ID CS not printing placed .eps files

[J.R. Bishop]

Greetings all;

ID CS, Windows 2000

I have converted a Quirk 4 document into ID CS and have reworked the document besides. The page is quite simple - it has eleven maps and a company logo, all of which are .eps files formerly made in previous versions of Illustrator but I modified and saved them as .eps's in Illustrator CS. I relinked the original links to the .eps's in the document and updated all of the links. Now, the placed .eps images do not print when printing to the HP LaserJet 4000 TN, nor do they appear when I export the document as a .pdf straight from InDesign, nor do they appear when I create a postscript file via printing to my Print to File printer using the Creo Brisque .ppd and distilling the resulting .ps file. The .eps images are not marked as nonprinting in the attributes window, nor do they print when I select Print Nonprinting items in the print options. The .eps images are black only. Somehow the Mac operator in the department can print it out just fine.

Any tips? I'm running out of ideas and things to check...

J.

[Bob_Levine]

Known issue with converted docs. The EPS files seem to come in as
non-printing. You'll need to select them with the direct selection tool
and turn off the non-printing in the attributes palette.

Bob

[J.R. Bishop]

Thanks! I thought by modifiying and updating the links it would worked fine, but yeah, I guess the attributes set to the placed elements remain the same when you just update them. I had not direct selected the items - I'll keep that in mind next time I have a problem (I just selected the frame).

Now the fun part - I searched the forums and knowledge base for this information before posting. Did I just not see it or how should I have found it? I don't want to post repetitive posts if I can avoid it.

Thanks again ~
J.

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

You can run this JavaScript to fix the problem:

if (app.documents.length != 0) {
myGraphs = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;
myLim = myGraphs.length;
for (i = 0; myLim > i; i++) {
myGraphs[i].nonprinting = false
}
myPIs = app.activeDocument.allPageItems;
myLim = myPIs.length;
for (i = 0; myLim > i; i++) {
myPIs[i].nonprinting = false
}
}

Copy the script to a text editor and save as plain text with a name like: FixNonPrinting.js in the Scripts folder of the Presets folder of your InDesign CS application folder. The script assumes that you don't want any imported graphics or their frames to be nonprinting.

Dave

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

I love it, I love it! Thanks for posting that!

You're the man Dave!

J.R.,

You should also make a backup of all the scripts you have just in case. I needed them after they got me another computer and you'll also need them if you format your hardrive for any reason.