sending pdfs to Konica 1070

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When sending pdfs to our new Konica (which works great by the way for the operator) we're experiencing problems sending pdfs through the hot folder.

On our old Konica, with a proper rip (creo) we did not have this problem. It centered every pdf regardless if it had marks or not. The new Konica does not have a proper rip as it was deemed too expensive.

For instance, if i send an 8.5 x 11 pdf with crop marks to it, it will not center the pdf on the page properly, ie. not backup right. It's treating the pdf as 11.75 x 9.375 or whatever the original with marks was. Even when I crop the pdf down to 8.5 x 11 with Acrobat or Quite Imposing. So... it has to be imported into Indesign and exported with no marks, bleeds etc. what a pain in the butt.

I am pretty sure it has something to do with page boxes, trim boxes, etc. If there was a setting to this on the Konica to center PDFs would be the best solution.

Any help appreciated.

[Farabomb]

When sending pdfs to our new Konica (which works great by the way for the operator) we're experiencing problems sending pdfs through the hot folder.

On our old Konica, with a proper rip (creo) we did not have this problem. It centered every pdf regardless if it had marks or not. The new Konica does not have a proper rip as it was deemed too expensive.

For instance, if i send an 8.5 x 11 pdf with crop marks to it, it will not center the pdf on the page properly, ie. not backup right. It's treating the pdf as 11.75 x 9.375 or whatever the original with marks was. Even when I crop the pdf down to 8.5 x 11 with Acrobat or Quite Imposing. So... it has to be imported into Indesign and exported with no marks, bleeds etc. what a pain in the butt.

I am pretty sure it has something to do with page boxes, trim boxes, etc. If there was a setting to this on the Konica to center PDFs would be the best solution.

Any help appreciated.

I've highlighted your problem. Never cut corners on a production machine, it WILL cost you more in the end. There is likely a real impo system in the real RIP but the bean counters didn't think it important. I'll ask my copier repair friend and see if he knows anything.

[Joe]

Can't help you with Konica but yes it is using the media box. Proven by the fact when you make a new PDF from Indesign and output it at either bleed or trim size which also makes the media size it centers correctly. What application creates the originals? Easy fix barring a setting on the Konica is to edit the page boxes with Pitstop. It is pretty easy to create an action to change media and crop boxes to the size off bleed/trim. You might even be able to create a preflight profile to do it using variables so it prompts you as it runs to enter the size width and height you need the page boxes to be. That way you can create one profile to use for any size.

[Joe]

I've highlighted your problem. Never cut corners on a production machine, it WILL cost you more in the end. There is likely a real impo system in the real RIP but the bean counters didn't think it important. I'll ask my copier repair friend and see if he knows anything.

Agreed. On our latest color copier we got a Fiery RIP. You can get the RIP with APPE added for an additional $25,000. Guess which one we got?

[Farabomb]

Probably the same ones that my friend has a basement full of. Starts with F and ends with why the fuck didn't we get the real RIP?

[Tracy]

can you print to the Konica rather than drop into the hot folder?
I can drag pdfs into our CW and it does use the Media box size
I only do this if my Media size is correct, I print to the Konica if it isn't.
I don't think we have the centering problem tho, I just like to have it showing
the correct sheet size

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I have always been confused about the different boxes, crop, media etc.

I'll have to study this more when time allows.

[Joe]

The PDF page boxes: MediaBox, CropBox, BleedBox, TrimBox & ArtBox

[Farabomb]

I have 2 files coming about setting up the folders. What RIP? Fiery?

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The PDF page boxes: MediaBox, CropBox, BleedBox, TrimBox & ArtBox

Thanks Joe, that's useful.

Muddled around in pitstop a bit but can't see a way to define media box to the same size as the trim box. Guess that would just be too easy.

[Possum]

Also too easy is that later versions of Acrobat allow you to crop your file to size, but it keeps the cropped information, which other apps can read, thereby defeating the purpose. Earlier versions didn't do that. So much for new and improved.

[Joe]

Also too easy is that later versions of Acrobat allow you to crop your file to size, but it keeps the cropped information, which other apps can read, thereby defeating the purpose. Earlier versions didn't do that. So much for new and improved.

Yes. Non-destructive crop. So you can recover if you crop it wrong. Just changes the crop box but not the media box so RIP's that are set to render the media box still get the cropped info.

[Joe]

The PDF page boxes: MediaBox, CropBox, BleedBox, TrimBox & ArtBox

Thanks Joe, that's useful.

Muddled around in pitstop a bit but can't see a way to define media box to the same size as the trim box. Guess that would just be too easy.

Open inspector. Open the Acrobat tools (assuming you have already added the Pitstop tools to the Acrobat tools). Click the 'Pitstop Page Boxes' icon. Then in the menu at the top click the 'Show Page Boxes' icon. Then click the 'Edit Page Boxes'. If you have a multipage PDF you can set the first one and then in inspector under the 'Action' menu click the 'Apply these Page Boxes to All Pages' link. See attached images.

[Joe]

If you want to change the page boxes via an action create a new action and then search 'Media box', 'Crop box', 'Bleed box', and 'Trim box'. Good luck figuring out what the options do though. At least I can't make a whole lot of sense out of them. They do not do what I think they should do. But I can usually fumble my way through it.

[Joe]

The PDF page boxes: MediaBox, CropBox, BleedBox, TrimBox & ArtBox

Thanks Joe, that's useful.

Muddled around in pitstop a bit but can't see a way to define media box to the same size as the trim box. Guess that would just be too easy.

First I am assuming your page has no bleed and you want the media box the same as the trim box sooooo....

Okay following my post above about using inspector lets say your trim is 210 mm x 297 mm and your media box is say 250mm x 350 mm and your bleed is defined as 3.2 mm. To change your media box you would have to enter -3.2 in both the x and y box (this number would be same number that is in the x and y box for whichever page box you are trying to re-size the media box to except it should be a negative value )(they will revert to 0 once you exit the x and y page box but don't worry...the setting took) and then enter you trim (or bleed) width and height of 210 mm x 297 mm (the same value of either the trim or bleed box you are trying to match). Your media box will now be the size of trim (or bleed) box. Then select the crop box and uncheck the box to disable the crop box. Then click it again to enable it and it will change to the size of the media box. Do the same for the bleed box. Then set your x and y value for the tim box to 0 and leave the height and width the same as they were originally. Your page boxes should all now be the same...at the trim size of the original PDF.