Sending to printer- are these requests the usual?

Hello,
I've worked my way through my first big InDesign project thanks to this forum, now I have a question about the final processes.
I know about checking pre-flight and using the package function (I'm working on a Mac 10.4 with CS3) to send my links and fonts, but I've just received this email from the woman I'm sending everything to who is then going to send it all to the printer (she wants me to send it to her first to make sure there are no major errors or missing elements before it goes to the printer). She included some extra things she wants me to do to prep the document, and I was just curious if this is the usual way of doing it so I know in the future.
Here's the email:
Here are a few tips to getting your file ready for press
1) check that all placed files (photos) are  CMYK tif files – make sure to send all the tif files.
2) convert all colours used in the file to CMYK (process)
3) convert all fonts to outline: select each text box and under the TYPE MENU – create outline.
Also, wondering why all fonts should be outlines? Does this maybe help in case there are fonts missing?
Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Congratulations on finishing the project.
Your concerns about the final directions on prepress are very well founded.
1) check that all placed files (photos) are  CMYK tif files – make sure to send all the tif files.
A few, more modern print shops will handle the RGB > CMYK conversions. But most will ask for CMYK files. I have been begging my publisher to keep RGB files, but they won't do it. So I have been converting all my RGB photos to CMYK and having to merge layers, flatten, etc. It feels like I'm destroying my children when I flatten, but it is what my publisher wants.
2) convert all colours used in the file to CMYK (process)
There's nothing wrong with doing this. In fact, you should have specified those colors as process to begin with.
3) convert all fonts to outline: select each text box and under the TYPE MENU – create outline.
OK, this one is the big problem.
There are SOME screen printers, especially those who do promotional items, that insist on outlines. There are some legitimate reasons for this, especially when it comes to screen printing.
But the idea of converting all the text in a brochure is wrong. It could cause things not to look good.
I understand where the candidate is coming from, but, if she needs to send the file to places that might not have the font, suggest a PDF with embedded fonts.
Meanwhile I applaud your diligence on this project. You've known enough to ask the right questions.

Similar Messages

  • I'm watching the tutorial videos. The speaker references downloading the "sample files". Where are these on the video page?

    I'm watching the tutorial videos. The speaker references downloading the "sample files". Where are these on the video page?

    Create complex shapes and refine your illustration | Learn Illustrator CC | Adobe TV

  • TS2235 Hi, how can I print from my IPAD to my wireless HP 6520 printer.  I have a wireless network and my IPAD and wireless printer are connected to the same network.  But when I send a job, I get the "no air printer found" message.

    My windows firewall is disabled (protected by Comcast's Norton program) so that should not be a problem.  Should I down load Bonjour?

    Hello Bleedingblue65
    Check out the section highlighted below to troubleshoot your issues printing through AirPrint.
    AirPrint Basics
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356
    If you are unable to print, or if you see the message "No AirPrint Printers Found"
    Verify that the printer:
    Has power and is turned on. If it has power, turn the printer off and then on again to see if that resolves the issue.
    Is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the iOS device.
    Has the latest firmware version installed.
    Has paper with enough ink or toner installed.
    Is free of any errors displayed on the printer's control panel.
    If necessary, consult the printer documentation or contact the printer vendor for help with the above steps.
    Notes:
    AirPrint printers connected to the USB port of the Apple AirPort Base Station or Time Capsules are not supported with AirPrint.
    Some Wi-Fi AirPrint printers can take several minutes to join a Wi-Fi network after being turned on. Ensure that the AirPrint printer is connected to the Wi-Fi network before attempting to print.
    Regards,
    -Norm G.

  • I am not able to print or to do a print preview with firefox 5. The problem happens with my Xerox Laser printer and also with Bullzip PDF printer. All prints are white with the printer and empty with the PDF printer.

    I have a Phaser 6280DN and Bullzip (PDF virtual printer). They work perfectly with firefox 4 and with other application on my notebook running Windows Vista. But I am not able to print with firefox 5. All prints are white or empty. My notebook is a Dell Vostro 1710 with 3GB RAM and 500GB HD.

    LytKT wrote:
    We called the internet company and from their end everything was working. 
    Your ISP can only determine that their equipment is responding to ping requests. They can determine nothing about your equipment or if theirs is communicating with it.
    Disconnect the Ethernet cable that comes from their equipment and connect it directly to a computer instead of the Extreme. If you can load web pages, it means your Internet connection is working. If not, it's not.
    Is your ISP supplying cable Internet? Sometimes it is necessary to reset your ISP's connection by disconnecting their coaxial cable that connects to their modem. Literally unscrew it and leave it detached for a minute or so, then screw it back in again and power up the modem. They call this a "full reset". I don't know how it differs from simply powering down the modem, but I have confirmed that on rare occasions doing this will reset a recalcitrant connection.
    ... however the internet bars are present on the desktop and also indicated I was connected to the internet. 
    The Wi-Fi icon "bars" show that a connection to a wireless network has been established. It conveys no information about an Internet connection that lies beyond your local network. Option-click that menu and select "Open Wireless Diagnostics..." Authenticate with your Admin name and password and click the Continue button. Some useful diagnostic information and suggestions will result.

  • When i send photos, they are received as the same photo

    When I send pictures from iphoto, all the pictures are received as the same picture. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong.

    what version of the OS and of iPhoto?
    LN

  • IPod 60GB - are these always the same?

    What I really mean is, I would like to buy the iPod 60GB because you can watch video's on it??? Or am I totally wrong?

    Mildred,
    The confusion here has most likely arisen because you are posting in the wrong forum.
    This forum is for the iPod with color display, commonly known as the iPod photo. They are no longer made, so any 60GB iPod you purchase now (providing it's new) will be an iPod with video playback capability.
    The iPod with video is officially know as the iPod 5th generation, but almost everyone calls it the iPod video.
    The forum for posting questions about this model iPod, or if you just want to browse and read some of the topics, is here.
    Using the iPod 5th generation.
    The bottom line is, if you buy a brand new 60GB iPod, it will be the model capable of video playback.

  • HT4864 Are these still the correct settings to add iCloud to a kindle fire hd?

    I can't get them to work.Error is that it cannot connect to server safely.  The info provided doesn't exactly align with the kindle form so I'm thinking I'm putting something in wrong.  Can someone pease assist?

    Thanks Roger. That's what I used.    The kindle form doesn't have a choice for just ssl or tls. It has the following
    None
    Ssl/tls
    Ssl/tls (accept all certificates)
    Start tls
    Start tls (accept all crest)
    Any idea which I choose....options are same for both incoming and outgoing
    Thanks

  • Loading assest at run time: are these on the client?

    The docs say: "If you decide to access an asset at run time,
    you can load it from the local file system of the computer on which
    the SWF file runs", does this mean the client machine?
    If so how do the assets get to the client machine? How do
    they get to the user's network for that matter?
    I am having a serious conceptual block here!
    Tracy

    That quote comes from:
    Building and Deploying Flex 2.0 Applications > Building
    and Deploying Flex Applications > Flex Application Structure
    > Development directory structure > Flex SDK directory
    structure, and the topic is "Sharing assets among applications",
    the sub topic is "Consideration for accessing application assets",
    the third paragraph.
    I absolutely understand embed vs runtime loading, so you will
    understand why this statement is causing cognitive dissonance.
    Tracy

  • Sending to print and other options SLOW

    Photoshop CC and the updated CC2014 are both killing production time when trying to print and do a few other various things (build text boxes, set brushes, etc.). There are no external plug-ins, there are no 3rd party add-ons. We don't run heavy graphics, just use photoshop to open artwork that's been provided by customers, mostly, and set them up to send to print. None of the preferences have been reset beyond attempting to increase the run speed by using Edit>Preferences>Performance. Even this doesn't help. We run Fiery as a printer server, if that helps. But we can't keep having photoshop drag down our production times like this! It can take anywhere from 1-5 minutes to get it to respond!!! We ran CS6 just fine, and it didn't have a problem with our systems. It's just updating to CC that seemed to be the cause of the issues. We are running Windows 7 on our computers. We have several different machines, but are having the exact same problems on all of them regardless of processors/video cards/etc. I've read other posts from people having similar issues, but none of the solutions that have been presented so far have been of any help. Are there any other suggestions to try?

    Hi,
    Check OSS Note[ 1010519|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1010519], you'll find all the options you need for parameter ~webgui_simple_toolbar
        0   : Hiding the page header completely (not recommended)
        1   : Standard setting
        2   : Displaying the title line
        4   : Displaying the buttons [Exit] and [Help]
        8   : Displaying the active system buttons on the screen
                (for example, [Back] and [Cancel])
        16  : Displaying the system menu
        32  : Displaying the application buttons
        64  : Displaying the main menu button (new)
        128 : Deactivating the information block in the status bar
        256 : Deactivating the the status bar
    Best regards,
    Guillaume

  • Printing on paper not the same as on screen

    In CS4, when I look at a preview of my print, and select 'no margins' in the printer driver, it looks perfect. Why is it that the paper print area is not the same? I mean that the image is cropped on the paper by a small amount.
    I'm sure the answer is obvious, but life is being made difficult until I find it!
    Thanks.

    > Does CS4 have an option for this somewhere?
    Not that I'm aware of. You could, however, try creating an action that would expand the canvas by a fraction of an inch in each direction and experiment with that.
    It is also worth checking carefully all of the options within the print driver of your printer. Some printers have options for reducing or eliminating the borderless overspray (I think Epson refers to it as "Expansion" on some of its printers). Many don't.
    QImage is also an alternative as you mention.

  • Samsung ML-1210 Foomatic-gdi Print Area Error

    I upgraded to Snow Leopard then found I needed to reinstall the printer, I used the 3 installers here:
    http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/samsung-gdi
    The problem I'm having is that although all the page sizes look correct, what gets printed out is off-set from where it should be. Any help would be much appreciated.
    The cups web interface shown me this:
    http://lewis.li/pics/cups-webadmin-screenshot.jpg
    When I print out the test page it come out like this:
    http://lewis.li/pics/printer-area-fail.jpg
    Is this a margin issue? Do I need to edit the PPD?
    Any info much appreciated.

    Samsung ML 1210 - Margin problems
    I too have been struggling with this issues for some days.
    I followed the advice above:
    I upgraded to Snow Leopard then found I needed to reinstall the printer, I used the 3 installers here:
    http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/samsung-gdi
    The problem I'm having is that although all the page sizes look correct, what gets printed out is off-set from where it should be. Any help would be much appreciated.
    The cups web interface shown me this:
    http://lewis.li/pics/cups-webadmin-screenshot.jpg
    When I print out the test page it come out like this:
    http://lewis.li/pics/printer-area-fail.jpg
    THE SOLUTION WAS TO:
    Install Foomatic-RIP
released January 30, 2008
    NOT:
    Foomatic-RIP 4.0.2.211 - released June 30, 2009
    This earlier version resolved the Margin printing problems
    The older version was installed "over" the new version without problems.
    Let me know if this works for you?

  • Spool requests are being sent the the B9 printer queue(RSNAST00).

    Hi gurus,
    has anyone found a fix for this issue? i'm currently experiencing the same issue and would like to know how i can fix this..
    Spool requests are being sent the the B9 printer queue. Most spool requests are for one page, when there are spool requests for multiple pages these spool requests take longer to create, in the meantime, other spool requests that are single pages are going to the printer queue. This creates and "out-of-vendor-order" issue during printing.
    The out of vendor order sequencing creates a significant level of work effort for the business users to resort the printed copies in order to prepare the documents for mailing. A change is required to eliminate this manual effort.
    Development has indicated an enhancement could be made to the RSNAST00 program where only those print jobs for application "MR" with transmission "1" (for print) would be gathered in groups of "X" number of documents to create one spool, prior to creating the spool, a check would be made to see if the next document was for the same vendor, if so the next document/s would be included in the same spool, when a new vendor was found, a new spool would be created.
    To temporarily fix the issue the jobs have been placed on "no execute" and the support team is identifing the chargebacks and RTV created during the week, manually running the RSNAST00 program in groups of 500 - 800 documents, ensuring all doucments for a vendor a sent in the same spool request.

    Post Author: Stephen@Azzu
    CA Forum: General
    Nobody know the answer to this one? Stephen@Azzu:Here's a good one...I'm using Crysal Reports XI (fully service packed) and the reports I have created are being used in a VB.Net application. I have no problems whatsoever in printing the reports, everything is fine. However, when the report is sent to the printer, the printer queue displays 'document' as the, err, document name. I'd like it to say something more relevant, such as the document number the user selected.So I've tried setting the ReportDocument.Name but wait, it's read only!? How about the summary info? No change. Filename? No change either. I've browsed the internet, searched the knowledge base and found nothing. So my question is this...How do I get the printer queue to display an appropriate name for my document?Stephen

  • Spool requests are being sent the the B9 printer queue.

    Hi gurus!
    has anyone found a fix for this issue? i'm currently experiencing the same issue and would like to know how i can fix this..
    Spool requests are being sent the the B9 printer queue. Most spool requests are for one page, when there are spool requests for multiple pages these spool requests take longer to create, in the meantime, other spool requests that are single pages are going to the printer queue. This creates and "out-of-vendor-order" issue during printing.
    The out of vendor order sequencing creates a significant level of work effort for the business users to resort the printed copies in order to prepare the documents for mailing. A change is required to eliminate this manual effort.
    Development has indicated an enhancement could be made to the RSNAST00 program where only those print jobs for application "MR" with transmission "1" (for print) would be gathered in groups of "X" number of documents to create one spool, prior to creating the spool, a check would be made to see if the next document was for the same vendor, if so the next document/s would be included in the same spool, when a new vendor was found, a new spool would be created.
    To temporarily fix the issue the jobs have been placed on "no execute" and the support team is identifing the chargebacks and RTV created during the week, manually running the RSNAST00 program in groups of 500 - 800 documents, ensuring all doucments for a vendor a sent in the same spool request.

    Spool requests are being sent the the B9 printer queue. Most spool requests are for one page, when there are spool requests for multiple pages these spool requests take longer to create, in the meantime, other spool requests that are single pages are going to the printer queue. This creates and "out-of-vendor-order" issue during printing.
    The out of vendor order sequencing creates a significant level of work effort for the business users to resort the printed copies in order to prepare the documents for mailing. A change is required to eliminate this manual effort.
    Development has indicated an enhancement could be made to the RSNAST00 program where only those print jobs for application "MR" with transmission "1" (for print) would be gathered in groups of "X" number of documents to create one spool, prior to creating the spool, a check would be made to see if the next document was for the same vendor, if so the next document/s would be included in the same spool, when a new vendor was found, a new spool would be created.
    To temporarily fix the issue the jobs have been placed on "no execute" and the support team is identifing the chargebacks and RTV created during the week, manually running the RSNAST00 program in groups of 500 - 800 documents, ensuring all doucments for a vendor a sent in the same spool request.

  • I have protected pdf files. You can not copy things, but it is allowed to print. In the menu of the pdf it says you are allowed to print. I already printed lots of times the document. But today there is an error "The printer is not admittet to print these

    I have protected pdf files. You can not copy things, but it is allowed to print. In the menu of the pdf it says you are allowed to print. I already printed lots of times the document. But today there is an error "The printer is not admittet to print these pdf". Its new. Theres no problem with the printer. I can print word documents, internet pages etc. But today I can not print anymore my pdf document, although printing is allowed and only copying is forbidden.
    How to solve the problem with the pdf?
    Thank you.

    Hi Hans,
    There seems to be other restrictions in the document that's not allowing it to print.
    Would it be possible to share the document with me so that I can have a look?
    Regards,
    Rave

  • I have an iPhone 4S.  When I try to print pictures, from my Windows computer, it doesn't work.  Open Office also gives me an "unknown graphic" message.  These are JPEGs, aren't they?  Why can't I print and what is the unknown graphic?

    I have an iPhone 4S.  When I try to print pictures, from my Windows computer, it doesn't work.  Open Office also gives me an "unknown graphic" message.  These are JPEGs, aren't they?  Why can't I print and what is the unknown graphic?

    Hi,
    "A day after the name change became official my built in skydrive app stopped working"
    Did you point that SkyDrive changed to OneDrive?
    Did you move your OneDrive to another location or change its name?
    Please login OneDrive with web-based to check if you could access it successfully.
    Please refer to the following article to try the troubleshooter and check the service status:
    SkyDrive: FAQ
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/skydrive-app-faq
    Karen Hu
    TechNet Community Support

Maybe you are looking for