ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE - WORKSHOP 04

In today's Creative Suite session, we were set a task to find and identify the problems with a piece of work that was supposedly ready to print. Once we had found the problem we were then supposed to write down how we would solve that problem.

INFORMATION

5 ink print job

9 errors

1 three-page spread

PROBLEMS

1.    Unused spot colour meaning it could cost more as it is reading as a siz colour print job rather than a 5.

-       Good practice to remove.

-       Check colours – outlook – separation.

2.    One swatch was in RGB rather than CMYK meaning that I may not print.

-       Change the mode of the swatch.

3.    Image in RGB rather than CMYK, again meaning it is unlikely to print in its full colour.

-       Change to CMYK colour mode.

-       `Edit in Photoshop & save, it will automatically update in InDesign.

-       Right click – edit in Photoshop.

-       Alt & double click the image.

4.    Some type in Registration rather than black, making it a more expensive print job.

-       Use Ink Limit to see this.

-       Change to black.

5.    Small image enlarged in InDesign.

-       Should be scaled in Photoshop.

-       Quality will be lost as it is a small image.

6.    Image not the actual size, meaning unwanted memory added to the size of the file.

-       This should be resized in Photoshop and will then update in InDesign.

7.    One image is at 200dpi rather than the required 300dpi.

-       This should be resized in Photoshop and will then update in InDesign.

8.    One image is saved as a JPEG. This is not a major problem, however, it does mean the quality will diminish the more you use it.

-       This needs to be opened in Photoshop, saved as a TIFF and re inserted into the InDesign document.

9.    Bottom left photo doesn’t have any bleed. This means that s there is any slight discrepancy when cutting a white edge will be visible.

When you are using a greyscale image the colours can be changed in InDesign rather than having to revert to Photoshop.

QUICK WAY TO PREPARE FOR PRINTER:

File.

Package.

-       Makes a copy of the InDesign file.

-       All images & fonts.

-       Gives summary with any warnings.

·      Can all be specifically looked at and checked.

·      Generate printable report.

Can then add instructions.

Makes a new folder, copying everything into it.

1 folder.

PROVIDE AS A PDF:

-       Highest quality is ‘Press Quality’.

-       For digital print just use ‘High Quality Print’.

-       Just to be viewed on a screen, use ‘Smallest File Size’.

-       Printers may specify or have downloadable presets.

-       PDF contains everything.

PDF EXPORT OPTIONS:

-       Output – colour.

-       All converted to CMYK (except spots).

-       May need to add bleed and crop marks.

-       Significantly smaller file.