Pre-Separated Page Prints as 16 Plates to Scitex (198400)
The information in this article applies to:
This article was previously published under Q198400 SYMPTOMS
If you download a pre-separated Publisher-created PostScript file to a
Scitex RIP (Raster Image Processor), the RIP may try to separate each
plate. This means a single pre-separated page may print as sixteen plates.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if you are running Publisher on Windows 95 or Windows
98. It also occurs if you are running Publisher on Windows NT 4.0, unless
you are using version 5.1.1 (or later) of the Adobe PostScript printer driver for Windows NT.
This problem is not unique to Publisher; it may occur in any program that
uses the Windows PostScript printer driver to generate PostScript.
WORKAROUNDMethod 1: Update to the Newer Driver for NT 4.0Print your publication from a computer running Windows NT 4.0
with version 5.1.1 of the Adobe PostScript printer driver installed. This
printer driver is available from the Adobe Systems, Inc. internet site on
the World-Wide Web (www.adobe.com.)
Method 2: Print Your Publication as a Composite PostScript file.- On the File menu, click Print.
- In the Print dialog box, click Composite.
- Change any other settings you like and then click OK.
Method 3: Configure Your Scitex RIP Print the file as "pre-separated black and white" instead of "automatic". NOTE: If you do this you will have
to manually set the halftone screen frequency and angle for each plate in
the RIP software.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
When you download a PostScript file to the Scitex RIP software, the RIP
uses certain PostScript and OPI (Open Press Interface) comments in that
PostScript file to figure out how to separate it. Specifically, it looks
for these comments:
%%PageOrder: Special
%%PlateColor: ( )
%%Page: # #
The PostScript printer driver writes these comments to the PostScript files it creates, but it writes them in a way that is inappropriate for color separations. Publisher tries to override the printer driver and write the correct comments, but it can't (unless you are running version 5.0 (or
later) of the Adobe PostScript Driver for Windows NT.)
For example, if you print a two-page publication to CMYK color separations, the %%Page comments should look like this:
%%Page: 1 1
%(Code for the cyan plate of page 1 goes here)
%%Page: 1 2
%(Code for the magenta plate of page 1 goes here)
%%Page: 1 3
%(Code for the yellow plate of page 1 goes here)
%%Page: 1 4
%(Code for the black plate of page 1 goes here)
%%Page: 2 5
%(Code for the cyan plate of page 2 goes here)
%%Page: 2 6
%(Code for the magenta plate of page 2 goes here)
%%Page: 2 7
%(Code for the yellow plate of page 2 goes here)
%%Page: 2 8
%(Code for the black plate of page 1 goes here)
However, unless Publisher can override it, the Windows PostScript driver
makes the %%Page: comments look like this:
%%Page: 1 1
%(Code for the cyan plate of page 1 goes here)
%%Page: 2 2
%(Code for the magenta plate of page 1 goes here)
%%Page: 3 3
%(Code for the yellow plate of page 1 goes here)
%%Page: 4 4
%(Code for the black plate of page 1 goes here)
%%Page: 5 5
%(Code for the cyan plate of page 2 goes here)
%%Page: 6 6
%(Code for the magenta plate of page 2 goes here)
%%Page: 7 7
%(Code for the yellow plate of page 2 goes here)
%%Page: 8 8
%(Code for the black plate of page 1 goes here)
The Scitex RIP therefore interprets this as an eight-page file that needs to be separated instead of a two-page file that is already separated.
The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
regarding these products' performance or reliability.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/29/1999 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB198400 |
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