I know, I can do some real digging to find out, but does anyone have EXPERIENCE with CS4 and whether it works with Snow Leopard? Does Snow Leopard have Rosetta? I'm trying to find the least expensive path to putting Creative Suite on the iMac we're buying, which comes with Snow Leopard 10.6 but what I've been reading is that CS4 only works up to Leopard 10.5.4.
Damn, I'm confusing myself.
Thanks -

I have to buy a monitor for our new Harlequin rip station. $5500 bucks for the rip installed on a pc and you don't get keyboard, mouse, or monitor?
Okay then.
I'm thinking of 24-27" LED, either a Viewsonic (my choice and cheaper than most monitors) or the boss wants Dell or HP monitor. Any difference when checking traps and separations? It has to sit on a desk so the wall mounted Sony Bravia is out, darn.
As always, thanks for the input!
Rick

Need your help again.
I am trying to set all my black type (outlined) to overprint in Illustrator CS4. I can't just select all same fill or stroke, there is too many other things going on with the page. But when I select this type, it shows in the palette as Black (see clip 1). When I uncheck the Black color in the overprint preview, I get a converted rgb black (see clip 2). Where is this coming from? Is there a setting or preference? Or did the designer (with a college degree, I am sure) build this as an rgb and these are remnants from an old layer?

Thanks for looking.

Happy Friday! Three and a half day weekend!
I don't know the term or how this happens but a poster we have to print was saved as an Illustrator file but the thing came in as a mash of pieces where you can see white outlines in the work.
How's that for tech talk?!
See the attached snips.
How can the client save the file so it is one piece?
Thanks!
Rick

Mornin All,
I have a client that within an Illustrator CS4 file has applied a drop shadow to a Photoshop CS4 image. I am manually inposing 4 out on a sheet head to head. On the sections that are rotated 180, the Illy drop shadow is not rotating with the image. Any clues on how to keep the drop shadow consistent? I have attached snips of the image both correct and incorrect when rotated. Also the appearance specs on both the correct and rotated image. The specs do not appear to have changed at all, just how the drop shadow is applied.

Thanks,
Rick

I have a client who has dropped BIG PSD files into Illy and then embedded them. Working on Vista is bad enough but these files take forever to manipulate. When I attempt to relink the file and un-embed, Illy tells me the file is the wrong type. So what is the BEST way to go when placing into CS4 Illustrator - tiff?
Any help out there?
Rick

We send out for our plates and I am seeing some issues with the files from InDesign CS4 -> PDF not imaging correctly. The files are created in Illy with layers and dragged into InDesign. Should I be placing the files? What are the issues with transparency? Something isn't working right and I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.
Thanks...

We are moving to our own CTP soon but not soon enough. We just got back 3 sets of 3 color plates with no trap at all.
I saved the files as PDF/X-1a. I do not think there is a way to preview traps in Pitstop, is there? The trap would show in the rip.
Thanks for input.

We are looking at several different platesetters - AGFA, Kodak, Screen.
I am slightly confused about plates that do not need a processor with chemistry. Some platesetters state there is a vacuum system to clean the plates. Some plates I hear are cleaned at press. Is it also true that you can't proof off of the plate until it is already hung on the press?

I really like the idea of a chemistry-free plate but the guys in the pressroom don't want the responsibilities of not seeing what's on the plate before they hang them.

Make sense? Thanks for any help.

I don't usually type this carppy - "Perocessing plate swithout chemicals?"