Pdf Import; Offset Printing

Hi Everyone....I have my files in Pdf format and I want to do "OFFSET PRINTING"...I have Corel Draw Graphics Suite X5 and Adobe Illustrator CS5 for OFFSET PRINTING....but when I Import my files in these softwares... Dimensions of Pdf Files get disturbed and the image (Imported Pdf File) which opens in these softwares have text misplaced from their original position (Note: Dimensions, Font, Format & Style are important for my work)
So is there any other way to do "OFFSET PRINTING" or any other way to import Pdf files to these softwares without losing its dimensions....
Please reply ASAP.....

Why don't you do the "OFFSET PRINTING" from your "PDF FILE"? This can "ACTUALLY BE DONE."

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I'd agree with what Peter says but for a possible few points.
1. As you have calibrated monitors, you presumably have a spectrophotometer and a monitor calibration / monitor characterisation package. The package should autoinstall the ICC profile for the state of the display and set the ColorSync Utility and the Display control panel correctly. However, take care that you don't override these settings manually. The typical mistake is to use the display profile as the profile for colour correction. The reason this is a mistake is that your display typically has a smaller colour space than your offset printing condition, except if you are printing on lowend gray newsprint or lowend gray magazine paper as in US SWOP. For any half-decent printing gamut, use a larger colour correction space such as ECI-RGB or AdobeRGB or if you are digital then PhotoGamutRGB by the pro photographers in Germany. If you can't define a colour in the colour correction space you can't define the colour in the output space - you have to have the colour to be able to print the colour.
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Hi all,
I'm hoping someone can advise me on the best way to set up an Interactive PDF for offset printing? The underlying PDF is a high res PDF with bleed and trims. However, I'm not sure what happens with the form fields. Any thoughts?
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Form fields are a tricky one, as it depends on where you're ripping the separations. If you print to separations from Acrobat, the data in printable form fields will appear on the plates as part of the page content. However most hardware RIPs will either throw an error, or ignore form fields, buttons, etc. and just print the page content. in the PDF specification form fields, buttons and annotations are always RGB, so you can't for example have a text field with "cyan" text, it'll be the multi-plate equivalent shade of "blue". As a special case, in Acrobat the default black text fields are separated to a single plate (K) even though on screen they're RGB 0,0,0.
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Thanks in advance

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Is it possible to make a normal PDF from a Printer PDF. It's all I have left lost the rest so it's important

can anybody help?

Hi Sara,
No I made a PDF for printing and that's all I have left. But I'd like to make an normal PDF
Culinaire groet,
Frans van Meeuwen
Hoofdredacteur
[private information removed]
Deze informatie ontvang je aangezien je reeds contact had met Passion HI magazine, of met een van zijn medewerkers,
of via deelname aan één of andere wedstrijd die in samenwerking was met Passion Hi magazine.
Wens je deze informatie niet meer te ontvangen stuur dan een e-mail met de vermelding “uitschrijven” en we schrappen jouw adres uit onze mailinglijst!
Het is ten strengste verboden bijgevoegde documenten als PDF's en foto's verder te gebruiken of door te mailen zonder schriftelijke toestemming van Passion HI magazine.
Op 27 okt. 2014, om 21:24 heeft Sara.Forsberg het volgende geschreven:
Is it possible to make a normal PDF from a Printer PDF. It's all I have left lost the rest so it's important
created by Sara.Forsberg in Adobe Acrobat.com Services - View the full discussion
Hi Frans van Meeuwen,
Do I understand correctly that you have a printed PDF and want to get it back on your computer as a PDF file? If so, you could scan that document, save it as an image file, then use Acrobat or Adobe PDF Pack to convert the scanned file to PDF. Some scanning software saves directly to PDF, and if you don't have a scanner, I'm sure you could have it done at a local copy shop.
I hope that helps.
Best,
Sara
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Error trying to print report to both pdf and network printer

Hi all,
When trying to print a report to my network printer or to pdf I get the two errors attached, one right after the other. The resulting pdf or hard copy has almost everything in it, except for three tables which are completely missing. When I go back into the report and open the page with the missing table, the table is no longer visible in the report and I get the second error again. Exiting and restarting diadem brings the tables back.
I've found several threads about pdf and other print errors and tried the solutions there to no avail; specifically the one posted here.
I hope there is a fix to this! These reports are intended to sell management on diadem! Thanks!
OS Info:
Windows 7 64 bit SP1
18GB RAM
DIAdem Info:
Version: 11.3.0f4563
USI: 1.9.1f4681
DataFinder: 3.0.0f4681
Script Engine:
5,5,0,5207
Debugger: 6,0,0,8424
CLAD
Solved!
Go to Solution.
Attachments:
diadem print error 6-7-12.png ‏17 KB
diadem print error two .6-7-12.png ‏15 KB

Hello testingHotAir,
Just to make sure, do you have administrative privileges for this machine?
Also, you have attempted these exact steps as posted by lerman?
Make sure that you are logged in as Windows administrator.
Click the Windows button and click Printers.
Right-click the Diadem pdf Export and select Properties
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Select Local Port and click the New Port button.
Enter PDF1 for the new port name and click OK. Close the Printer Ports window.
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Click on the Advanced tab.
Select the Spool print documents radio button to make the options below it clickable.
Clear (uncheck) the box labeled Enable advanced printing features by clicking it.
Select the Print directly to printer radio button to make the options below not clickable.
Click the Apply button, then click OK.
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Regards,
Jeff L.
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We were able to get around the problem by importing the PDF into InDesign and making a new PDF from that but that seems to be an extra step that coulb be avoided.
Anyone else with a similar problem (and solution)?

How can you tell that it is an XFA form? If I can identify the form type from when I get jobs like this, I can use the workaround from the beginning.
Here are a few more screen shots of things that are happening:
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When I use the Mac "Save to Adobe PDF" in the print dialog:
I get this message often:
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60 pages is like 300USD plus from Apple store!
Offset printing for 1000 copies is 3 USD each (and I am happy with that lower quality).
This is what my printer says:
The files for offset print generally should be prepared slightly different
then for digital printing.
I'm talking about the text.
Each black text (on the cover, inside pages, numbers of pages) should be
prepared in one black colour. Now is separated on 4 colours. Of course we can print it as it is but I'm sure that the final effect will
be not good. The black letters will be "fuzzy".
Is it possible to change some settings? (I get the same in Pages when I create PDF:s)
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StefanGson wrote:
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Hi, Stefan
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I'm about to start a new project. It's a product package (box).
Normally, I would do this in Illustrator. However, I was wondering if I could do it all in Photoshop by saving the final output as a PDF.
I've only ever used Photoshop in 4-color process scenarios and numeric printing. In other words, "sky's the limit" scenarios, where all I need to care about is how it looks on the screen. I'm not sure how to attack this from the perspective of offset printing.
I've checked with the printer, and he says a CMYK PDF is fine. But that the basic rules of offset still apply.
First, is it realistic of me to envision doing this box in Photoshop? It would really save me a lot of time not having to switch back and forth from PS to AI the way I usually do in projects like these.
How would I go about telling a text layer to use a specific offset pantone, or pure black, for instance?
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...or am I being unreasonably simplistic regarding something more complex?
Probably yes (no offense). Just a few random thoughts:
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- process colors in PS are limited to multichannel/ duotones/ tritones and since they will be raster, they will never print sharp, especially when printing on something like uncoated C or G flute
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Regards

Hi,
Thanks for ur reply.
What I deed and what I want is explained below:
1. I have developed a script form and driver program which is used for invoice printing.
2. Our client wants to send this invoice on external mail. What i deed for this that I am using the spool request which is created during the print of output.
3. Then I am using transaction code SP01 to send spool PDF to external mail.
4. This script PDF output is sent successfully on external mail as an attachment. User saves this PDF attachement and print on their printer.
5. PROBLEM is when user open this attachment and prints this PDF, the printing gets distorted.
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    EXPORTING
      src_spoolid                    = SPOOLID
      NO_DIALOG                      = ' '
    DST_DEVICE                     =
    PDF_DESTINATION                =
IMPORTING
    PDF_BYTECOUNT                  =
    PDF_SPOOLID                    =
    OTF_PAGECOUNT                  =
    BTC_JOBNAME                    =
    BTC_JOBCOUNT                   =
   TABLES
      PDF                            = PDF
LOOP AT PDF.
    TRANSLATE PDF USING ' ~'.
    CONCATENATE gd_buffer PDF INTO gd_buffer.
ENDLOOP.
TRANSLATE gd_buffer USING '~ '.
DO.
    it_mess_att = gd_buffer.
    APPEND it_mess_att.
    SHIFT gd_buffer LEFT BY 255 PLACES.
    IF gd_buffer IS INITIAL.
      EXIT.
    ENDIF.
ENDDO.
PERFORM process_email.
FORM process_email.
DESCRIBE TABLE it_mess_att LINES gd_recsize.
CHECK gd_recsize > 0.
PERFORM send_email USING p_email1.
ENDFORM.
FORM send_email USING p_email.
CHECK NOT ( p_email IS INITIAL ).
REFRESH it_mess_bod.
Default subject matter
gd_subject         = 'Subject'.
gd_attachment_desc = 'Attachname'.
CONCATENATE 'attach_name' ' ' INTO gd_attachment_name.
it_mess_bod        = 'PDF Attachment'.
APPEND it_mess_bod.
it_mess_bod        = 'Message Body text, line 2...'.
APPEND it_mess_bod.
If no sender specified - default blank
IF p_sender EQ space.
    gd_sender_type = space.
ELSE.
    gd_sender_type = 'INT'.
ENDIF.
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PERFORM send_file_as_email_attachment
                               tables it_mess_bod
                                      it_mess_att
                                using p_email
                                      'Example .xls documnet attachment'
                                      'PDF'
                                      gd_attachment_name
                                      gd_attachment_desc
                                      p_sender
                                      gd_sender_type
                             changing gd_error
                                      gd_reciever.
ENDFORM.
FORM send_file_as_email_attachment tables it_message
                                          it_attach
                                    using p_email
                                          p_mtitle
                                          p_format
                                          p_filename
                                          p_attdescription
                                          p_sender_address
                                          p_sender_addres_type
                                 changing p_error
                                          p_reciever.
DATA: ld_error    TYPE sy-subrc,
        ld_reciever TYPE sy-subrc,
        ld_mtitle LIKE sodocchgi1-obj_descr,
        ld_email LIKE somlreci1-receiver,
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        ld_attdescription TYPE so_obj_nam ,
        ld_attfilename TYPE so_obj_des ,
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        ld_sender_address_type LIKE soextreci1-adr_typ,
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        t_contents like solisti1 occurs 0 with header line,
        t_receivers like somlreci1 occurs 0 with header line,
        t_attachment like solisti1 occurs 0 with header line,
        t_object_header like solisti1 occurs 0 with header line,
        w_cnt type i,
        w_sent_all(1) type c,
        w_doc_data like sodocchgi1.
ld_email   = p_email.
ld_mtitle = p_mtitle.
ld_format              = p_format.
ld_attdescription      = p_attdescription.
ld_attfilename         = p_filename.
ld_sender_address      = p_sender_address.
ld_sender_address_type = p_sender_addres_type.
Fill the document data.
w_doc_data-doc_size = 1.
Populate the subject/generic message attributes
w_doc_data-obj_langu = sy-langu.
w_doc_data-obj_name = 'SAPRPT'.
w_doc_data-obj_descr = ld_mtitle .
w_doc_data-sensitivty = 'F'.
Fill the document data and get size of attachment
CLEAR w_doc_data.
READ TABLE it_attach INDEX w_cnt.
w_doc_data-doc_size =
     ( w_cnt - 1 ) * 255 + STRLEN( it_attach ).
w_doc_data-obj_langu = sy-langu.
w_doc_data-obj_name   = 'SAPRPT'.
w_doc_data-obj_descr = ld_mtitle.
w_doc_data-sensitivty = 'F'.
CLEAR t_attachment.
REFRESH t_attachment.
t_attachment[] = it_attach[].
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CLEAR t_packing_list.
REFRESH t_packing_list.
t_packing_list-transf_bin = space.
t_packing_list-head_start = 1.
t_packing_list-head_num = 0.
t_packing_list-body_start = 1.
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t_packing_list-doc_type = 'RAW'.
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t_packing_list-transf_bin = 'X'.
t_packing_list-head_start = 1.
t_packing_list-head_num   = 1.
t_packing_list-body_start = 1.
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t_packing_list-obj_descr = ld_attdescription.
t_packing_list-obj_name   = ld_attfilename.
t_packing_list-doc_size   = t_packing_list-body_num * 255.
APPEND t_packing_list.
Add the recipients email address
CLEAR t_receivers.
REFRESH t_receivers.
t_receivers-receiver = ld_email.
t_receivers-rec_type = 'U'.
t_receivers-com_type = 'INT'.
t_receivers-notif_del = 'X'.
t_receivers-notif_ndel = 'X'.
APPEND t_receivers.
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       EXPORTING
            document_data              = w_doc_data
            put_in_outbox              = 'X'
            sender_address             = ld_sender_address
            sender_address_type        = ld_sender_address_type
            commit_work                = 'X'
       IMPORTING
            sent_to_all                = w_sent_all
       TABLES
            packing_list               = t_packing_list
            contents_bin               = t_attachment
            contents_txt               = it_message
            receivers                  = t_receivers
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            too_many_receivers         = 1
            document_not_sent          = 2
            document_type_not_exist    = 3
            operation_no_authorization = 4
            parameter_error            = 5
            x_error                    = 6
            enqueue_error              = 7
            OTHERS                     = 8.
Populate zerror return code
ld_error = sy-subrc.
Populate zreceiver return code
LOOP AT t_receivers.
    ld_receiver = t_receivers-retrn_code.
ENDLOOP.
ENDFORM.
Regards
Dinesh Singh

Problem with embedded font on offset printing

Hello,
I generated a leaflet with InDesign CS5. I exported it as PDF/x-3:2002. In the document, I used quote signs (American Typewriter Light font). When I export the PDF, everything goes well, and when I check in Acrobat, the font seems correctly embedded. However, when I picked up the leaflets at the printing house today (it's an offset printing), all the quotation marks were not printed (squares instead). Where does the problem come from?? Did the printing people did a mistake and what mistake? Or is it me?
Thanks for your help!!

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to respond to this thread up until now, but having reviewed this full thread, I have a few comments to offer:
It is irrelevant whether the original text was copied and pasted or whether the font was Type 1, TrueType, a TrueType collection, OpenType CFF, etc. The real issue is whether the PDF/X-3:2002 file exported from InDesign is indeed valid. This can very easily be verified by running the appropriate preflight profile for PDF/X-3:2002 in Acrobat Pro 10 or 11. There is no need for any third party plug-ins or any other software for this.
Assuming that preflight pronounces the file to be 100% kosher with no exceptions and that the file displays properly in Acrobat Pro, you should then try printing the file (or even just the pages that exhibited the problem) from Acrobat Pro to a printer that supports Adobe PostScript 3.
If the printed output from the PostScript printer is correct as well, the problem lies totally with your print service provider and their workflow.
In our extensive experience, problems can occur in any number of ways. One of most frequent sources of problems are printers who routinely open PDF files in Adobe Illustrator to view and “fix” them, somehow thinking that Adobe Illustrator is a general purpose PDF editor. For the record, Adobe Illustrator is not, repeat not, repeat yet again not a general purpose PDF file editor. Adobe Illustrator can only successfully edit PDF files saved from Adobe Illustrator itself when the “save editability” option is specified. Even then, Illustrator requires you to have all fonts referenced by the PDF file actually installed on your system; it does not use any fonts embedded in the PDF file. For other PDF files (such as those produced by Distiller, export from InDesign, etc.), character substitutions (especially for non-ASCII characters such as typographical quotes), font substitutions, color space changes, etc. are common issues.
If the printer is not abusing Illustrator on your InDesign-exported files, it could be any number of third party products that many printers use, some of which are of dubious value and some of which may be either defective in terms of compliance with the PDF specification or simply grossly out-of-date. (It is amazing how many print service providers put their customers' submitted PDF files through all sorts of “fixup” processes, regardless of whether the files need such fixups or not. Many of these “fixups” are more likely to cause problems than they are to fix anything!)
Under no conditions should you need to fully embed fonts in your PDF files. Certainly no Adobe software, including applications, Acrobat, and our PostScript and PDF RIP technologies licensed to OEMs is any way sensitive to whether fonts are subsetted or not! If a third party workflow component is so-sensitive, it is by definitiion defective.
In terms of imposition, there should likewise be no sensitivity to whether fonts are subsetted or not. By the way, the most reliable imposition is actually done at the RIP itself, not by programs that either place PDF files into other documents and regenerate PDF or by utilities that rearrange PDF files or create new PDF files representing the printed flats.
This thread also discussed the issue of whether the OP received a “proof.” Unless you receive a hard copy proof in which the content was put through the exact same workflow as the final product, including RIP and all prepress steps, it is very possible that the defect noted would not show up on the proof. Nonetheless, obtaining a hard copy proof is an excellent idea, especially if the issue comes up about liability for the cost of reprinting the job or even whether the original job should be paid for if the print service provider can't “fix” their workflow problems!
- Dov

I need to create pdf to certain printer standards - how do I do it?

I am creating an advert and never before have I been asked to do the following:
(They have attached the relevant files in the email for me but I have no idea how to do it. A step by step guide for dummies would be greatly appreciated. I am working on Windows)
Hereby the profiles (in zip files) which are needed to maken a certified pdf to our printer standards
-------------------------------------------------------------------->
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ISOcoated_v2_300_eci.icc
Place in the Library: Application Support - Adobe - Color - Profiles -
-------------------------------------------------------------------->
Make a pdf in InDesign:
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Place in the Library: Application Support - Adobe - Adobe PDF - Settings -
This profile is already fully confirm to our printer standards. (you don't have to change anything)
Choose this profile for PDF (Export) this preset WebCmykHiRes_1v4_IND4.
If it does not apear in inDesign, import Document, Presets Adobe PDF
-------------------------------------------------------------------->
Check the pdf in Pitstop:
WebCmykHiRes_1v4.ppp
Browse the profile in Enfocus Pitstop when you want to certifie your pdf.
Mistakes will show and explaned in a status report.
EDIT: It seems like they have given me steps to follow, like place in library, etc. but even this I don't know where to find. Could this be a mac/windows difference? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Yes, the instructions seem a little vague. For example, where it says "change the profile" I think it means to choose Edit > Convert to Profile. But you should verify that because there are other possible interpretations of "change the profile."
weronika_w wrote:
EDIT: It seems like they have given me steps to follow, like place in library, etc. but even this I don't know where to find. Could this be a mac/windows difference? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Yes, you have been given Mac instructions. The [username]/Library/Application Support path does not exist in Windows. In general, where it says to look in [username]/Library/Application Support, in Windows you should instead look in [username]/AppData/Roaming/ . You might find the following document useful as a guide, because it compares Mac and Windows folder paths for the same files: Preference filenames and locations in Photoshop CS6

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