Introduction
This guide will show you how to correctly export a document from Adobe Illustrator to be printed, and also how to flatten the layers within Adobe Illustrator before printing.
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Illustrator by default has an export option ticked when exporting to PDF.
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This is called Create Acrobat Layers from Top-Level Layers
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This should be unticked accordingly.
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Note that the preset now shows that it has been modified.
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Alternatively, exporting as High Quality Print or other similar presets will untick this option for you.
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To flatten the layers in Illustrator, you can select the layers button on the right hand side.
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Use the dropdown button (the one next to the >> arrows) and from there you can select Flatten Artwork
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This will flatten the layers into one layer which should make printing easier.
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