Recent content by matilda13

Hi Andrew, Thanks again for your post. Because of scheduling issues I have swapped printers. I sent the new printer a PDF with the preset you suggested (PDF/X-1a:2001). I made them aware of the prior issues and they printed off in A4 to get an idea of how the file would perform. I haven't...

Hi again, So I sent the file to print with both the greyscale images and the CMYK tiffs with transparent backgrounds. I had to send it as a PDF, I saved it as a high quality print. When it came to proofing, the issues with the washed out greyscale persisted. Also, 4 out of my 6 of my placed...

Thanks for your response, Andrew. I was initially setting up this document for on screen presentation but I will eventually need to make elements of it print ready. I'm with you as far as sending CMYK to commercial printers but I've never been in a position where I have a greyscale image as...

OK, so the issue was that image A is CMYK and B was greyscale. How do I take down a thread if I realise I may be wasting your time?

I have been trying to place an image (A) with a transparent background into a frame in InDesign CS4. Every time I do this, it washes out a series of images (B) on the page (these images are all linked to the same tiff file). Not everything on the page is washed out, only B images. - I have...