Need some help with a few issues using illustrator and flexi with gerber edge

[alistair]

Hi All,

I've just got myself a Gerber Edge LE and i'm having a few issues, I prefer to use illustrator over Flexi so firstly i'm trying to get hold of a Gerber swatch palette for illustrator, also, when i rip a job it's wanting to print the overprint and the non-overprint separately even though they are both the same colour?

can anybody help??

 

[Pippin Decals]

check this person out . copied from this forum for you ,..http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?94364-Foil-palettes-for-Illustrator-CS


http://www.specialt.com/2011/css/images/gerber.pdf


or check here. scroll down to where it says Gerber-----http://communications.inknowvativegroup.com/FreeStuff/


http://www.specialt.com/2011/css/images/gerber.pdf

 

[alistair]

Thank you, that's just what i was looking for!

 

[Pippin Decals]

it was a long shot... I had no idea what i was looking for so i just googles it and search ,many many pages lol...Glad i could help..

 

[Jburns]

When you open the files in Flexi- click view then view filter . This will then expose what colors are in your design- and why the printer is asking for certain foils.
you can then click them from the view mnu, and remove one color at a time, change to spot colors in your design editor, and from view to see what you have to edit

 

[jfiscus]

If you like setting up your Edge prints in Illustrator I have found it to be VERY helpful to set up layers in your document for each Gerber foil used.

 

[alistair]

Thank you, overprints working as they should now!

 

[davedavedave]

If you like setting up your Edge prints in Illustrator I have found it to be VERY helpful to set up layers in your document for each Gerber foil used.

jup thats how i do it to...

did u found a proper way to import ai files with a cutcontour ?
i have cut contours (1p strokes) around all my objects in illustrator... (sended them to alot of printshops before)
but when importing the file into flexi the cutline is a shape/converted stroke...
also i noticed color gradients are weird when importet... they always change shape...

im really looking for a way so i can keep my cutlines...
i dont wan to do them again for each file...
the color mapping already already is too much for me LOL

 

[davedavedave]

i found a way... i just had to use a older file format when saving in illustrator this keept all my strokes

 

[jfiscus]

I cannot use strokes for cutlines as sometimes it converts them to double cuts in the RIP, so I always use fills as cuts here at our shop. That makes the import easier for that part.
Gradients... good luck!

 

[davedavedave]

this is what happend to me too... but if i save as illustrator 8 file it works.. also pdf... i also think theres a diffrence if u imoprt or just open a file in flexi...