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I am working in InDesign CS2. I have a text box over top of an image on my
page layout. (it's white text over a dark blue image) Whenever I export my
document to a PDF I see a very thin outline of the text box. It looks like there is
a .5pt. white frame set on the text box but there is none! Will this show up in the
final output? I have to send my printer PDFs and I don't want that frame to show
up on the final version. Please help!
Hi Natalie, thanks for the question.
This comes up quite a bit and will not output at your printer's. It's called stitching and it is caused by InDesign tiling the image near the text (cutting it into different blocks kind of like a puzzle of squares). It does this because of transparency flattening or to help keep text live where it overlaps the image. You can mention it to the printer to double-check it after they run it through their RIP, but it should be fine.
Also, as a side tip, I always make sure to export my PDFs as PDF/X-1a:2001 to ensure the file is "printshop friendly."
Hope this helps, good luck!
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