Malloy PDF Job Setting for Acrobat Distiller 7

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Malloy PDF Job Setting for Acrobat Distiller 7 When converting PostScript files to PDF files you must start with PostScript that has been saved correctly. On our website (www.

The way it looks on the Macintosh Platform. The way it looks on the Windows (PC) Platform. In Acrobat Distiller 7, there are what Adobe calls Adobe PDF Settings.

In addition, we have created our own PDF Setting called Malloy CTPv7. When used, this setting creates PDF files that work best in our workflow.

com), have it emailed to you, or create it yourself by referencing pages 2-4 of this document.

1 Malloy PDF Job Setting for Acrobat Distiller 7 When converting PostScript files to PDF files you must start with PostScript that has been saved correctly. On our website ( we have documentation on how to write PostScript for current and older versions of PageMaker, InDesign, and Quark on both the Mac and Windows platform. The way it looks on the Macintosh Platform. The way it looks on the Windows (PC) Platform. In Acrobat Distiller 7, there are what Adobe calls Adobe PDF Settings. These settings are groups of job options. Acrobat 7 ships with four default PDF Settings: Smallest File Size, Standard, Press Quality, and High Quality. In addition, we have created our own PDF Setting called Malloy CTPv7. When used, this setting creates PDF files that work best in our workflow. To establish this PDF Setting in your system you can download it from our web site ( have it ed to you, or create it yourself by referencing pages 2-4 of this document. Once you acquire the Malloy CTPv7 PDF setting file from us, all you have to do is place it; Malloy CTP v7.joboptions into the Settings folder. On a PC this is located in the Distiller folder inside the Acrobat 7 folder on your hard drive. On a Mac it is located in the Adobe PDF folder, inside the Application Support folder, in the Library folder at the root of the hard drive. Acrobat Distiller 7 1

M a l l o y C T P v 7 PDF Setting If you already have the Malloy CTPv7 PDF Setting established, you can go to page 5 of this document to

If not, follow these instructions to establish Malloy CTPv7: Open Acrobat Distiller Select Edit Adobe PDF Settings.

4) CObject Level Compression: Off CAuto-Rotate Pages: Off CBinding: Left CResolution: 2400 Cselect All Pages Cuncheck Embed Thumbnails

marks) Select Images tab: Color Images CCompression: ZIP Grayscale Images CCompression: ZIP Monochrome Images CCompression: CCITT Group 4

2 M a l l o y C T P v 7 PDF Setting If you already have the Malloy CTPv7 PDF Setting established, you can go to page 5 of this document to save your PS files to PDF. If not, follow these instructions to establish Malloy CTPv7: Open Acrobat Distiller Select Edit Adobe PDF Settings... under the Settings menu Select General tab: CCompatibility: Acrobat 5.0 (PDF 1.4) CObject Level Compression: Off CAuto-Rotate Pages: Off CBinding: Left CResolution: 2400 Cselect All Pages Cuncheck Embed Thumbnails Cuncheck Optimize for Fast Web View CDefault Page Size: one inch over document Width & Height (this allows for bleeds and registration marks) Select Images tab: Color Images CCompression: ZIP Grayscale Images CCompression: ZIP Monochrome Images CCompression: CCITT Group 4 CAnti-Alias to Gray: Off Select Policy: These settings will tell you if you have low res images when converting pages to PDF. If you are purposly using low res images (like screenshots) then we recomend you set these settings to Ignore. These settings will only effect PDF conversion if they are set to Cancel Job. 2 Acrobat Distiller 7

Select Fonts tab: Ccheck Embed All Fonts Cuncheck Subset Embedded Fonts.

Embed Font Select Color tab: CSettings File: none CColor Management Policies: select

and... CWhen transfer functions are found: Preserve Ccheck Preserve Halftone

3 Select Fonts tab: Ccheck Embed All Fonts Cuncheck Subset Embedded Fonts... CWhen Embedding Fails: Cancel Job Cmake sure there are no fonts listed in Never Embed Font Select Color tab: CSettings File: none CColor Management Policies: select Leave Color Unchanged CRendering Intent: Default Ccheck Preserve Under Color Removal and... CWhen transfer functions are found: Preserve Ccheck Preserve Halftone information Select Advanced tab: Cset up options to match screen capture Acrobat Distiller 7 3

4 Select PDF/X Cleave PDF/X settings unchecked Cselect Save As Cchange name to Malloy CTPv7 Cselect Save 4 Acrobat Distiller 7

Converting PostScript Files to PDF in Acrobat Distiller 7 Now that you have the

creating it from the instructions on pages 2-3, you are ready to create PDF

Open Acrobat Distiller Select Malloy CTP v7 under Default Settings Select Open

Cselect Open * The way it looks on the Windows (PC) Platform.

5 Converting PostScript Files to PDF in Acrobat Distiller 7 Now that you have the Malloy CTPv7 PDF Setting, by either downloading it from the Malloy website or by creating it from the instructions on pages 2-3, you are ready to create PDF files. The way it looks on the Macintosh Platform. Open Acrobat Distiller Select Malloy CTP v7 under Default Settings Select Open under File menu Cchoose the PostScript file you want to convert into PDF. Cselect Open * The way it looks on the Windows (PC) Platform. *(You can also drop-and-drag the files onto the Distiller application icon or into the Distiller window.) Acrobat Distiller 7 5

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