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  • eps file with transparent background prints in faint pink

    Posted by Sam_Adcock on June 26, 2014 at 2:17 pm

    Hi All, I have tried many different files with a transparent background, sending from Signlab 9.1.1 via the "print to Roland Versaworks" button to Versaworks version 5.1.1. The image prints beautifully on the Roland VS540i but the transparent area has a very faint pink colour to it.
    Has anyone else experienced this, if so is it the eps file, Signlab, or Versaworks at fault? I don’t think its a printer issue.

    Now for a solution, if the file is saved as a pdf and sent to Versaworks then the print is excellent with no pink in the transparent area, so that would be one fix, it also handles the cut contour line, my question is why is this happening with the eps file?

    Jon Simms replied 9 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 2 Replies
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  • Jon Simms

    Member
    June 26, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    Hi
    An eps is a post script file which is outdated by today’s standards it cannot handle transparencies and shadows to the same quality a PDF will the one way round this is to flatten transparency in illustrator or rasterise in photoshop . I worked on this problem at my old company and that was the only solution that cures . Postscripts are very temperamental sometimes they rip ok with transparencies sometimes they don’t I’d just steer clear and use PDFX 4 as that is the industry standard for print .

  • Jon Simms

    Member
    June 26, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    Also software like PowerPoint word etc tend to create a fake white background and only can be seen by rip .

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