InDesign CS6 makes it easier to create a grayscale version of your document...if you can find the feature.… Read More

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-172.mp3 (18.5 MB, 33:21 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. News News in PEPCONland, Adobeland, and Lyndaland Join us in New York City, June 13-14, for InDesignSecretsLive! in NYC InDesign CS6's PDF Forms Features… Read More

Source Interlink Media (SIM) is all about fueling people’s passions, whether their interests run toward hot rod cars or home theater systems. With 78 titles, the publisher saw the opportunity to reach even more readers through tablet devices. To quickly… Read More

Acrobat’s soft proofing feature simulates onscreen how your final print will look once it’s printed. How you activate it depends on your version of Acrobat. Here’s how to find it in Acrobat X: choose ViewToolsPrint ProductionOutput Preview… Read More

Exportools Standard 4 for QuarkXPress and InDesign ($59) lets you export individual document pages or spreads as separate PDF, EPS, rich text, or JPEG files, among others. The export process can be started through the standalone application or through a menu… Read More

On the opening day of drupa 2012, Enfocus announces the commercial release of PitStop Pro 11 and PitStop Server 11. The PitStop 11 release marks the introduction of 'Smart Preflight & Correction', delivering complete PDF quality control and the ability… Read More

FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO: Shigetaka Komori) today announces the launch of the latest version of its cloud-based web-to-print solution, XMF PrintCentre V3. XMF PrintCentre is a hosted web-to-print system that allows print companies to create multiple e-commerce web sites… Read More

CVISION Technologies (http://www.cvisiontech.com), a leading provider of software to optimize document capture, announced today the release of PdfOptimizer for InputAccel 6.5, a solution designed to create the most efficient image documents possible with EMC Captiva InputAccel workflows. PdfOptimizer for InputAccel… Read More

Designed by Joseph Bergdoll Printed by Printing Specialists Designed as a replacement for a PDF sent via e-mail, this GDSA pocket guide to NYC is A-OK. Gold stars for the DIY t-shirts. Production Details Client ASU Graphic Design Student Association… Read More

The next big step in prepress will be PDF/X-4, which allows transparency and layers. But what about the support of PDF/X-4 by RIP vendors? The Flemish Innovation Center for Graphic Communication (VIGC) has carried out its first… Read More

Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-171.mp3 (18.5 MB, 33:21 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. News PEPCON (May 14-16) is all about connecting people with the best solutions Or join us in New York City, June 13-14, for InDesignSecretsLive!… Read More

Enfocus is working with HP to extensively automate and streamline the digital print production process for HP Indigo users. Using Enfocus Switch, Smart Automation will be integrated into the HP Indigo SmartStream Designer application and HP SmartStream Production Pro Print… Read More

Crawford Technologies has published a controversial new white paper that challenges what some of their competitors are claiming. Several companies have issued misleading documents/articles over the past year leading readers to believe that Accessible PDFs are all that is required… Read More

HELIOS Software GmbH (drupa, hall 09/D04), a leading developer of cross-platform file, print, image, proofing, remote collaboration, and PDF server software, presents its new iPad Document Hub app. The iPad Document Hub is the ideal solution for businesses to easily… Read More

Adobe Design Evangelist Terry White shows off the new print workflow improvements InDesign CS6 including alternate layout, linked content, Content Collector tools and gray scale preview and export to PDF. From: AdobeTV Views: 64 0 ratings Time: 07:12 More in… Read More

If you’re not happy with the names assigned by QuarkXPress to your exported PDFs, you can control that by choosing QuarkXPressPreferencesPDF, and then choose a default naming convention: Project_Layout.pdf Layout_Project.pdf Project.pdf Layout.pdf (Note: in some versions, the dialog… Read More

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 18, 2012—The Michael H. Bruno Award 2012 was presented to James C. King and John E. Warnock, two distinguished individuals whose significant contributions to the printing and graphic arts community were recognized at the 64th … Read More

“For years, print buyers and printers have been looking for solutions to help them predict and stabilize color reproduction” said Elie Khoury, Alwan’s President. “But this can be a daunting process. With print buyers increasingly demanding consistent colors, it is… Read More

“For years, print buyers and printers have been looking for solutions to help them predict and stabilize color reproduction” said Elie Khoury, Alwan’s President. “But this can be a daunting process. With print buyers increasingly demanding consistent colors, it is… Read More

There are many reasons why you might want to combine pages or objects from one or more InDesign documents into other InDesign documents. Perhaps you need to join unchanged pages from an old financial report with the new one; or… Read More

FontShop has a helpful selection of free, brief PDF booklets relating to fonts and typography. Some of the topics include: Webfonts: a Designer’s Guide Licensing 101: Free Fonts Are Not Always Free What is OpenType? A Field Guide to Typography… Read More