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On 9/6/03 6:53 PM, " Kenton Smith> wrote: > Subject: Re: [PDF] How do I get people to send me good PDF files? > > > ______________________________________ > > I should have been more specific. I need a stand alone program, plug-in > or print driver that I can set up and then give to my customers, that > are on PCs and Macs, that they can use to make a PDF. Most of them can > barely run a graphics program and the only PDF program they have is > Acrobat reader, so distributing setting won't help. For those of you who > sent program suggestions Thanks, I did get them. > > My First Message. > > I put together a magazine where I receive about 100 ads every other > month. I want to give my advertisers something, that I control the > settings on, to make "correct" PDFs of their ads before they send them > to me. > Hi Kenton, When I worked with Enfocus, I visited the prepress and print production team at Microsoft. They used two strategies - one was to set up guidelines that people could follow if they wanted to submit 'preflighted PDF" files to them, and another was to set up a way to automatically submit suspect PDF files to Enfocus Pitstop Server - they built custom profiles and Action lists that would 'convert' the submitted PDF files into a known state and then process them. They set up folders for 2 color jobs and CMYK jobs, and these folders were watched by Enfocus Pitstop Server - the Enfocus server does not care what condition the files were in -it either converted the files into the desired state, or if it failed, placed the file in a failed folder and generated a report as to what the problem was. Time Magazine took a different approach - they simply run all files through preflight and reject all files that fail - Time did not feel that they should 'auto-fix' PDF files, and demand that the PDF files be able to pass PDF/X verification. They build a fantastic site for people to learn 'what it takes' to get a PDF file into the required 'print ready' condition that Time will accept. http://www.direct2.time.com/ There are several things that must be set up properly to generate reliable PDF files. Adobe supports PDF/X in their latest version (Acrobat 6 Distiller ships with this as a selectable option) but the system, authoring application and sometime print drivers must also be correct. I think the Time site is a great place to send your customers, and I would encourage you to build a custom "Scrapbook Retailer Magazine" site for your Advertisers to visit. There are several places to learn more about PDF/X http://www.pdf-x.com/pdfs/pdfx-faq.pdf http://www.ddap.org/ There are several vendors who make PDF/X technologies (this is a link to a place to buy them); http://www.pdfstore.com/ And of course (our sponsors!) ; http://www.pdfzone.com !!! Hope this helps ! ===================== Cheers, Michael Jahn 1104 Esplanade Suite 102 Redondo Beach California 90277 Home office : 310 540 6950 Fax: 310 540 8369 ===================== To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
