.

I am using the "Prepress Solutions" Panther RIP and Panther Plus/52 for the imagesetter. This is a unique/tempramental unit :? and the above work around is the easiest I have found for film output.

Risca · #3 (**permalink**) 07-18-2003, 03:35 PM

Many thanks Brian for your input.

Scott · #4 (**permalink**) 07-21-2003, 05:11 AM

You could also check your rip settings. I'm using Apogee and can set it either to have the rip select screen angles, or the application I'm sending it from. Make sure it's set to have the application set the angles.

Scott

Risca · #5 (**permalink**) 07-22-2003, 01:59 AM

Thanks Scott for your input. I am selecting my screen angles in Pagemaker but there must be something in the pdf that's overriding htem.

Scott · #6 (**permalink**) 07-22-2003, 03:57 AM

I don't think the screen angle (or dpi) information from PageMaker is retained in the pdf if you save to a composite file. All that info is stripped out. Generally if you save composite, you need to have your rip or imposition program assign new angles/dpi etc.

Cory · #7 (**permalink**) 07-22-2003, 07:19 AM

When we were using our harlequin to send presep files, we had setup two page setups, one with black at our normal angle, and a second with black at our PMS angle..we would then just send 1 plate to each page setup..

I know I know. Kind of a crappy way of doing it..but it sure beat converting it all to Blk+Cyan sometimes.