Image Filters
Test Results
PSD Import
Xtension-Fat
Workflow
Simple use of PSD files (turning layers on/off, turning
channels on/off, applying different opacities) works fine
with fat PostScript from QuarkXPress.
Alpha masks in PSD files work best with composite fat
output. (When using separated fat PostScript, the alpha
channel clipping path edge becomes a separate spot
color separation.)
Spot colors in PSD files do not work with composite
PostScript. Spot colors are changed to process colors,
even if using DeviceN output. Separated PostScript
works fine.
PSD Import
Xtension-OPI
Workflow
When document is output as thin PostScript and is
processed through Prinergy using OPI, "missing image"
errors occurs in Prinergy for some PSD images that have
alpha mask, alpha channel, and spot color channel.
Layers and channels that are turned off in QuarkXPress
are not represented in the resulting Prinergy subpage.
QuarkXPress 5: Issues and observations
The QuarkXPress 5 software has issues with the OPI XTension. Also,
you are still required to output colorized TIFFs in composite PostScript.
With regards to PostScript output, QuarkXPress 5.0 contains few
improvements over previous versions. No major problems are
introduced, but existing composite PostScript output issues are not
fixed. Some minor PostScript fixes are introduced, for example, stroke
overpints in composite PostScript. However, the Creo Color TIFF
XTension (formerly the Prinergy Print XTension) is still required to
output colorized TIFFs in composite PostScript.
Some new features have been introduced, including forms,
AppleScripting, and web page creation.
However, a Prinergy-specific problem regarding the OPI XTension has
also been introduced. The OPI XTension allows QuarkXPress to output
OPI 2.0 comments. If using this extension with Prinergy OPI, the Usage
dialog box has an OPI pane that enables you to turn off specific images
for OPI. When printing thin PostScript, QuarkXPress creates PostScript
with the OPI 2.0 comment "IncludedImageQuality: 3.0", which
indicates that the OPI system should NOT attempt to merge the image.
However, Prinergy will still incorrectly attempt to perform the OPI
merge. To work around this problem, remove the OPI XTension, or do
not disable specific images for OPI in the Usage/OPI dialog box.
Also note that if the OPI XTension is active, you cannot create a
Composite Thin or Composite Fat Print Style in QuarkXPress.
QuarkXPress 5: Issues and observations
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