Leonard-
>
> First, Adobe is NOT the only company that supplies RIPs.
>
> Second, they provided it for people building documents - NOT ALL
> OF WHICH are destined for high end printing devices. Transparency works
> great for web (on screen) and non-prepress work.

First off, this is my point, transparency is not "GREAT" for prepress work.
The problem is that Adobe has made it possible to save it for print
production ready files (EPS).

As far as the fact that Adobe does not make all the Rip's is all well and
good, but the fact is that the 3 major workflow's available use Adobe
technology (Brisque, Prinergy & Apogee). So I think it viable for me to be
upset with Adobe for providing the means for designers to create
transparency so easily, but not for us to reproduce it in print.

As for the documents that Adobe has created regarding this issue, it is a
little too late for the majority of users that already have Illustrator 9
and are producing documents destined for print. I'm not looking for
workarounds or excuses, I just want Adobe to do their job and make the tools
available to the RIP vendors to support such technologies.


Stefan Agustsson
The Johnson Group


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