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Distill PostScript Files To PDF

This document provides default settings for converting PostScript files to PDF/X-1a:2001 format using Acrobat Distiller 8 or 9. It specifies settings for the general, images, fonts, color, and advanced tabs to optimize the PDF for print production while preserving color and graphics quality.

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Distill PostScript Files To PDF

This document provides default settings for converting PostScript files to PDF/X-1a:2001 format using Acrobat Distiller 8 or 9. It specifies settings for the general, images, fonts, color, and advanced tabs to optimize the PDF for print production while preserving color and graphics quality.

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Pawan Patil
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Distill PostScript

Files to PDF
Based on Acrobat Distiller 8&9
PDF/X-1a:2001 Default Settings
 Launch Acrobat Distiller 8 or 9
 Go to Settings menu/Edit Adobe PDF Settings
and choose the default setting PDF/X-1a:2001.
We will edit some of its settings and save
a new settings file.
*See Color and Standards Tabs for the settings that you will change.

General
 Compatibility: Acrobat 4.0 (PDF 1.3)
 Object-Level Compression: Off
 Auto-Rotate Pages: Off
 Binding: Left
 Resolution: 2400
 Page range can be left as “All Pages”.
The originating PostScript file should be describing
only one page since Quad requires
single-page PDFs.
 Embed Thumbnails: Off
 Optimize for FastWeb View: Off
 Default page size area can be left as is.
The originating PostScript file contains
the correct page size

Images
 Color & Greyscale Images:
 Sampling: Bicubic Downsampling at 300 ppi
for images above: 450 ppi
 Compression: Automatic (JPEG)
 Image Quality: Maximum
 Monochrome Images:
 Sampling: Bicubic Downsampling at 1200 ppi
for images above: 1800 ppi
 Automatic Compression: CCITT Group 4
 Anti-Alias to gray: Off

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Fonts
 Embed All Fonts: On
 Subset Embedded Fonts…: On, 100%
 When embedding fails: Cancel Jobs

Color
 Settings File: None
 Color Management Policies:
Convert All Colors to CMYK
 Document Rendering Intent: Preserve
 Working Spaces:
 Gray: Dot Gain 20%
 RGB: Adobe RGB (1998)
 CMYK: Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2-2004)
 Preserve CMYK values for calibrated
CMYK color spaces: On
 Preserve Under Color Removal
and Black Generation: Off
 When transfer functions are found: Remove
 Preserve Halftone Information: Off

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Advanced
 Allow PostScript file to override…:On
 Allow PostScript X Objects: Off
 Convert gradients to smooth shades: On
 Convert smooth lines to curves: Off
 Preserve Level 2 copy page semantics: On
 Preserve Overprint Settings: On
 Overprinting default is nonzero overprinting: On
 Save Adobe PDF Settings inside PDF file: Off
 Save original JPEG images in PDF if possible: On
 Save Portable Job Ticket inside PDF file: Off
 Use Prologue.ps and Epilogue.ps: Off
 Create Job Definition Format (JDF) file: Off
 Process DSC comments: On
 Log DSC warnings: Off
 Preserve EPS information from DSC: On
 Preserve OPI comments: Off
 Preserve document information from DSC: On
 Resize page and center artwork for EPS files: On

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