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08-02-2012, 11:47
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Saving a best quality PDF from a PS CS2 design?
Hi I have a 300dpi Photoshop cover design for a 165 x 120 booklet which I want to send to the printers for a couple of prints, to check quality etc. I have only really saved as Tiff before for print purposes, and there seems to be alot of options for the pdf, please see below.   Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction, I need to give the printer the best quality image I can. Thanks |
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08-02-2012, 12:50
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La force silencieuse
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Финляндия
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Looks OK to me, assuming you want to keep layers ( = increases files size hugely) for some reason. And you are in the US, right? And you want your brochure's cover to be on shiny (coated) paper? Then everything's fine. If you've produced tiffs before, you'll be fine. A PDF is actually just an overcommercialised standardised tiff. You could get a very condensed, small PDF file if you Save As File in PS and feed the resulting .ps file to Acrobat. But the multimega clunker PS produces directly is just as good in every other respect. I've been to France twice on a hovercraft, so your argument is invalid.
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08-02-2012, 12:55
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La force silencieuse
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Финляндия
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In that case, give the printer a call and ask him what profile he recommends. Or just use one of the first generic CMYK profiles in the drop-down listing which doesn't mention the U.S. I've been to France twice on a hovercraft, so your argument is invalid.
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08-02-2012, 13:05
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: UK
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I know you've modified the settings but you did start off with 'Press Quality' didn't you? Edit: Sorry ignore me... wasn't looking at the screenshot properly. PDF/X-a:2001 is fine. Be friendly to those who enjoy your work and friendlier to those who attack it.
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08-02-2012, 15:02
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apparently arrogant
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Essex
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Incase anyones interested in what I use/advocate. PDF/X-1a:2001 PDF/X-1:2002a or PDF/X-3:2002. Is what is fine for most RIPs. X-3 is really good for most things! Oh and my lovely flattener settings: Raster Vector Balance: 100 Line Art and Text Resolution: 2400ppi Gradient and Mesh Resolution: 600pi Convert All Text to Outlines: Off Convert All Strokes to Outlines: Off Clip Complex Regions: N/A Thats probably what your talking about being 1600 dpi Steve. |
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