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Colin Wilson
I've produced a .pdf file from InDesign CS, and I'm trying to get a sign
company to output it to an 1800mm x 1200mm sign. They use a Roland
wide-format printer (printing onto vinyl).
The signage company is using some common industry signage software (I
don't know the name), and they convert the .pdf into their sign software
before output. They are getting terrible colour shifts (I have tried
output to both CMYK and RGB at their request), problems with font
conversions (I have tried converting all the fonts to curves before
outputting the pdf), and several other issues. I don't know the age of
their software or their printer.
I just want to know:
1. Is this type of conversion often troublesome?
2. Is there any reason they can't just print directly from a .pdf to a
Roland printer, without going through whatever conversion process they
are trying to use? It would seem much simpler.
Any sign printing experts here?
company to output it to an 1800mm x 1200mm sign. They use a Roland
wide-format printer (printing onto vinyl).
The signage company is using some common industry signage software (I
don't know the name), and they convert the .pdf into their sign software
before output. They are getting terrible colour shifts (I have tried
output to both CMYK and RGB at their request), problems with font
conversions (I have tried converting all the fonts to curves before
outputting the pdf), and several other issues. I don't know the age of
their software or their printer.
I just want to know:
1. Is this type of conversion often troublesome?
2. Is there any reason they can't just print directly from a .pdf to a
Roland printer, without going through whatever conversion process they
are trying to use? It would seem much simpler.
Any sign printing experts here?