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Adobe PDF and Printing - Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) is rapidly gaining acceptance in the global marketplace as the standard file format for electronic document distribution and printing. Think of an Adobe PDF file as a reliable "digital master".
All About Compression in Distiller - I need to make good PDF files for printing, but they are huge - even bigger than the original document. I use Distiller and switch off compression because I don't want quality to suffer. How can I fix this?
Creating High Resolution PDF for Mac (PDF) - Adobe PDF file has the Acrobat Distiller for Macintosh job options.
Creating High Resolution PDF for PC (PDF)- Adobe PDF file outlines job options for Acrobat Distiller for Windows.
Electronic Prepress: PDF Files - Portable Document Format (PDF) files are a very efficient way to submit your text files for printing. There are some guidelines to follow in preparing your PDFs.
Get Prepress-Ready PDFs from QuarkXPress - Acrobat Distiller Smooths the PDF Process
Guidelines for Preparing Printer-Ready PDF files in Quark Xpress (PDF) - Guidelines for Preparing Printer-Ready PDF files in Quark Xpress
Illustrator Tips: Exporting Print- and Web-Ready PDFs - Adobe Acrobat isn't the only application for making PDF files. You can also make PDFs in Adobe Illustrator, although the resulting file won't be as robust as that created in Acrobat. Here's how to get the best results from Illustrator's PDF features
PostScript or PDF Color Separations - Two Degrees of Separation: Composite vs. Pre-Separated
Preparing Adobe PDF Files for High Resolution Printing (PDF) - PDF file from Adobe outlines the procedure and optimal settings for Windows, Mac, and Unix.
Prepress Help Pages - Here are some useful tips and information on how to set up your files for trouble free output with the PDF and Acrobat
Preparing for Print - Tells you how to prepare files for print - including for Adobe Acrobat
Problems using Adobe Acrobat Reader and Exchange - This page is prepared by Bent E. Petersen. Comments about Adobe and Microsoft products found here reflect my personal opinions and experiences only and are in no way associated with Oregon State University. In spite of any possibly negative comments I might make let me make clear that I am grateful to Adobe Systems Incorporated for making Acrobat Reader freely available. It is a great product.
Southwood Press and PDF - Page tells you all about the PDF and how to use it to prepare files for print.
Using Adobe Acrobat PDF for print production - How to Use Adobe Acrobat PDF for print production
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Using Quark XPress to prepare aPostScript file that can be distilled withAdobe Acrobat (PDF) - Using Quark XPress to prepare aPostScript file that can be distilled withAdobe Acrobat
Where Does Adobe Acrobat Fit in Publishing? - Because that format translates well from computer to computer and from printing device to printing device. The digital printers who print extremely short runs use the PDF files directly to print out the books. The longer run printers use the PDF files to create the plates necessary for their presses.
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