hark Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I have a newsletter that I export from IDCS5.5. It's setup in spreads, has bleeds and crops and exports correctly. When I do my variable setup I create block for a mailing address. No matter what format I compose to the bleeds and crops are being lost. It's like FP is seeing the crop marks and cropping the document. If I export to PDF I can use the Acrobat crop tool to expand the document size to 12x18. However in a newsletter with (4) 11x17 pages that does not allow me to impose a booklet in the correct way with my RIP (pages are all out of order). If I export to PPML or PS it loses the bleed/crop information and I have no way to edit the document size. export to VPS is a whole 'nother issue - It produces a PDF with x amount of pages of the SAME PAGE. export to VIPP just plain fails on my RIP. I blame gremlins personally, but I also think there's a problem with FP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
step Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Is there any way you could upload a sample of the file you're having an issue with so that I could take a look at it? I want to say the solution could be as simple as opening your imposed PDF and setting your TrimBox to zero in the crop pages menu (for all pages in the document). But I kind of like the gremlin scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreimer Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 What if you put say 18pt in the bleed box on the impostion tab when you compose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hark Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 try this... https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6947772/RHC.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreimer Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Works for me if I add a pt number to the bleed box in the impostion tab when composing. Just put in a number for how much bleed you want in the final print file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hark Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 excellent... never paid attention to those. still, seems odd that it would not use the dimensions of the file to impose to, but whatever... at least now I know where the gremlins live and how to make them do my bidding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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