PDF export Question.

Hows come when i send out a PDF In the Advanced Tab the Transparency Flattener Quality is grayed out If i select any higher Acrobat 4 compatibility? Do the Newer version of Acrobat not support this? On some of our files if we send them to plates If the Acrobat Compatibility Is set higher than Acrobat 4 the all the overprinting And knockouts get lost. Is there a better way to accomplish this?
Thanks For your help

The Transparency Flattener Preset menu lets you define Transparency Flattener Preset, but they aren't actually used unless your printing direct from InDesign or exporting to a PDF version that doesn't support transparency.
What are you trying to accomplish? To create PDFs over version 1.3, but that have flattened transparency? I can't imagine a purpose for such files. We have a Harlequin RIP a version older than yours, and as a rule I feed it PDF/X-4 files (PDF 1.6). The only problem I've seen is transparency on spot jobs generating empty CMYK seps.

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