rotation issues in Preps 5

[geozinger]

We have a job here that is outputting wrong.

We made a PS file from PageMaker to import into Xenith Xtreme and Preps.

Normalized the file in Xenith, brought the preview EPS files into Preps 5. It's a short-run 1/C postcard 4.1875" X 5.6875". Open the preview in Preps, the work is halfway off of the plate. Adjust in Preps, preview looks OK.

Export out from Preps back into Xenith, preview the plate file before output and the image is offset again. This time in a different direction than the first Preps preview.

Anybody have any ideas on this?

[Litho9745]

I have a Xenith Xtreme workflow as well. What works best for me especially from Pagemaker is to add a 1" to my final size. So if it's 8.5" X 11" I add 1" to page size to 9.5" X 12". Also make sure by default in your preps pref. that added files in run list are centered auto. I have problems also using Pagemaker.

[geozinger]

Thanks for the tip, Litho9745. I will give that a try and see what happens.

There's a reason why it's called RAGEMaker!