Adobe 29500007 - Creative Suite 3 Design Premium Manual page 21

PDF Presets
Adobe provides these PDF presets as best
practices for output of PDF files. If you
are in doubt about which settings to use,
contact your print service provider.
• Smallest File Size Creates PDF files
for displaying on the web or an
intranet, or for distribution through
an e-mail system.
• High Quality Print Creates PDFs for
quality printing on desktop printers
and proofing devices.
• Press Quality Creates PDF files
for high-quality print production
(for example, for digital printing
or for separations to an imagesetter
or platesetter), but does not create
files that are PDF/X-compliant.
In this case, the quality of the
content is the highest consideration.
The objective is to maintain all the
information in a PDF file that a
commercial printer or print
service provider needs to print
the document correctly.
• PDF/X -1a Designed for high-end
print output. It requires all fonts
to be embedded, the appropriate
PDF bounding boxes to be specified,
and color to appear as CMYK, spot
colors, or both. Transparency is also
flattened. Compliant files must contain
information describing the printing
condition for which they are prepared.
• PDF/X -3 Designed for high-end output,
this preset creates PDF/X-3 compliant
files. It is a standard for graphic content
exchange, with the same requirements
as PDF/X-1a, except that it supports
color management through the use
of an output intent. RGB content is
allowed if profiles are properly assigned.
• PDF/X -4 Based on PDF 1.4,
which includes support for live
transparency. PDF/X-4 has the same
color-management and International
Color Consortium (ICC) color
specifications as PDF/X-3.
Note: Before creating an Adobe PDF
file to send to a commercial printer
or print service provider, find out what
the output resolution and other settings
should be, or ask for a job options file
with the recommended settings.
Additional presets are included in the Extras folder
on the installation DVD.
For more information about shared PDF settings
for Adobe Creative Suite components, see the PDF
Integration Guide on the Creative Suite DVD.
See Adobe Video Workshop topic,
Creating PDF files from Creative Suite 3 applications
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