PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________
Rich, thanks for the input. I have sent your message to my production manager and he will try your suggestions. Sincerely, Sabrina Coshow Graphics Department BookSurge, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 12:22 PM Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] We need a PDF expert > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > The PDF in question is a 300+ page book of scanned pages. The original scans > are 600 dpi, thus making a bloated 25mb file. > > I test printed the first 10 pages from Acrobat 6.0.1, on Windows XP, to an > HP4200 LaserJet with a postscript driver. There is nothing wrong with the > PDF file, and it prints fine. > > However, I would make the following recommendations: > > 1) Using the built-in PDF optimizer feature in Acrobat, or a third-party > plug-in, these files need to be downsampled. The maxmimum resolution > necessary for commercial printing is 300 dpi, and 150 dpi should be adequate > for laser reproduction. This should reduce the file size to about 25%. Or > 6mb. > > 2) One should make sure to be using a PostScript print driver. > > 3) If the file still doesn't print, one should choose the "Print as Image" > option in the print dialog box. > > One or all of these suggestions should solve this particular. > > Hope this helps. > > Rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sabrina Coshow > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 7:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PDF-Basics] We need a PDF expert > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > Hello everyone! > > I have posted before about our problem with printing books that have been > scanned in various ways by out clients and cannot be printed. The only > solution we have found is using a RIP and we want other solutions. > > Does anyone know of someone or someplace that we can send a sample PDF to > have it analyzed? I have used up my knowledge and all of the info I got from > you guys and seem to be at a loss. We want to find a solution to this and I > am not sure where else to turn. > > Sincerely, > Sabrina Coshow > Graphics Department > BookSurge, LLC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
