I'm not getting part of this discussion.
Aren't PDFs created from Finale files (not scans) just mathematical
equations describing the lines and curves? So they will retain the
exact same resolution no matter what? So any discussions of DPI are not
germane to the topic, as they have no effect on the output, which will
be at the maximum resolution of the printer no matter what?
Once this was explained to me, I had no qualms about using the Mac's
built-in PDF engine. Is there a reason why Brennon Bortz (on a Mac)
wouldn't use the built-in PDF engine to make his PDFs?
Christopher
On Jun 14, 2006, at 4:00 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
Music engravings have a lot of curves and shapes that have curved
edges. Since most laser jet printers are 1200 DPI.
I assumed when I created a PDF, I should opt for the highest possible
quality setting (printer's quality); and picked 1200 DPI.
But the publisher I sent the file to mentioned that the sizes were
pretty huge.
I'll break the answer into two parts. If I'm saving graphics images,
I save the image in the highest resolution available to me. The
reason for this is that if the image needs to be a different
resolution for some reason, it is trivial to import the image into a
graphics program, and reduce the resolution, but I find the results of
importing an image and attempting to increase the resolution
unsatisfactory. .
Part two: when called upon to submit work, I always ask for details
about how the work should be submitted--format, and if a graphics
image, what resolution. I have one client for whom I do work who
specifically does _not_ want ~.pdf files, preferring ~.tif files, or a
~.ps printer file.
Will the quality be the same at 300 DPI versus 1200?
No. the quality of a 300 DPI image will have less detail than a 1200
dpi image. however, a if the 300 dpi image is one megabyte, a 1200
dpi image will be sixteen megabytes. The common intermediate value,
600 dpi, will be four megabytes.
Am I creating Godzilla PDFs when a Bambi one will suffice? :-)
The publisher is most likely to have the answer to this question.
ns
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