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Under the compression tab of job options, does selecting "Compress Text and Line Art" help or hurt? I noticed the pdfs were smaller when this item was checked. Bradley > From: "Lee, Ivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:43:17 -1000 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PDF] Distiller Print vs Press Job Option > > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > New question related to the previous post below. Just curious as to the > differences between a PDF produced from the Print vs Press Job Option in > Distiller. That is, if I took one source document and made two PDFs. > Would there be any significant differences? Would file sizes be much > different? Would printing the press version be "nicer" when printed on > an office printer? Would it be ok to create a "press" version (if file > size is not so different) even if you mainly print to an office printer, > but *may* need to do offset printing in the future (and wouldn't have > the source doc anymore)? > > Looking at the settings for both Job Options, there doesn't seem to be > much difference except for the color settings. So I assume file size is > not so much a factor. So is color the main difference? I've no > experience in the "press" environment, but again, just curious to know > if there's some advantages to using the press setting even if we really > only need the print setting (in general). Thanks. > > Ivan Lee > Senior Technical Writer > > The opinions expressed here are that of my own and not of my employer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Sprague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PDF] Huge PDF files from quark 6 (on mac) > > 1. Original images. Make sure they are 300 dpi, and if you scale them > down > in the design procoess (more than 20-30% or so), scale them down in > Photoshop before you import them. > > 2. Use tiff files, rather than eps for images. > > 3. Use the Distiller PPD to make your PostScript file. > > 4. You need to make a PDF for each type of use: screen (for web > viewing), > standard (for printing on office printers), and press (if you will be > sending your file to a printer for offset reproduction). > > Let me know if these steps give you any better results. > > Rich > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
