Ground Controls->Non_PDF->Images->Image Box


Suppressed -  Some applications allow you to suppress image printing. The image is visible on the page when you view it on a computer, but the image will not print. This can cause images to disappear from  film or plates.


Off the Page -  Will trigger when an image is completely outside of the page boundaries. This means that an image will not be seen at print time, but the image is present in the job on the pasteboard.


Clipping Path -  This Ground Control is useful as a general flag as to whether an image has a Clipping Path associated with it. This Ground Control works best if you are preflighting a series of EPS or TIFF files that have not been placed in a layout document, to see which files have Clipping Paths. 


The following Clipping Path types are really geared towards detecting the type of Clipping Path that a Layout program such as InDesign or Quark will use when an image with a Clipping Path has been placed into a layout document. 


Clipping Path Type 'Embedded Path' -  This is the typical “Clipping Path” as assigned in Photoshop. If this Ground Control triggers then the DTP app is using the Clipping Path created in Photoshop to mask part of the image.


Clipping Path Type 'Non-White Area' -  


Clipping Path Type 'Alpha Channel' -  


Clipping Path Type 'Picture Bounds' -  


Colored Fill -  Will trigger if an image container with an image placed in it has a background color of other than Black, White or None set In Quark 6.5, or Paper, Black or None in InDesign


Bitmap Frame -  Will trigger if a bitmap frame has been applied to a text or image container in QuarkXPress. Appears to not be an issue in InDesign. Bitmap frames do not scale well and may print in a jagged looking manor.


Box Rotation -  Will trigger if the actual picture container has been rotated. In both Quark and InDesign you can rotate the bounding box, i.e. container separately from the contents, this Ground Control detects that the container has been rotated.


Box Skew -  Will trigger if an image container has had a skewing value applied to it.


Box Shadow -  Will trigger if a text or image box (or container) has a Drop Shadow applied to it. **Note - In both Quark 7 and InDesign, for text boxes you can only apply drop shadows to the entire box and its contents at one time.