Switch on Windows 11

[PdFUser5000]

Is anyone running their Switch server on windows 11? (VM) How is the experience, taking into account how unreliable windows 11 is right now.
We are considering this option, because the newer versions of illustrator no longer support windows server OS and were hoping maybe anyone from here is already using switch on windows 11.

[magnussandstrom]

Find alternatives to Illustrator for your workflows. What are you doing in Illustrator that is not possible in other software?

[PdFUser5000]

Find alternatives to Illustrator for your workflows. What are you doing in Illustrator that is not possible in other software?

We are printing pdfs with postscript. All our workfiles are in illustrator and we use the Print function of illustrator to create them for printing. I am aware that printing pdfs is an "ancient" way to do it today, but all the new options (save and export) are not working properly for us. The reason for this is that our color profiles don't work in save and export and we are kind of stuck with them for the time being.
One option would be to print the pdfs in a separate computer and then send them to switch, but that would be a step backwards from the workflow we have today.

[magnussandstrom]

Find alternatives to Illustrator for your workflows. What are you doing in Illustrator that is not possible in other software?

The reason for this is that our color profiles don't work in save and export and we are kind of stuck with them for the time being.

In my opinion, this is the issue that needs to be addressed. Could you provide more details about the color profile problem? Maybe describe your workflow in more detail and share some example files? I'm sure it's possible to solve, if you really want to.

[jan_suhr]

I would suggest a script for Illustrator that saves all you files to proper PDF's

Google the subject and I found this suggestion.

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// A sample script for saving the current Illustrator document as a PDF.
// This script runs within Adobe Illustrator's ExtendScript environment.

function saveAsPDF(doc) {
    // Define the target folder and file name
    var savePath = "~/Desktop/"; // Example: saves to the user's desktop
    var fileName = doc.name.split('.')[0]; // Get the original file name without extension
    var newFileName = fileName + ".pdf";
    var newFile = new File(savePath + newFileName);

    // Set the PDF save options
    var pdfSaveOpts = new PDFSaveOptions();
    
    // Use a specific PDF preset defined in your Illustrator application
    // Make sure the preset name exactly matches one you have saved in Illustrator
    pdfSaveOpts.pDFPreset = "[Press Quality]"; // Example preset, change as needed
    
    // Optional properties (adjust as needed):
    pdfSaveOpts.compatibility = PDFCompatibility.ACROBAT5; // Example compatibility
    pdfSaveOpts.viewAfterSaving = false; // Do not open the PDF after saving
    pdfSaveOpts.acrobatLayers = false; // Do not create Acrobat layers from top-level layers
    pdfSaveOpts.artboardRange = ""; // An empty string exports all artboards
    // Add more properties as listed in the Adobe Scripting Guide

    // Save the document as a PDF
    try {
        doc.saveAs(newFile, pdfSaveOpts);
        alert("Successfully saved " + newFileName);
    } catch (e) {
        alert("Failed to save the PDF: " + e.message);
    }
}

// Check if a document is open and run the function
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
    saveAsPDF(app.activeDocument);
} else {
    alert("You must have at least one document open.");
}

More infor here:
https://ai-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/j ... veOptions/