Hi Everyone,

Is there a way to add a watermark while exporting a .pdf in
Quark? I'm looking for some ideas concerning securing my art work.



(You can read further for background info. and what I've already
concidered if you'd like....)

My team and I use Quark Xpress (version 6 and the newest
version) to build ads for clients to run in a specific paper.
More often now, I've been finding that the clients forward
our ads and artwork to our competitors papers and mags to run...

Things I've considered include:
--Using Acrobat Distiller to password protect the work so other
paper's production dept. can't drag it into photoshop or edit it
(CONCERN: competitors can easily get around this by just
screen-capturing the .pdf)

--Applying a watermark w/in every single quark document, then
..pdfing it to send to the client
(CONCERN: I'm convinced, on deadline days, in the rush, someone
will forget to delete the watermark from the art before putting
the art in to the book, and the paper will print some client's
ad or some artwork w/ a watermark and the clients will lose it)

--I know you can ad a watermark to a .pdf in Acrobat,
but going back after .pdfing out of Quark, and re-opening every
file so we can add the watermark would slow us down
significantly...

--Sueing them for copyright infringment?
Ehhh.. I doubt the paper we supply artwork to would,
they just want me to find a way to prevent it.


any other suggestions would help....
I have Indesign CS2 on-hand as well if anyone knows a way to do it using
that software...

Thanks for your time and help,

-jen

jenjen wrote:

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Short answer...there's really nothing you can do technologically. You
need a contract with your customer stating the artwork is to be used for
whatever you negotiate. Any further use will result in extra charges.

Make them sign it.

I would also NEVER send press ready PDFs to a client like that and I'm
not so sure I'd even continue working with them. If they're so cheap
that they'd try to cheat you out of a few bucks for something like this
who knows what else they're doing.

Just my $0.02,

Bob
www.theindesignguy.com

I take it you are creating the ad for your publication and the client is
using it for others as well as yours?

The other post mentioning a contract that states usage is a good idea to
implement first.
The second mentioned was not to give them a press ready proof. Very good
practice.
Maybe you could offer to create ads to the other pubs specs for a small fee.
Then you would start to take on an advertising agency function or designer
function though.

Do you provide the ad layout free with the purchase of the ad space? If so
then you must have a clause that states any other use requires a fee and
that you will supply the files to the publication.

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On 2007-06-05 19:16:39 -0300, "jenjen" <me_no_like@spam.com> said:

This is a contract issue but...
Normally, I only send low -res PDF's to client for approval and then
send the prepress PDF's to the newsprint myself.

If the client requests the actually highres PDF's, then get out a
contract or live with them using on more publications. That's why they
asked for it.

In the end it depends on the numbers. If they are sending the ad to 20
or 30 more publications..Hell that's a big problem. But if they are
sending it to 3 others... whoudl you really charge them more. Maybe
talk to them about a good rate that would take the responsibility off
them. Kinda like... " oh did you know that for only $$$ this much more
on the invoice, We'd send the files to 2-4 other pubs as long as no
changes."
Might work.
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