I got a problem with illustrator files. When do trapping myself in illustrator (overprint stroke) my harlequin rip doesn't keep it but in all others application (indesign, quark, etc...) it works very well.
In addition to what version rip you are sending the file to, how are you sending the file to the rip? How are you saving the file out of Illustrator, and then are you printing to a queue, sending postscript, or PDF?
BTW, if you are doing a lot of trapping in Adobe Illustrator you may want to look at this: EskoArtwork: Trapping made easy : Free trials available.
Last edited by eskopdl; 08-10-2009 at 08:10 AM.
Reason: forgot to add free trials.
my rip version is rasterize 7.2.1 (polkadots) I made a bunch of test and only the illustrator file have problem. Even if I drag in my hotfolder a postcript or a pdf or a eps, the result are the same.
Zombie is right. You may not want to post a customer file though, but if you could create a simple file that you know shows the same issue and upload that, that would be helpful. If you can send your file to another rip and it works, may be time to look at an upgrade (or change) to that rip.
The file is ok on my rip (Xitron Navigator 8.1, with default settings). See the attached file.
So, the problem is in your rip. I'll try to figure it out
If necessary, place the .eps into another layout program such as quark or indesign and generate separated postscript. As the .pdf is composite, the only way you can get the traps to work is to output separated postscript. I used to use trap wise for this purpose, but now i use prinergy evo built in trapping. Also, you can try to output directly from illustrator, sending separations to the RIP. This is kind of a pain to get the marks just right, but should also work well.
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