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Color accuracy using EPS or PDF images in layout, applications

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Print-quality issues Color accuracy using EPS or PDF images in page layout applications Page layout applications such as Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress do not support color management of EPS, PDF, or grayscale files. If you have to use such files, try to ensure that the EPS, PDF, or grayscale images are already in the same color space that you intend to use later on in Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress. For instance, if your final goal is to print the job in a press that follows the SWOP standard, convert the image into SWOP when you create it. The image is clipped Clipping normally indicates a discrepancy between the actual printable area on the loaded paper and the printable area as understood by your software. You can often identify this kind of problem before printing by previewing your print (see Preview a print on page 29). ● Check the actual printable area for the paper size you have loaded. printable area = paper size - margins ● Check what your software understands to be the printable area (which it may call "printing area" or "imageable area"). For example, some software applications assume standard printable areas that are larger than those used in this printer. ● If you have defined a custom page size with very narrow margins, the printer may impose its own minimal margins, clipping your image slightly. You may want to consider using a larger paper size, or borderless printing (see Select margins options on page 27). ● If your image contains its own margins, you may be able to print it successfully by using the Clip Contents by Margins option (see Select margins options on page 27). ● If you are trying to print a very long image on a roll, check that your software is capable of printing an image of that size. ● You may have asked to rotate the page from portrait to landscape on a paper size that is not wide enough. ● If necessary, reduce the size of the image or document in your software application, so it fits between the margins. There is another possible explanation for a clipped image. Some applications, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and CorelDRAW, use an internal 16-bit coordinate system which means that they cannot handle an image of more than 32,768 pixels. If you try to print an image larger than this from these applications, ENWW The image is clipped 47

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Color accuracy using EPS or PDF images in page layout
applications
Page layout applications such as Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress do not support
color management of EPS, PDF, or grayscale files.
If you have to use such files, try to ensure that the EPS, PDF, or grayscale images are
already in the same color space that you intend to use later on in Adobe InDesign
or QuarkXPress. For instance, if your final goal is to print the job in a press that follows
the SWOP standard, convert the image into SWOP when you create it.
The image is clipped
Clipping normally indicates a discrepancy between the actual printable area on the
loaded paper and the printable area as understood by your software. You can often
identify this kind of problem before printing by previewing your print (see
Preview a
print
on page
29
).
●
Check the actual printable area for the paper size you have loaded.
printable area = paper size – margins
●
Check what your software understands to be the printable area (which it may
call "printing area" or "imageable area"). For example, some software
applications assume standard printable areas that are larger than those used
in this printer.
●
If you have defined a custom page size with very narrow margins, the printer
may impose its own minimal margins, clipping your image slightly. You may
want to consider using a larger paper size, or borderless printing (see
Select
margins options
on page
27
).
●
If your image contains its own margins, you may be able to print it successfully
by using the
Clip Contents by Margins
option (see
Select margins
options
on page
27
).
●
If you are trying to print a very long image on a roll, check that your software
is capable of printing an image of that size.
●
You may have asked to rotate the page from portrait to landscape on a paper
size that is not wide enough.
●
If necessary, reduce the size of the image or document in your software
application, so it fits between the margins.
There is another possible explanation for a clipped image. Some applications, such
as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and CorelDRAW, use an internal 16-bit
coordinate system which means that they cannot handle an image of more than
32,768 pixels. If you try to print an image larger than this from these applications,
ENWW
The image is clipped
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Print-quality issues