Cannot Print The illustration

[CaulX]

Yeah, yeah, I know, this has been on here many times before but it's just annoying me! It seems everything I create Illustrator that either has gradients, meshes and transparency will not print. It like starts print then quits. The last time I had this problem I tried opening the file in Photoshop and half of items that where in the AI file did not render. Today when I was playing with it, it had a difficulty rendering my background but everything else come out. I had to rasterize the file in Photoshop to print. Not really a problem just takes time. I was lucky thought that this did work since the last time I ran into this problem I couldn't print the illustration.

I guess what I'm just wondering is there really any way around this. I do notice that on the print screen it will say, "This art work requires flattening" or something like that. I think this has something to do with it. Although, I'm not sure what it really means. I found where it says, "Flatten Transperence" the slider talks changing from Vector to raster. Although, it really doesn't seem to make a difference. Any kind of incite into any of this will be helpful. Thanks

 

[askIllustrator]

the two factors is the size and speed of your comp+RAM and the size of the buffer in your printer. BEHOLD! As Steve Jobs introduces us the latest in desk-lamp technology!

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[CaulX]

I have a PII 450 with 256 Megs under win2k using AI 10. My printer is an Epson 760 using usb. I'm not quite sure about the buffer thing with it. I'd have to look to see if information about that some where in the computer. But thanks for the info.

 

[askIllustrator]

The "flattening" its talking about is combining all your art into one layer. You can do this from the drop down menu in the layers pallette (little triangle pointing right). You might wanna save a back up copy before you do this. Also make sure you have plenty of disk space and think about getting a faster comp if you're gonna do a lot of intense artwork or multitasking. BEHOLD! As Steve Jobs introduces us the latest in desk-lamp technology!

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[CaulX]

A faster computer! Oh well, I've noticed that with this latest wave of Adobe products, they have made it aparent that system requirements are a bit higher. Photoshop 7 takes quite a bit of time to load in my computer. I really need to look up how exact Font Folio really works. i've read that you shouldnt' have all the fonts in the system font folder. Thats where I have all of mine. I'm just not sure how exactly to get font folio to work properly. I guess I should read a bit on it. That would probably help. Thanks for the info

 

[askIllustrator]

Font Folio is just a package of fonts from adobe, you need Suitcase from Extensis to manage your fonts. Get them out of your system folder. BEHOLD! As Steve Jobs introduces us the latest in desk-lamp technology!

http://www.apple.com

 

[kakabel]

I have been having the same problems, and frankly am ready to just give up Illustrator and go back to good old Photoshop, except how could I stand to lose the vector characteristics of AI. I have tried flattening, and rasterizing, and everything else that they tell you to do, and still nothing works. I have an HP Photosmart printer, and is there a way of increasing the memory of these printers to be able to handle the task of printing AI gradients and transparencies?

 

[workjunkie]

I'm new at this but I need some help making AI transparency
art "print". What always looks good on screen doesn't always
look GOOD on paper! I'm "ripping" my "eps" through a PS
rip program called "RamPage", Nothing outside of rasterizing
(basically recreating in Photoshop) seems to WORK!
I get all those "boxes" and such where the transparency
was. Am I doing something wrong? Suggestions? HELP!!