Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS2 - Printing and Saving Transparent Artwork

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
Number of
Steps Adobe
Illustrator
Recommends
Maximum Blend Length
Points Inches Cms
100 216.0 3.0 7.620
110 237.6 3.3 8.382
120 259.2 3.6 9.144
130 280.8 3.9 9.906
140 302.4 4.2 10.668
150 324.0 4.5 11.430
160 345.6 4.8 12.192
170 367.2 5.1 12.954
180 388.8 5.4 13.716
190 410.4 5.7 14.478
200 432.0 6.0 15.240
210 453.6 6.3 16.002
220 475.2 6.6 16.764
230 496.8 6.9 17.526
240 518.4 7.2 18.288
250 540.0 7.5 19.050
256 553.0 7.7 19.507
See also
“About the Document Info palette” on page 359
Printing and saving transparent artwork
Printing and exporting transparent artwork
When you print transparent artwork or export it to a format that does not understand Illustrator’s native trans-
parency, Illustrator performs a process called flattening. During flattening, Illustrator looks for areas where trans-
parent objects overlap other objects and isolates these areas by dividing the artwork into components. Illustrator then
analyzes each component to determine if the artwork can be represented using vector data or if the artwork must be
rasterized.
Illustrator flattens artwork when you perform any of the following actions:
• Print a file that contains transparency.
• Save a file that contains transparency in a legacy format such as native Illustrator 8 and earlier, Illustrator 8 EPS
and earlier, or PDF 1.3 format. (For the Illustrator and Illustrator EPS formats, you can choose to discard trans-
parency rather than flatten it.)