SintraWorks Forums

Reduction in file size

2012-01-28T16:19:45Z

Why does PDFClerk reduce the file size of my documents? I am doing a very high-end print job and would like to preserve as much resolution as possible.

For example, the original PDF that I import is 754 MB. After imposition, when I export from PDFClerk to a PDF it is 381 MB.

I have set the following preferences:

Preferences/settings for all/graphics quality: best, image compression: none

Are there any other settings I can use to avoid a reduction in file size? Or, why is this happening?

Thanks!

Is it possible to do a cut and stack imposition?

2011-11-03T04:45:46Z

I have a job that that has a bunch of sequentially numbered postcards (100x150mm). In a typical run there are around 2000 cards done. I set for a digital press that uses SRA3 size card (450x320) so would like to set them up to print 8 per sheet as 4 rows, 2 columns with the sheet in portrait orientation. Because they’re sequentially numbered on the front i’d like to set it up such that when the run is trimmed on the guillotine, all I need to do is stack each pile in order on top of one another to get the entire set in sequence.

So, for my example the (say) top left slot sheet 1 will have page 1, sheet 2 page 2, sheet 3, page 3 etc all the way down to sheet (2000 / 8 =) 250. In the next slot of sheet 1 (say, the top right ) the numbering then starts at 251 down through the sheets to 500, and so on through all the page slots to eventually accommodate all 2000 cards, 8 to view on 250 sheets. When they’re trimmed I only need to stack each trimmed stack on top of one another to keep them all in sequence.

Reading a few of the questions on this board makes me think it’s also the same problem as several users have described in printing perfect bound books with multiple pages per sheet.

I can’t see any obvious way of doing this. Can it be done?

Feature Request: Cut & Paste from Light Table

2011-10-12T09:52:14Z

In the Pages view, you can cut and paste a single page, or multiple pages to another area of the document. You can also do the same thing by way of dragging and dropping the page(s) to another area. In the Light Table view, you can drag and drop, but you can’t cut and paste. Is there a reason for this? Can we get that area to work like the Pages view? This doesn’t become important until you have an extremely long document (1000+ pages) and need to move things around. With the drag and drop mode you have do a lot of scrolling, which can in itself be problematic at times.

Thanks,
Wayne

Can’t get registered PDFClerk

2011-09-03T09:40:31Z

Hello Antonio,

After the start of my PDFClerk Pro - Version 3.12 - it appears that the programme is suddenly no longer registered and so I can only can use of the DEMO version.
Unfortunately, there is no possibility within the programme in order to introduce my registercode. How can I solve the problem?
P.S. Replace from more older ‘com.sintraworks.PDFClerkPro.plist’s does not help…

Thanks for your help,
Nol Homan (homanol)

nolhoman at mac dot com

Pasting JPG

2011-06-26T03:44:04Z

Antonio,

I want to be able to paste a JPG of my signature into PDFClerk documents but the white/clear background of my signature covers up the surrounding text. I have eliminated the background of my signature in Photoshop (shows up as gray and white checkerboard) but when I paste it into a PDFClerk document, the white/clear background continues to block out the document I’m working on. Is there another way of inserting my signature and have it look like it’s been signed over the existing words in the document?

Thanks,
Morris

Splitting pages not working

2011-04-29T09:11:30Z

I’ve read the previous posts on the subject, but it doesn’t solve the problem. After I’ve split the pages all i get is every second page (2,4,6 and so forth)...

What to do, what to do..

View annotation index?

2011-02-13T22:35:09Z

Hello,

Is there a way to view all of the annotations that are currently in a pdf file? I just want to see a list of all the annotations I have made in a document, so that I can click on them and go to each annotation. I can’t seem to figure out how to do this…. Thanks

-Chase

Viewing & Saving - Phantom PDFClerk file

2009-07-28T17:53:10Z

I’m a new PDFClerk user—downloaded and bought license yesterday—and have a problem—I’ve created a 48 page document by importing and combining existing PDF files into one larger file. I saved a test version PDF early on to see that everything worked as I wanted. It did.

I changed it substantially since that earlier save/export and now I cannot view the file contents. When I open the file created in the PDFClerk document format, I see the 48 pages down the side bar menu. But, I cannot see any of the pages. I’ve tried as many things as I can think of—switching views, the lightbox, selecting one page, etc. I’ve looked through the preference settings and the manuals and FAQ and can’t find any solutions.

I’ve also tried exporting this phantom file to PDF—when I do this, I get a blank PDF file. Nothing there.

But, when I look at the file information for the PDFClerk version, it shows a file of some size—larger than the version saved for the first test PDF.

Is the document there? How can I see it? Any advice would be appreciated.

Apparent bug with bookmark generation

2010-12-11T04:38:11Z

If I open a pdf with Clerk and create some bookmarks and export as a single file, everything works fine. If reopen that exported file in Clerk and add some additional bookmarks, and export again, the resulting file is corrupted. It looks fine, but the font information is corrupt. You can’t do searches, and if you copy some portion, and paste into another document you get garbage. “Nearly half of the U.S. fleet of reactors” copies as “3+/1

Imposition for amateurs? Step by step?

2010-11-18T22:35:20Z

I couldn’t get my head around the manual. I have a 16 page InDesign document with bleeds-
Could someone put a step by step workflow?
Export PDF with or without printers marks from Indesign- as single pages- not spreads?
How do I get printers spreads from PDF Clerk Pro with outside cuts and fold marks- imposed?
If I could figure this out- then I’d be able to start dealing with creep…
but- alas- best I get is two pages imposed with gutter marks- etc.

Thanks