Hello Brian!
Looking forward to it, if it matches the "standards" set by Adobe!
PDF is mainly for handing off to printers (in the Publisher world), in
my opinion.
Always eager to try a new version.
Have signed up for beta testing, but have not heard anything yet.
Have a nice weekend!
Terje
"Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]" <
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Terje, what do you think about Publisher 12 offering PDF now?
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"Terje M" <tema95(nospam)online.no> wrote in message
Acrobat 7.0 Professional works well with Publisher 2003, and even
integrates seamlessly.
I have just produced (and have printed) a 64 page color magazine
printing directly to PDF Printer.
I will read tgat guide though!
regards
Terje
"Charles R" <
[email protected]> skrev i melding
Thank you, Mary and Terje, for your helpful suggestions. In
researching this
problem, I found information in a Microsoft publication titled
"Prepress
Reference Guide" stating that "Publisher 2003 is incompatible with
Acrobat
Distiller versions 5 and 6" and presumably with the Adobe PDF printer
in
version 7 as well. It looks like the workaround is to print to a
PostScript
file and manually distill the PostScript file. Thanks again!
Off topic: Yes, Terje, R for Rex. I fancy I have royal blood in my
veins.
Charles, Prince of Wales, however, would only be Charles P (P for the
Latin
"princeps" or prince) until he ascends the throne at which time he
could take
whatever name he wishes to use as king. My guess is that he might opt
for
George VII rather than his own given name.
:
Well, as I said, not me!
My English is not good enough, and for sure my spare time nill (for
the time
being).
But later perhaps?
I would like Charles R to report back his result!
Regards Terje
Off-topic: Charles R? R for Rex? THE Charles, prince of England? No,
he is
not using Publisher?
"Mary Sauer" <
[email protected]> skrev i melding
Hi Terje, I've never used a commercial printer. I pasted your
other reply
because it sounded so good!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
There is a
Publisher web site, you could write a FAQ and I'm sure David would
post
it.
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Well Mary, that is the solution he is using, but he wants to
print
directly to Adobe PDF.
Why it's not working, I don't know, but may be a missing update
or
something.
Early Pub2003 (not SP1) had this problem.
I have recently found that Acrobat do a better job of converting
to CMYK,
so I follow these procedures:
Work the complete Publisher file in RGB!
Then, before I print, I go Tools/Commercial Printing Tools/Color,
select
the Color tab and check that black is really black.
In RGB that would be (0, 0, 0).
Seems like publisher somethimes think that true black is (33, 33,
33).
The latter would produce "black" on all four plates, and any
misalignement during printing would make it look awfull.
If I find this, I simply change this to (0, 0, 0).
Then, I print directly to Adobe PDF using the PDF/X1-a profile
(which
does the conversion).
The result is composite CMYK, with far better separations than
Publisher
produces.
You need Acrobat 7.0 Professional to do this (probably 6.0 Prof
will do
the job).
About time someone with good English language write a FAQ (not
me!).
Regards
Terje
"Mary Sauer" <
[email protected]> skrev i melding
This is the solution that was give on the prepress newsgroup
A few simple steps:
In Publisher:
a. Select "Generic Color PS for Commercial Printing" as your
printer
output.
b. On "File/Print/Advanced settings" select Composite CMYK.
c. Tools/Commercial Printing Tools/Color printing select
"Process colors
CMYK".
Print your pages to a output file with the ending .ps.
Open Adobe Acrobat Distiller and select "Press Quality"
settings, or
better
PDF/X-1a if you have the professional version (check with your
printer).
Open your .ps file, and it will produce your .pdf
The resulting PDF file should be separated CMYK!!!
Regards Terje
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message
I am using Publisher 2003 SP-1 and Adobe Acrobat 7.0.5 Standard.
When I
attempt to output composite CMYK by printing to the Adobe PDF
printer,
I get
an error message saying "This document failed to print." The
message
appears
at the point at which Publisher has completed the process of
sending
data to
the printer and at the point at which Distiller would normally
begin to
distill the PostScript output. No log file or PDF is created. I
can
successfully print to a PostScript file and manually distill
the
PostScript
file without a problem. Why can't I outout composite CMYK
directly to
the
Adobe PDF printer?
