Converting from illustrator to PDF

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   Whe i convert my illustrator file into a PDF and print it, i am always getting a colour change.

I have an image with a transparent background on top of another image layer, when i print the pdf you can see a box around the image even though its got a transparent background, when you view PDF on screen you can see the box it looks fine until you print it, any ideas??

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morrisproject Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09/Feb/2010 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote morrisproject Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Converting from illustrator to PDF Posted: 09/Feb/2010 at 12:17pm
	Whe i convert my illustrator file into a PDF and print it, i am always getting a colour change. I have an image with a transparent background on top of another image layer, when i print the pdf you can see a box around the image even though its got a transparent background, when you view PDF on screen you can see the box it looks fine until you print it, any ideas??

JBHoke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List VP Senior Member Joined: 22/Jan/2007 Status: Offline Points: 643	Post Options Post Reply Quote JBHoke Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09/Feb/2010 at 11:48pm
	When you print a PDF, it flattens the transparent image and as a default gives it a CMYK adjustment. This causes the area encompassing the transparent image to look slightly different from the other image. There's really no way around it. I've been dealing with it for a very long time and nothing good has ever come of it.