>In any program that has Print to Preview, I can create a PDF. PDF is not a >Pages file. That's not the same as prepress, and it's not the same as the >output file being Postscript. To complicate matters, a raster file like >a TIFF, embedded in a Postscript document, makes it less scalable
These are all different things. I usually use language precisely and if what I write isn't read precisely things can get bollixed up. PostScript means that it conforms to the Red Book standard -- no more. I wrote nothing about PDF-X and related pre-press standards. That is entirely another ball of wax. The PDF button in OS X.4 does offer an option to create a PDF-X. Earlier versions did not. PostScript can contain both vector and raster elements. So can PDF-X, but there are further requirements. Examining a PDF in Illustrator's Layers palette will show you if the document is pure vector or contains both vector and raster elements. The file I created was pure vector. I expect certain graphic effects could introduce some raster elements. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
