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Topic: Re: Pagemaker seps (Via Email)
Conf: (P-PDF) Prepress and Print, Msg: 21188
From: Bob Greene
Date: 5/29/2001 12:58 PM

The "manual feed" issue is probably a PPD problem. Not sure about the
fuser temperature issue, but I am not hopeful with the current version.
What did Xante tell you about in-RIP separations?

Bob Greene
Lantana
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>From: "Matt"
>On 5/24/2001 12:30:10 PM, Bob Greene wrote:
>>>From: "Matt"
>>
>>Unless there is something that
>>you haven't told us, it seems
>>like the hard
>>way to do things. It is
>>easier to output composite
>>color and use something
>>like Crackerjack to control
>>your PDF separations.
>>
>>But if I had to guess for your
>>current approach, it might
>>help to choose
>>Level 1 PostScript output from
>>PageMaker. I also suspect
>>that your
>>preseparated PDF pages might
>>be defined in RGB. Make sure
>>that the
>>DefaultColorSpace in the
>>Distiller PPD is set to CMYK.
>>
>>Bob Greene
>>Lantana
>>
>
>I have tried a demo version of Crackerjack.
>However, I don't have the option to select all the
>facilities the PPD normally allows. I'm printing via
>a Xante Platemaker onto Agfa Laserlink polyester
>plates. I need to be able to select the substrate
>I'm printing on to - in this case heavy film so the
>printer can alter its fuser temperature. There is
>also no option to select manual feed which I need
>to use. The only printer specific options I get are
>tray options and dpi - nothing else. Also
>DefaultColorSpace in the Distiller PPD is already
>set to CMYK.
>
>Any ideas?