Eps

that will enable me to print eps files through Quark? ...

for some reason now when I select an eps (with 'hide Bounding Box' selected), I can't see the outline of the image or anything to tell me that it's selected. I can only tell when I delete it to make sure it's selected. How do I fix this?

1. Use pdf/x-1a, it will catch any errors before they happen. If it rips back to 4 and your shadows are intact then you're golden. 2. If you outline your ID text you'll have to save one file to edit and one for print/ripping. I'd rather just have one ID file as my super file. 3. eps are smaller than tif and you get to keep the vector data for quicker RIP and printing

Wow, lots of questions! :) 1. The shadow will either get translated to 4.0 Acrobat pdf or you'll get an error, in which case pdf/x-1a will let you know what that error is before creating the pdf. 2. You could create outlines in ID, but then you have to save another version of the file (so you can make edits to text later). 3. Big flattened tiff is a huge file, though...

Also, why print from EPS as opposed to just making a big flattened TIFF? ...

Just export a pdf/x-1a file from InDesign and your file will be saved as Acrobat 4 and should catch any errors before ripping. Should work better in quark. InDesign drop shadows can be a bit problematic when printing, so avoid them whenever you can. You can open the pdf in illustrator (CS) and convert to outlines and save out an eps file for print (all images are...

to import the EPS that you exported in the previous step. ...

A 2.8MB pdf file, if it's graphically rich, is already pretty small. But, for best results I recommend using Tifs instead of eps files. Might give you some more room to reduce when you rip that pdf. ...

I have a 2.8 MB PDF that i created through quark. i'm unable to 'reduce the file size' from acrobat. it keeps saying that 'an error occurred while processing images'. all the eps files are illustrator eps's and not photoshop eps's (i think that quark and acrobat don't play well together with photoshop eps files). any suggestions?

This is exactly what's happening. Quark's been this way ever since I can remember.