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I've attached an image where you'll notice...the headline and text, which were
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place on top of a brown box [in InDesign CS3], came out with a white box
behind the text. That wasn't there on the pdf I created, yet it printed like this.
Wonder what caused this issue? Many thanks, in advance, for your sage wisdom!
Ah ha, white box syndrome. Thanks for the question, Todd.
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This is your printer's RIP not handling the flattening of your transparency properly. In the world of print we use a language called PostScript developed by Adobe. In PostScript you can't actually print transparency so it gets flattened somewhere along the workflow. In this case, you exported your PDF with "live" transparency and they attempted to flatten it just before printing.
Now a days, the more technical printers are well-versed in printing the new generation of live transparency. If you're not sure where your printer stands (as in this case), I suggest you flatten the PDF on your end, and check for white boxes before sending the PDF.
To do this, export your PDF as a PDF/X-1a:2001 using the preset under the export menu. Once you export the PDF this way, any problems will show up *before* you send them to the printer.
Hope this helps, any other questions, let me know. Thanks.
Scott
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