It's strange, but I thought that the whole point of pdf was that the document would present in identical fashion across displays and platforms. Has anyone tried printing from different rendering engines & seeing in what ways the results differ? Screen display is all very well, but if you are having printing done, especially by a print shop whose software you have no control over, how do you know what the results are going to look like before you have coughed up the (frequently not inconsiderable) price. What I do know is that if I export to jpg from, Acrobat then the results do seem to look the same as the Acrobat rendition & those are what get incorporated into journals. But for A1 or A0 posters I give pdf files to the print shop. As yet, as far as memory tells me (I have none to hand) they look like the Acrobat rendition, but others may have different experiences to me. Graham
But for A1 or A0 posters I give pdf files to the print shop. As yet, as far as memory tells me (I have none to hand) they look like the Acrobat rendition, but others may have different experiences to me.
It is usual for me to have difficulty with print shops having subtle problems with printing maps - areas in particular. Even when they display OK on screen. Adobe Illustrator I think is what they use. A solution I have used for small files is to convert to jpg. Large files crash any converter I have, so no overall solution other than to live in hope... Bruce
Photoshop - raster to image. I use it for years. Resolution depends on printer you will use: Canon and HP 300/600 dpi, Epson 360 dpi. Both for final size!. The reason is print in native resolution of printing head and don't make interpolations. m. Dec 16, 2013 v 5:56 AM, Bruce <bruce@tomo.co.nz>:
But for A1 or A0 posters I give pdf files to the print shop. As yet, as far as memory tells me (I have none to hand) they look like the Acrobat rendition, but others may have different experiences to me.
It is usual for me to have difficulty with print shops having subtle problems with printing maps - areas in particular. Even when they display OK on screen. Adobe Illustrator I think is what they use. A solution I have used for small files is to convert to jpg. Large files crash any converter I have, so no overall solution other than to live in hope...
Bruce
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Martin Sluka - Studio Sluka prodej Hahnemühle DFA tisk fotografií, reprodukcí a volné tvorby Na Rovnosti 2692/21 130 00 Praha 3 tel.: +420 603513640 mail: martinsluka@mac.com web: http://www.piezografie.cz
One thing more: I save rendered files as TIFF without compression. The reasons are - there is no problem to manipulate with gigabyte files today, the RIP (program to print) must raster the vector format or decompress the JPG file. TIFF file is more fast. To add appropriate ICC profile is necessary too. Many RIPs are able to work with RGB images without any problem, but use the sRGB rather than Adobe RGB. m. Dec 16, 2013 v 5:56 AM, Bruce <bruce@tomo.co.nz>:
But for A1 or A0 posters I give pdf files to the print shop. As yet, as far as memory tells me (I have none to hand) they look like the Acrobat rendition, but others may have different experiences to me.
It is usual for me to have difficulty with print shops having subtle problems with printing maps - areas in particular. Even when they display OK on screen. Adobe Illustrator I think is what they use. A solution I have used for small files is to convert to jpg. Large files crash any converter I have, so no overall solution other than to live in hope...
Bruce
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Martin Sluka - Studio Sluka prodej Hahnemühle DFA tisk fotografií, reprodukcí a volné tvorby Na Rovnosti 2692/21 130 00 Praha 3 tel.: +420 603513640 mail: martinsluka@mac.com web: http://www.piezografie.cz
Every time i want to print something in a "shop", I ask my printer witch Printer-profile he will use. May be "Forga" for example. Then I save my File from Adobe Indesign or Acrobat with this profile. And I will have no problems with the colors - normaly... Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all Greetings Markus -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: therion-bounces@speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces@speleo.sk] Im Auftrag von Graham Mullan Gesendet: Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2013 22:47 An: therion@speleo.sk Betreff: Re: [Therion] PDF display It's strange, but I thought that the whole point of pdf was that the document would present in identical fashion across displays and platforms. Has anyone tried printing from different rendering engines & seeing in what ways the results differ? Screen display is all very well, but if you are having printing done, especially by a print shop whose software you have no control over, how do you know what the results are going to look like before you have coughed up the (frequently not inconsiderable) price. What I do know is that if I export to jpg from, Acrobat then the results do seem to look the same as the Acrobat rendition & those are what get incorporated into journals. But for A1 or A0 posters I give pdf files to the print shop. As yet, as far as memory tells me (I have none to hand) they look like the Acrobat rendition, but others may have different experiences to me. Graham _______________________________________________ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk http://mailman.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion
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