Digital BW, The Print

On 09/10/2013 02:55 AM, john eckenrode wrote:

> This issue goes beyond my photo work however. I make a living using
> Illustrator and InDesign, that is where many there are gigantic concerns
> with future compatibility. Just ask any former Freehand or Page Maker
> user about that. This not just a CC issue entirely, computer file
> workability and "archivability" is a great concern in general. CC just
> added to and complicated that concern.
>
> The vector world=I hate CC with a passion. The pixel world=I don't like
> CC but there are far more workarounds available and more coming.

One wonders what the PDF compatibility will be in the future. There was 
a time that several Postscript interpreters in RIPs etc competed with 
Adobe's engines but Adobe dominates that market again I think. A short 
and fast introduction of some new features in Adobe PDFs and the 
compatibility of Ghostscript, Jaws, etc becomes a big issue again. Since 
2011 Adobe has not given its new specifications to the ISO committee.
Four days ago the Adobe PDF Print Engine 3 was announced. High CC 
compatibility it says.

It is time to guide my customers (again) to the best flattened Tiff 
exports of Adobe CS and CC application designs so I can still print 
their work on my Hp Zs. I am not printing books on them .... Qimage 
Ultimate can cope with the Tiffs, its RAW conversion is not bad either. 
My HP Z3200-PS has Adobe Postscript 3 that will do for some time but not 
long I guess.  My own vector and web work was mainly done with Xara 
Extreme Pro and the upgrade to its latest incarnation is 129 Euro I see. 
There are RAW converters enough in the market for proper competition and 
pricing.

The way I see it is that Adobe is an elephant in the market that takes a 
sharp corner now. Could be quite dangerous for the animal and/or bystanders.

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