Product

Symptoms

Pandora does not recognize the Kodak Thermal Guide file format and does not allow you to add the file to the layout.

Cause

Pandora only accepts mark files in PDF format, and the Kodak Thermal Guide mark is PostScript^® EPS format.

Solution

Use Adobe^® Acrobat^® Distiller 7.0 or higher on a Windows^® platform to distill the file to PDF, and place the PDF in Pandora. (Acrobat Distiller versions lower than 4.0 can't correctly interpret the file, and Macintosh computers don't support encryption used in the file.)

You must distill the file at the device resolution. For example, for a 2400 dpi device, distill the file at 2400 dpi. This is because the file needs to control individual device pixels in its microlines and reference screens, and if you distill the file at another resolution, it may corrupt elements.

To distill the Kodak Thermal Guide file:

1. In Acrobat Distiller 7.0 on Windows, click Settings > Edit Adobe PDF Settings.
2. On the General tab:
   • In the Resolution box, type the device resolution (usually 2400 dpi).
   • In the Auto-Rotate Pages box, select Off.
   • In the File Compatibility box, select Acrobat 5.0 (PDF 1.4).
3. On the Images tab, turn all options under Color Images, Grayscale Images and Monochrome Images to OFF in both the downsample and Compression drop down menus.
4. On the Fonts tab, check Embed All Fonts.
5. On the Color tab, under Color Management Policies, select Leave Color Unchanged.
6. On the Advanced Tab, under Document Structuring Conventions (DSC), select Process DCS comments and Resize page and center artworks for EPS files.
7. Save the job options file.
8. Distill the Kodak Thermal Guide file to produce a PDF and name the file to reflect the resolution (for example, KEX2400H.PDF).
9. Import the PDF into Pandora’s Marks Palette.

See also

Kodak Thermal Guide mark Distiller job options

Technical contact(s)

Jake Raitt

Submitted by

Jake Raitt

Date submitted

09 Mar 2006