Image/graphics problem

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6 total messages Started by mimianrusso Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:39

#96

Author: mimianrusso
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:39

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I have acrobat 4.0 on win98. When I convert my Quark document to pdf, my images degrade. They become pixelated and fuzzy. They are high res tifs of screen captures of software product. I have tried to adjust the graphic dpi level during the conversion, but it doesn't help. What am I doing wrong? What else can I try?

mim

Re: Image/graphics problem

#97

Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:18

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What Distiller settings are you using, specifically?

Aandi Inston

Re: Image/graphics problem

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Author: mimianrusso
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:37

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Let's see...The distiller graphics are set to 600dpi. My output sttings are set for grayscale---resolution 300dpi? And my printer discription is set to a generic B&W. to tell you the truth, I never tweaked my distiller settings. I learned how to do this after our marketing person quite in a snit. I usuall hit "print", then choose "Adobe PDF Writer" to convert it into the pdf. That's how I was taught at work. I'm doing something wrong arn't I?

Thank you for getting back to me! I really appreciate the help.

mim

Re: Image/graphics problem

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Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:05

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Distiller's compression settings are vital to you.  The default is to
make a highly compressed, low resolution file, indended only for
screen use.

However, you may have a different problem. PDFWriter is not Distiller.
PDFWriter is completely unsuitable for use with XPress. 

Aandi Inston

Re: Image/graphics problem

#106

Author: mimianrusso
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 02:40

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Okay, can you walk me though using PDF Distiller? Any help would be appreciated. I learned everything by being flung into the situation, so my knownledge on how to do this properly is limited.

thank you so much for helping me

sheri

Re: Image/graphics problem

#107

Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 08:14

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You have Acrobat 4, correct?  Does the Acrobat Distiller printer show
up in your printers control panel?  If so, we are ready.

In Acrobat 4 (not 5 or 6), you must start the Distiller application.
In there are the settings you must select. Take a good look at them,
but a good starting point may be the Press settings if you are going
to a printing press, or Print if you just want good desktop printing.
The settings you select in Distiller (with Acrobat 4) are the ones
used when you print to the Distiller printer.

Aandi Inston

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