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Hello, Jennifer!
Hopefully you aren't TOO cold down in SW Virginia!
Anyway, I stand by what I said about Acrobat .PDF files being cross-platform,
even for high end work. Yes, you can have issues if you don't embed the
typefaces... You need to set the Distiller Preferences and Job Options for
prepress use, as opposed to general purpose screen & print document
distribution.
Keep in mind that an Acrobat PDF document is really a special form of a
PostScript .PS file; and PostScript was designed from the start to be platform
independent almost 20 years ago - Even *before* there was a Mac!
Just make sure your printer has - Or can get - the free Acrobat Reader at
<http://www.adobe.com/acrobat> and they'll be fine. BUT, you need to take care
in what you actually put in the file, sorta like a mini preflight.
Cheers!
Dan
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jennifer Rose [mailto:jrose@me.cc.va.us]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 4:11 PM
>Subject: [WinMac] Re: To convert Mac->Windows, should I bother?
>
>
>
>> Subject: RE: [WinMac] To convert Mac->Windows, should I bother?
>> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 23:21:43 -0500
>> From: "Dan Schwartz" <Dan@BrakeAndGo.com>
>> To: <winmac@iffy.com>
>>
>>SNIP
>
>> On another front, you need not worry about what platform
>your print shop uses:
>> I *highly* recommend Adobe Acrobat (preferably Acrobat Distiller) to produce
>> flawless prepress documents. Just take your time with the settings;
>>and if you have time print to a PostScriptR file before distilling.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Dan
>>
>That depends upon which printshop you use. Many local presses still
>aren't set up to accept PDF files for making plates. They want the files
>in the original PageMaker, PhotoShop, etc., format, along with all your
>fonts and art files, hardcopy dummy and maybe even separations printouts.
>
>And although the current versions of these applications create
>cross-platform files, many printers still prefer to view the files on
>the same platform on which they were created (this means that many even
>small printers will invest in one Wintel machine for jobs created by
>people who don't have a Mac.) The reason for this is that, as good as
>today's technology is, sometimes the same fonts will look different on a
>PC than on a Mac, taking up more or less space and throwing off the
>layout. The same file can look different even from the same brand of PC
>to PC, and it's a big pain for printers to have to deal with.
>
>Check with your printer and request specifics on how they want you to
>send your jobs. Your hardware/software may well be important to them.
>
>--
>Jennifer Rose
>http://www.me.cc.va.us/
>Public Relations Practitioner II
>Mountain Empire Community College
>P.O. Drawer 700
>Highway 23 South
>Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
>540-523-2400, ext. 342
>
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