Show crop marks from IL > ID > PDF!?

[Brett_A@adobeforums.com]

I'm sure there is a way to do this, but I can't for the life of me
figure out how to do it.

I have created a 3-1/2" x 2" business card in IL which has a 1/4" bleed
on all sides. I set Object > Crop Area > Make and saved the file as a
PDF with crop marks. I then Place the PDF in an ID doc with Place >
Crop to: Bleed and it shows up just great. The "card" shows the bleed
and even portions of the crop marks set by IL. Next I use Step and
Repeat to impose 8 copies on an 8-1/2" x 11" page. Finally, I export
the file to a PDF document to hand off to the printer, BUT, the "cards"
have lost their bleed and the crop marks - ugh! The "cards" appear in
their "trimmed" state. What has happened? What have I done wrong?

Any help would be appreciated.

Brett

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

InDesign 1.5 used to actually mistake the trim box for the crop - and
users had to go Acrobat/Crop Pages/Set to Zero to see everything .. IF
you are ID 1.5 then try this ... otherwise I would suggest your last PDF
generation action from ID does not have this options turned ON within
the print/export settings ...

Jon

[Brett_A@adobeforums.com]

Jon,

I should have mentioned that I am using ILCS on a MAC G5 running OSX
10.3.9. I'm afraid I didn't understand your post, could you please try
again?

Brett

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

My fault - the IL didn't trigger ...

You might want to try the IL forum - CS2 is great at producing PDFs
since it uses the same common PDF settings ... ;-)

Sorry for the confusion ...

Jon

[de_Siem@adobeforums.com]

Still document>crop pages set to sero is worth a shot.

[Brett_A@adobeforums.com]

Jon & de_Siem,

Thanks for your replies.

I'm afraid I'm still not able to accomplish what I want. It is hard for
me to imagine that an ID document containing IL files with bleeds and
crop marks cannot be passed on intact to a PDF file. I can't believe
that Adobe wouldn't preserve that capability since the whole point of
the Creative Suite is a seamless, compatible work-flow. Anyone from
Adobe want to chime in here?

Brett

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

Did you ask in the InDesign forum? You aren't using Acrobat at all.

Aandi Inston

[Brett_A@adobeforums.com]

Aandi,

Thank you for your reply. Yes I did post this question in the ID forum
as well and someone posted the solution.

Thank you for your time.

Brett

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

Come on then ... what was the solution ;-)

Jon

[Steve_Werner@adobeforums.com]

I replied in the InDesign forum:

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Brett,

I remember this being a problem before when you carry the Illustrator Object > Crop Marks > Make and place it into other applications. (I remember it being a problem in QuarkXPress a long age ago.)

Instead of that, use Filter > Create > Crop Marks which creates real stroked lines. These should carry through your production process.

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Brett replied:

Thank you for your suggestion! It worked! And it also preserved the
bleed! Many, many thanks!

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

Thanks Steve ...

Jon