Thankfully Acrobat does this and we don't have to click file>export>page range for each and every page. Weather or not this is an "ideal" workflow or not, if InDesign had the option to export pages into separate pdf files, it would save our company a LOT of time. This requires a workflow where separate pdf files are paramount. Newspapers have some pages complete in advance before others, and we need to process, say the comics section, way sooner than the frontpage. Just because none of you personally have come across a vender that requires separate page pdf files, doesn't mean they don't exist. I realize this thread will never die, but I need to pipe in and say that I work for a newspaper manufacturer, and we have a workflow that requires separate pdf files for each page in order to drop into the ripping program. (Yeah, I do have very strong opinions on this! ) It is time to hold them accountable for use of 21st century workflows as opposed to making you conform to obsolete print publishing workflows from the previous century. There are plenty of very hungry printers these days with all sorts of excess capacity. Something to think about when choosing a printer. Printers supposedly pride themselves on being print service providers, but any printer that is tries force you to do their work (conversion of color space, flattening of transparency, dividing up the logical publication PDF file into single page PDF files) is hardly offering any real service at all. Plus, putting all pages in a single PDF allows for more easily flipping from one edition/version to another by a single selection of layer globally through the publication as opposed to swapping pages in and out.įurthermore, this single page versus multiple page PDF thing is similar to the issues of printers demanding only CMYK (+ spot) files and/or fully flattened transparency. It's called “layers.” Even PDF/X-4 provides the ability for layers that could be selectively enabled or disabled for different editions or versions. Ironically, although some printers may still ask for single page PDF, the vast majority can readily work with multiple page PDF files.įor what we call “editioning” or “versioning,” both InDesign and PDF offer a solution used by modern workflow. With the advent of direct PDF RIP software (such as is provided by Adobe's OEMs with the Adobe PDF Print Engine technology), there is a tremendous advantage in terms of file storage and RIP performance by delivering multiple page PDF to the RIP which can simultaneously RIP and impose output (whether for plates or for digital presses). With the ability with modern equipment and software to export and preflight PDF files with hundreds of pages in a very few minutes, such single page PDF-based workflows are fairly obsolete. One of the reasons why some of the “nation's largest printers” used workflows with single page PDF files was that they required absolute signoff of jobs on a per-page basis and that due to the overhead of production and preflighting of PDF, they only wanted to change the PDF for pages that needed to be changed. It certainly has not had any feature like that (output from Distiller yielding a separate, distinct PDF file for each page that is distilled from PostScript) anytime in the last ten years or more. Having been involved with Acrobat at Adobe since prior to Release 1, I never recall Distiller ever having such a feature. Regardless, I end up with three multi-page pdfs, that must be then split via Acrobat and then batch renamed via Bridge.īeing able to just merge the InDesign documents and then output per-page would be quite helpful. Doing them all in one file means that layout changes can be slow in syncing, resulting in "conflicting" copies or other Dropbox burps. This is largely to accommodate the offsite editors who work on the issues via InCopy through our central "dropbox" server. They do require individual page pdfs, so I'd love to see that functionality built into InDesign, rather than the annoying workflow that's currently required.Īt present, the magazine is built in three different files (cover, non-feature departments, feature-well). The printer we use requires individual page-pdfs for their online, fairly advanced, proofing and largely-automated imposition system. Currently, I design a 132-page monthly magazine for a non-profit. I've been doing print design on Macs for over 20 years and deal with a large variety of printers regularly.
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