PDFing from InDesign question

I'm using InDesign CS3 and the prepress folks I send to have added a new wrinkle for me. I'm getting an error on their preflight software stating that there are lines too thin on my PDFs. Apparently there are ads on the pages that I am sending them that have lines smaller than .125 on them and they are being rejected. I can't seem to find a setting on the export in CS3 that will allow me to upsize any lines thinner than that. Does anyone know a trick to fixing this?
Thanks in advance.

It's a bit of a weird preflight check IMHO but there's nothing Indesign can do about it anyway. There is a tool in Acrobat Pro that might help, under Advanced > Print Production > Fix Hairlines. I'm not really au fait with how it works or what it does though.

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You need an ICC profile that defines the destination color space. In this case the high end ink jet.
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Try unoutlined text
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Need to figure out if it's just this job or all of them or at least let us know.
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I see that this question was asked previously but not answered:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3737541
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Hi Akshay,
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2. Goto Object->Object Export Options
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(New slant on) Printing at 1200 dpi from inDesign CS5 to a Xerox colour laser.

I print calendars magazines and stuff like that.
If I use Photoshop CS3~CS5 I can print a 600 dpi photograph to my Postscript 3 enabled Xerox 1200 dpi laser and get quite good appearance of the photo. Even better if I use a 1200 dpi image in the first place but when I use inDesign CS4~CS5 I can't print to the Xerox at anything over 600 dpi. Sure I can place a 1200 dpi image in the document but it still prints at a resolution that looks suspiciously like 300 dpi and the option to print at 1200 dpi is not available to me. I've filled the xerox to capacity with RAM and have a hard drive in it to store popular documents on.
I've explored many ways some associates and posters to these forums have suggested but I still can't get the quality of print from inDesign that I get from Photoshop (or for that matter a popular page layout program from Canada).
The perplexing thing I have yet to find the answer to is:
Commercial printing presses print at 2400 dpi. (let's not confuse the issue here with lpi screens) inDesign is supposedly a professional level program, you'd think would be capable of delivering 2400 dpi output if commercial presses use that resolution. If this is so... Can anyone tell me please how to make inDesign output 2400 or even 1200 dpi?
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"The perplexing thing I have yet to find the answer to is:
Commercial printing presses print at 2400 dpi. (let's not confuse the issue here with lpi screens)"
No. The standard is 5080dpi; 2540dpi is minimum ( see my Postscript levels of Gray formula above. When I prepare an ID file for offset printing, I first have to determine the print vendor's RIP LPi. This number determines image resolution which, typically is referred to as 2x the LPi. LPi is ( or should be ) determined by the press itself, the paper, and the inks. Desktop lasers are totally different. InDesign does the user a favor by defaulting to device independent so that multiple file do not have to be generated for proofing. Adobe leaves the print resolutions up to the output device.

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I am exporting an InDesign CS5.5 Document with mixed ink and Illustrator eps with pantone overprints.
When I export it into PDF the native mixed ink in InDesign represent accurately.
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When I turn on Print preview in pdf it is accurate.
My question is:
In the export to pdf palette under the output header, there is a check box 'simulate overprint'.
I've tried several different variations, but cannot get that check box to turn on.
Unlease I make an X-1a file the overprint for the Illustrator eps does not preview without turning on the output preview palette in Acrobat.
And lets face it, to the client, that is rocket science.
How can I access the 'Simulate Overrpint' option when I am exporting the document.
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Or, better than that, export the PDF from InDesign as PDF/X-4!
By default, Acrobat and Reader use overprint preview when displaying PDF/X-4 files. Plus you have the benefit of full color management and not having transparency ruined by premature flattening.
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PDF exported from InDesign missing background when opened in Illustrator

Hello, I am having a bit of a frustrating problem.
I'm working on graphics for a large project, and I have to get some of my files from InDesign into Illustrator (they are both CS5) for our printer.
I would have normally designed them in Illustrator but ALL my graphics are in InDesign and we just found out once we started on production that he needs AI and needs our trim path set up for our irregular shapes.
For MOST of the documents, its been pretty easy (exporting to PDF > opening in illustrator and making a cut path > saving as AI) however I have this one file that is making me lose my mind.
When I export it as PDF, it opens perfectly and looks normal in acrobat, and I also check it out in preview as well. The background shows up and everything. However when I open the PDF in illustrator it completely loses the background. I noticed it doing this before for a couple graphics, but I assumed that was because they had gradients drop shadows and transparencies and all that. This file has nothing weird except for a gradient grey background.
Help? I'm including some screenshots of whats happening in the hopes that you guys can help solve it.
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Workaround for CMYK Gradients
Open PDF exported from INDD in Acrobat
Go to Tools > Print Production > Convert Colors
Object Type: Smooth Shade (this tells Acrobat to hone in on Gradients only)
Color Type: DeviceCMYK
Check Embed next to Conversion Profile (should be SWOP)
Expand Document Colors on the right and Select DeviceCMYK in Color Spaces then click ok
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Workaround for 1 Spot Color in Gradients (Converts Spot Color located in Gradient to CMYK – all other Spots stay intact)
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Object Type: Smooth Shade (this tells Acrobat to hone in on Gradients only)
Color Type: Spot Color
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Workaround for 2 Spot Colors in Gradients (Converts Spot Colors located in Gradient to CMYK – all other Spots stay intact)
Open PDF exported from INDD in Acrobat
Go to Tools > Print Production > Convert Colors
Object Type: Smooth Shade (this tells Acrobat to hone in on Gradients only)
Color Type: Spot Color
Check Embed next to Conversion Profile (should be SWOP)
Expand Document Colors on the right and Select the DeviceN spot color that is located in the Gradient in Color Spaces then click ok
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Please try this and let me know if you have any questions! I'm always looking for new problems to solve! Good luck!
- Jenny

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Hello,
I'm trying to create PDF/A document from InDesign CS4 with Adobe Acrobat 9.
I create my PDF from InDesign (I create a tagged PDF).
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let me clarify my question. Indesign doesn't export to PDF/A1a.
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If anyone could explain the errors to me:
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...this would also be greatly appreciated so i can narrow my search.
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Our costomer is running into technical issues with the logo we sent them, which was exported from Indesign. Images were not embedded and fonts missing. I was able to embed the images and fonts. However, we DO NOT want them to be able to make any text changes. So after exporting an eps, I opened the file in Adobe Illustrator and made all the text outlines. I hope this works. But I just wanted to post the question on what are the best practices for doing this?
The client needs the logo with transparent background, images emebdded and type in outlines. Also, they need some space around the text. When I exported the eps, the file is right up on the edge of the type.

It sounds like you are pretty far from "best practice" with regard to logo design and delivery.
These days, the very use of the EPS format should be considered bad practice, and some other terms in your post, (i.e., 'images,' 'missing fonts'), make it sound like there is not a seasoned logo designer involved.
That said, you probably already got the advice you need to get out of the immediate jam. However, without proper logo design, you and the client will soon be facing other problems. You should be delivering a 100% vector graphic in single-color (black) and corporate-color(s) versions, with no live font data, that has been test-scaled to very small and very large sizes; ensuring it will work at postage-stamp size and on the side of a truck or building, with specific spot color(s) and proportions that will enable it to be offset printed, embroidered and screen-printed on apparel, and cut into signage materials and decals.

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