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Hello all,
One of our printing client newspapers has switched to CS5 running on Mac's (OS10.6).
Our pre-press rig consists of a G-5 (OS 10.2.8) running ID 2.0 which then prints to our imagesetter.
Normally the client emails pdf's of his pages, we place pdfs on an ID template, and then print to the imagesetter.
With the pdf's generated by client in CS5, ID 2.0 crashes as soon as we attempt to place. This happens on serveral machines running same version of ID.
Client is selecting pdf 4 compatability when exporting to pdf.
Anyone know of a solution? (Other than new machine and new ID)?
Thanks
Smokey Briggs
The Monahans News

I take it that you are doing impositon in ID rather than using something like Preps?
Peter,
Correct. We are a small shop. Heck, two of my clients still bring me pasteups and I shoot them on the camera. We picked up the imagesetter and ECRM Version 8.0 rip three years ago -- so -- we're not on the cutting edge in tech or knowledge by any means.
Still, I've got to figure out if there is some way to use this guy's pdf's on our current platform. What could cs5 be adding / subtracting to the pdf that would gack ID 2.0 on place?
Thanks for the help.
Ha, I just learned that client X, instead of doing a one page test but then building in the old ID that worked, decided to send the test but build his entire newspaper in CS 5. Now he wants to know what I'm going to do about it. I'm going to choke him.
Smokey

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