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  1. Printed image dimensions .5" larger than dimensions in Illustrator

    Mac Sonoma
    Illustrator 29.1

    I am printing a mechanical drawing. I have added multiple dimensions. My image is 20/25" x 45 " so I am tiling my printout. No matter which printer I use and which print settings, my printouts are always .5" larger than the dimensions in illustrator. I have tried adding overlaps, printing on borderless paper, removing overlaps, etc. Nothing fixes this problem

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  2. 特定のデータで印刷ができない

    あるデータで印刷をするとメーターが100%で止まってしまい、印刷ができません。
    しばらく待ってもプリンターが反応せず困っております。(プリンターダイヤログにも表示されません。)

    これ以外のデータは正常に印刷可能です。

    キャンセルを押すとフリーズしている様子もなく、普通に印刷キャンセルされます。
    新規ドキュメントを作成し、コピー貼り付けしてみましたが、それも同じ症状です。

    データ自体は他に比べ極端に重いデータでもなさそうです。(41956KB)

    また、他のPC環境でも試しましたがどのPCを使っても同じ症状で、
    そのデータの中の一部パスデータをラスタライズしたり、データ自体をPDF化すると印刷が可能でした。
    出来ればPDF化などせずに印刷をしたいです。
    何か解決方法がございましたらご教示をお願いいたします。

    <環境>
    PC:Windows 10 Pro
    バージョン:22H2
    プロセッサ:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700T CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz

    illustrator CC v28.5

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  3. Assets I use for hundreds of documents in my CC library not printing correctly

    Some files the library file is fine, but recently the certain asset is not printing correctly, it is pixelated and colors are wrong. How is this fixed without going through hundreds of print files to reinsert this asset into all of the files so it prints perfect? Its used at the same scale everytime. Has to be saved the same way every time bc of the printer demands. It's just not behaving the same way each document. In the pictures one printed correctly, and the other file did not.

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  4. OS 14.4.1 Printer Page Size Features Lost

    I just updated to Mac OS 14.4.1 on a Mac mini (M1 2020) and now most of the paper size options in the Adobe printer dialogue box are gone. In any non-Adobe app, all 58 paper sizes are still available. In Adobe apps, there are only 14 paper size choices — all of the borderless choices are gone as well as some other, more obscure paper sizes. I've restarted, reloaded the printer driver and it's not made a difference. Looks like OS 14.4.1 messed up something that only affects Adobe products.

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  5. Erratic Page numbering in 'Show Print Tiling'

    When printing a large artwork covering several A4s, the page numbering after selecting 'Show Print Tiling' is erratic. As you can see in the attached file, there's two times 25 and 27, but 21 and 26 are missing. This is an issue if you want to avoid printing blank pages. I have to manually count to get the correct page number.

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  6. All controls in Print dialog are disabled when printing a new file

    When I create a new doc, the first time I want to print with a predefined print settings, nothing appears cheeked in the window. No previsualization too.
    I must check "Finish" and reprint for having the normal window with all functionality.

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  7. Outputted colours differing on same artwork.

    Getting a problem where the outputted colour of a filled shape is darker than that of the same filled text box.

    I'm producing artwork that will be sublimation printed onto fabric. I out the artwork as an .eps file, I then print the artwork onto fabric and the same colour values are now massively different and stand out like a sore thumb!

    I've been producing artwork like this for the best part of 11 years now, and never had this issue!! Difficult to see the the attached photos.

    Illustrator v27.6.1

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  8. Jaggy / Pixelated prints from Illustrator

    Illustrator only produces pixelated / jaggy print-outs. This issue persists at least since 2008. I suspect a printing engine that is made for PostScript printers. I only use normal printers (laser and ink jet, large and small).

    ALL other apps print fine on these machines / systems / printers. The same vector document printed from Ai is jaggy - printed from other apps looks fine. -See attachment:

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  9. [Bug] "Print As Bitmap" (unchecked) checkbox is not honored.

    When I uncheck "Print as Bitmap", it is not honored at all, in any circumstance:
    a) In the Summary, it gaslights me.
    a) When I press Done and reopen, it's checked again.
    c) When I print, the graphics come out jagged, which tells me it is being processed with Print as Bitmap.

    I'm on AI Version 27.2, just updated.
    Apple M1 Max, MacOS 13.1

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  10. Pantone colors are printing blank when printing from Illustrator using Photoshop DSC.EPS

    While trying to print artwork with spot colors from Adobe Illustrator the color in the 2nd channel will always print blank regardless of what print device or setting that is used. I have included the DSC EPS files as well as the AI files and the subsequent print of the file as a pdf. Whichever pantone color is placed in location 2 of the channels in Photoshop will print blank. This is a bug that has popped up since Pantone pulled it's colors from Adobe and the Pantone colors automatically are changed to black.

    Please refer to this post for…

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  11. Print setup dialog

    Windows 11 Enterprise 21H2
    Adobe Illustrator 26.5 (64-bit)

    BUG!
    All printer settings are greyed out under general, and no preview.
    Need to go into Adobe PDF printer settings, then back to the desired printer to activate the settings under General.

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  12. Mauvaise gestion des timeout en enregistrement ou en impression à distance

    Lorsque je télétravaille, la connexion ADSL est lente et Illustrator se crashe avant la fin d'enregistrement sur le serveur ou avant la fin de l'envoi au serveur d'impression. Toutes les fenêtres disparaissent d'un coup et c'est lorsque je relance l'appli que ça me signale qu'illustrator a quitté inopinément... WTF ?
    Pour pallier ce problème, j'enregistre ou j'imprime en local, puis je transfère sous Finder vers le serveur distant, c'est nettement moins instable.

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  13. Illustrator Crashes When Printing to Trotec Laser Engraver

    Anything above illustrator 23.0 crashes when printing to Trotec Laser Engraver.

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  14. Can't Print the Illustration. Color management settings are inconsistent.

    Sometimes Illustrator displays this message. And when we close and open the message, the print can be carried out. Please let me know how to fix this.

    OS: Windows 10 Pro
    Adobe Illustrator Version: 26.0.3

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  15. Artifact lines appear in Illustrator on images with softmasks when Mac OS GPU setting ON (will render on Rip output if downsampled)

    To Reproduce:
    On Mac OS 12 open the .AI file from the attachment (NativeIllustratorFilesFRESH.zip) in Adobe Illustrator
    Ignore the font warnings, but link the images (ignore links for any images not included in zip file)
    See the screenshot (artifact.jpg), notice the artifact lines around many of the images
    Now save this AI file as a PDF using the Adobe PDF Preset "Illustrator Default"
    Open this PDF in Acrobat and ensure "Smooth Images" in Preferences is enabled
    Notice the artifact
    Now using Acrobats option "Save AS Opimtized" (and this is the most important part) downsample the images to 300 dpi in…

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  16. "Can't print the illustration. File I/O error has occured while it's printing"

    Good morning, I am having issues with students printing to our laser engraver from illustrator. They receive the following error, "Can't print the illustration. File I/O error has occurred while it's printing". The teacher can print without issue with his login, but not the students with theirs. Not sure what is going on here. Any ideas? Thanks,

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  17. Tile printing cuts image off.

    I have attempted to tile print an image from Illustrator at least 6 times. No matter what settings, it cuts off about 1/8-1/4" of the image. I have been tile printing for decades and now the feature doesn't work correctly. Please inquire. I'm extremely frustrated.

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  18. Overprint Setting & colour settings

    Issue one
    overprint cant be applied to groups, individual objects within that group remain unset to overprint, even tho the tick box claims its overprinting, it is not - this is misleading & downright dangerous

    further more the color issue shown in the video , your objects should not do that , it again expands the risk for error , basically all the print sensitive setting in AI latest version have stopped functioning logically if you ask me & really up the risk for errors in print, never mind that going through all objects individually is tedious & unnecessary, prolongs…

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  19. Print settings not saving with document

    In the old versions of Illustrator, the print settings, including the lpi/resolution settings, would be saved with the document. For several versions now, however, the lpi/resolution settings are not being saved and just get changed to the default settings every time I go to print.

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  20. Filename Underscore Bug

    Since updating to 25.1, each time I print to our Flexrip, an underscore is added to the filename. It appears as "_Filename" after ripping.
    Mac OS Catalina - 10.15.7 (19H512)
    Illustrator 25.1
    ESKO Flexrip. FlexripC v.5.1 / Dispatcher v2.0.20

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