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On 9/12/03 10:29 AM, Jeffrey Race wrote: > Lately I have been creating PDFs with Quark and have discovered some puzzling > anomalies on which I'd welcome the help of the experts here. > > I set up the master file to have 0.75" margins all the way around. > > When I print the text/graphic image files to my HP 1150C color inkjet > printer (= HP 855C) the text reproduces with the proper margins and the > images reproduce brilliantly. Well, without knowing if the printer is calibrated, this is somewhat meaningless - the Printer could be set up to enhance color more than SWOP printing (or commercial printer specifications) > > To transmit the files to others I print the QXD file to disk using the > Apple Laserwriter II NT printer (included with Quark 3.32) and its 'generic > color' driver. This is not a good choice for a driver. > > I use Distiller 3.01 to create PDFs from the PS files. > > Two problems ensue: > > 1-The logical page is displaced vertically on the physical page by 0.25 inch. > > 2-The color images are coarse and washed out. > > I have set Distiller job options to > > Device Settings Default 600 dpi > > Compression Color Bitmap Images downsample to 300 dpi > > Automatic Compression ZIP/JPEG Medium > > Advanced Distill with prologue.ps/epilogue.ps > > Convert CMYK images to RGB > > Apply transfer functions > > Remove under color removal/black generalization > > Color conversion unchanged > > Some of these terms are meaningless to me (e.g. under Advanced) so I am > really floundering here. > > I'd appreciate confirmation whether a child PDF file must be able to > reproduce with fidelity to its parent file, and if so what I can do to > achieve that here. > > Thanks for any help. > > Jeffrey Race > A great place to learn how to make reliable PDF files is; http://www.direct2.time.com They have step by step procedures and resources. But getting advice on applications and drivers that were shipping in 1995 might be a bit scarce these days. Good luck ! To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
