The next three presets follow PDF/X standards: To reduce printing errors and enable the successful exchange of files, Adobe worked with other vendors and professional users to develop the PDF/X standards-a family of ISO standards which are a subset of PDF designed for print workflows. Acrobat can handle live transparency and produce high-quality separations. This would be a good choice if your printer is sending this to an imagesetter or platesetter out of Acrobat Professional.

RGB images are converted to CMYK CMYK values are unchanged.

Color and grayscale images are downsampled to 300 ppi (considered an industry standard for commercial printing). Acrobat 5 compatibility is selected, and transparency isn’t flattened. Press Quality: Use this PDF preset for high-quality commercial printing where the printer is comfortable receiving a PDF with live transparency.

Transparency is retained (Acrobat 5 compatibility is the default). Colors are left unchanged (they aren’t converted to another color space). Color and grayscale images are downsampled to 300 ppi. High Quality Print: Use this preset to create a PDF document for high-quality printing on desktop printers and proofers. One is aimed at general desktop printing, four are designed for commercial print workflows, and one for on-screen or web posting. In this post, we’ll just focus on the initial six presets and when to use them. Depending on the versions of each application, your PDF presets might not be compatible between them. All PDF presets are stored in a common location. If you export or save a PDF out of InDesign, for example, you’ll see the same choices in Photoshop and Illustrator. InDesign shares its PDF presets with many of the Creative Cloud desktop apps. (Those who are more expert can create their own presets, which we covered in a different post.) They group together all these choices into common workflows, and let us choose a preset which works best for what we’re currently doing. InDesign’s Export Adobe PDF (Print) dialog box presents us with seven panels worth of options.

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