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Sabrina,
You could try "print to file", using a greyscale print driver and PPD, then re-distill the resultant .prn file. As everyone else has said, it's not the optimal solution, but it has got me out of a few tight situations.
At 04:14 PM 18/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
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We are printing to Cannons - imageRunner8500 and imageRunner105.
However, the problem has to be fixed on the file end of the process. We have several facilities world wide that have to be able to print the files so we cannot have special ways of getting the file to print. It just has to go.
We decided to contact the client to try to get them to fix their native files since there doesn't seem to be a good fix. Thanks for your help.
Sincerely, Sabrina Coshow PrePress Manager BookSurge, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 3:48 PM Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] PDF with multiple colorspaces
> > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > You don't really provide enough information about your printer. What printer > are you using, and how is the PDF failing to print? > > If you're using a PostScript b/w printer, you could print as an image. > > You could also select Print > Advanced and select composite gray. > > You can redistill using the PPD from a PostScript black and white printer. > But Leonard is right...this is not your best choice to solve this problem. > > Rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard Rosenthol > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] PDF with multiple colorspaces > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > At 03:18 PM 3/18/2004, Sabrina Coshow wrote: > >I have a PDF provided by the client that we are having trouble > >printing. The file is not large but is rather graphics intensive. The > >PDF uses multiple color spaces. I believe this is why we are having a > >problem. We do not currently print through a RIP. > > Shouldn't matter if you are working in a composite workflow... > > > >Can anyone tell me how to maybe redistill the PDF to use only one > >colorspace (greyscale). > > If you insist on doing this using the redistillation process, a > method that is NOT approved of by Adobe - then you will need to find a > grayscale PPD... > > OR better, use a 3rd party tool such as PDF Enhancer > (http://www.apago.com/enhancer.html) or Quite a Box of Tricks > (http://www.quite.com). > > > Leonard > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> > PDF Sages, Inc. 215-629-3700 (voice) > 215-629-0789 (fax) > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
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