Funny if it wasn't so sad.

[Kid_Leo]

My company sometimes outputs film for another printing company. Today they sent me a 2 color job to output for the local chapter of a BIG printing trade association. Guess what, the logo they sent is a CMYK TIFF. Experience tells me that spot color is the hardest thing for poeple to grasp, but these people should know how to do it! In fact they call me up about once a year to remind me that they can help me with technical problems...what a joke.

[pix3lphr3ak]

hahahahaha

looks like the trade association needs to trade in their artist for a tradesman

Welcome to PPF kid_leo!
Enjoy... just be sure to contribute.
Vee

[DefLepRadar]

The pain is just beginning. Trust me.

You'll learn quickly of all the "professional hacks" out there. It'll become more humourous over time. I promise. :roll:

[JimG]

Have the "technical" help person come over and show you how to output the seps as 2 color. That might be more entertaining. :evil:

[ihateprepress]

I always get vomit files like that. Guru designers.

Run the thing and use black and one of the C,M or Y as a spot (pick the most suitable). Depending on the acutal job, this can often get you out of trouble. Be sure to run a proof though, as they need to know what to expect. It'll never look like it's supposed to, but it can often get close enough. I find that people that supply these types of files, are often the type that don't give a damn about the final result. Worth a shot anyways.

[Sparky]

Just a little off line but at least close?

I just e-mailed the technical staff at LaCie (yes the big maker of really neat computer stuff) and asked them if their Firewire800 PCI card would work on my system.
(make a long story short, I blew the firewire ports on my G3) I have my G3 upgraded with a Sonett G4-500 CPU and I'm running OS 10.3.9, ok I lay out my system to them and refer to the requirements sheet on their web site that says it needs a G4 or G5 running OS 10.2.4 or later....

Their response:

From: LaCie Technical Support USA <support@lacie.com>
Date: Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:44:10 PM US/Eastern
To: me@ my address dot com
Subject: RE: ADDON information request from Marc - S.E.A. Graphics - Firewire 800 PCI card

Hello,
We are not sure we have never tested the card with that type of setup.
Sorry we can not help you.

Please include all previous messages if you reply. This information will
be required by the email support team to further assist you. Thank you.

Regards,

Technical Support

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Go figure... 8O

[ihateprepress]

Hilarious. Yay Lacie.