Using placed bitmaps with transparency???

[parkerbrown]

Should this be avoided - I seem to get weird things happening when I try to print to my Postscript printer (after exporting a PDF from InDesign).

Things like graphics disappearing, separation not printing etc. and sometimes, files not printing at all.

Any experiences with these sort of issue with placed bitmaps and transparency?

 

[jimoblak]

There is little information here to answer.

Be sure to read all of the transparency documentation in the InDesign manual and the adobe.com site. There are a few rules to follow when working with transparency effects.

It is possible to use transparency on bitmap images.

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[parkerbrown]

Ok, I'll rephrase my question:

How come my PDF looks fine onscreen, but the areas of my document which contain overlaid transparent bitmaps are partially not printing???

 

[jimoblak]

When you create your PDF file, are you exporting in PDF/X-1a format? This flattens your transparency effects and should be suitable for even the most ancient of RIPs.

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