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MAC TO PC SOFTWARE
I have a customer who has mac i have pc he has overcome one problem by saving the files he wants printing as pdf but another hi res file 250meg he is having trouble saving as pdf he uses illustrator8 for mac i use illustrator CS is there a way he can save something that my pc or is there converting software that i can buy? Any help would be great on this issue.
thanks in advance
George
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8 Replies
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On his Mac, he can format a disk as a PC disk. If he does that then saves his illustrator file as normal you should have no problem.
One small thing, Mac does not use extension, tell your customer to make sure that when he saves his file he calls it something.ai
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never knew that phil, thank you…
i purchase mac opener from conversions plus, you can buy online and download. dont have web add but ide just google it 😉
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saving the file as an eps [.eps] in ill 8 ensuring all fonts are outlined and any placed images converted to CMYK should be fine as well……a final select all convert to CMYK seem to help [gets rid of spot colours – if digital?] if re-sizing outline strokes…..
Cheers
Andrew
not sure if it’s all correct, however if I save in ill 9 I tend to do all these things for PC
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May be of interest to the Mac/PC platform debate – we use conversions plus a fair bit
See:: Web:http://www.dataviz.com
MacOpener: -
Hi,
We use a program called TransMac that will convert PC to Mac, Mac to PC and anything in-between
Hope that helps
Rob
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Thanks all for all input……you learn something new every day
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Use Transmac here as well, Crossfont from the same people is worth downloading too.
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You can exchange Illustrator, freehand, pdf, tiff, jpeg or other app archives with no problem.
In mac record the CD as a mac/pc hybrid.
In pc as pc is ok. Mac read pc disks.In both cases don’t use multissesions. You can get in trouble.
Fonts can change from mac<>pc, so you can trace the archive first.
Or add a paper copy to check all is ok.Aitor
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