CREATING POSTSCRIPT FILES - Applications

CREATING PRINT-READY PDFs

If you intend to send print-ready PDFs as part of your submission to Webcom, please make sure that your Distiller settings are adjusted to the following specifications for compatibility with the Webcom all-digital workflow.

Acrobat Distiller Version 4.X

Step 1

1. Use the Job Options pull-down menu and select Press Optimized. This will make changing the specific settings a little easier.
2. From the Settings Menu select Job Options. This will bring up the next series of windows as shown.

Step 2

1. On the General tab, set Compatibility to Acrobat 4.0.
2. Turn ASCII Format off (see Figure 1).
3. Deselect Optimize PDF.
4. Deselect Generate Thumbnails.
5. Set Resolution to 2400 DPI and Binding Left.

Step 3

1. In the Compression Tab, change the settings to match the following:
   
   For Color Bitmap Images and Grayscale Bitmap Images change to bicubic downsampling at 300 DPI, change Compression to Zip and Quality to 8-bit.
   For Monochrome Bitmap Images set Bicubic downsampling to 1200 DPI, change Compression to Zip. Select Compress Text and Line Art (see Figure 2).

Step 4

1. In the Fonts Tab, select Embed All Fonts and deselect Subset All Embedded Fonts Below (see Figure 3).
2. Set When Embedding Fails to Cancel Job.

Step 5
In the Color Tab change the settings to match Figure 4.

Step 6
In the Advanced tab change the settings to match Figure 5.

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