Thanks Jay!!! / Re: Crazy Colors & EPS Files

[Rob Briggs]

Apparently my problem was the preference "convert RGB to CMYK"
Jay with Multi-Ad called me and suggested this.
I turned off the pref and everything processed just fine.

> Out of curiosity, why are you using DCS 2?  DO you work with a lot of spot 
> color?
> -- 
>
> chris denesha

I don't really know why we use DCS 2 other than IT dept said to do so about 
6 years ago...
I don't even really know what DCS 2 is ...
Any reasons why I shouldn't use it??

Rob Briggs
Production Supervisor
The Medina County Gazette
330.721.4081


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Denesha" <chris-list at denesha.org>
To: <creator at wacondatrader.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: Crazy Colors & EPS Files


> Rob Briggs wrote:
>> I'm having a weird issue with an EPS file exported from Creator and then 
>> printed to a RIP from Quark.
>> We're running XP and Creator 8.0. I exported an ad with blue text as EPS. 
>> The blue was 60%M and 100%C. I imported EPS into Quak and printed to my 
>> RIP. When I roamed the file on my RIP there was a black screen under the 
>> blue. Thinking there was a problem with the color, I switched my color to 
>> 100% Cyan. Re-exported as EPS, re-printed from Quark, still had black 
>> screen under 100% Cyan type. Now, a few weeks back my computer had to be 
>> rebuilt do to a nasty virus. So I went to another work station to check 
>> their export as EPS settings. They were the same as mine. I exported the 
>> same ad from this other work station and the color seperated properly on 
>> the RIP. Weird huh? These are my EPS settings:
>>
>> Method: DCS 2.0    Preview: PC Color
>> Export: Spread        Include all fonts
>> Include type 1 fonts
>> Scale by 100%
>> Use Binary
>> Resolution limiting 300
>> Flatness limiting 3
>> No OPI options selected.
>>
>> Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated.
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Rob Briggs
>
> Rob,
>
> The EPS exported from the other PC - was it sent from Quark on your PC? 
> (trying to eliminate a variable)
>
> Out of curiosity, why are you using DCS 2?  DO you work with a lot of spot 
> color?
> -- 
>
> chris denesha
> Advertising & Telephone Systems Support, IT
> The Day Publishing Company
> (860)701-4485; OR (800)542-3354, X4485
> c.denesha at theday dot com - Work email
> chris-list at denesha dot org - List email
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