The
PDFWriter is outdated technology, having been discontinued with Acrobat
5.0x.
It
was primarily intended to provide a simple means for people to make PDFs from
Word and Excel documents. As such, resolution quality was limited, EPS
graphics appeared in low-resolution (the Writer could not interpret
PostScript), and font inclusion capabilities were severely
restricted.
The
PDFMaker is a macro for Office applications, which provides easy access to
Distiller. Optimized settings for Distiller are accessed in Word, thus one
can create higher resolution files, embed and subset all fonts, etc.
Caution, however...all Office documents are still RGB color space and,
without conversion to CMYK, are not suited for commercial printing. There are
valid reasons for people to choose to make their PDFs with the PDFMaker, if
the intent is for office purposes.
Your
customers should make sure and use Distiller's optimized settings as
established by you: print for Docutech and press for high-end offset printing.
This implies, of course, that they need to understand the resolution required
for original images.
Bottom line. If you're running true offset printing presses (I've heard
of some digital presses called offset printing which confuses people to
death), your customers should be using applications other than Word or
Publisher to create their documents. Otherwise, you'll need an Acrobat plug-in
such as Quite A Box of Tricks to convert the PDF from RGB to CMYK. Then
you'll need to be careful about resolution...most people who are used to
working with Office applications are also used to 72 dpi...which is
unsatisfactory for commercial printing.
Hope
this answers your question.
Rich
Sprague
Can
anyone provide a knowledgeable explanation, which can easily
be understood by some "unknowledgeable" customers, as to why they should
never use PDF_Maker or PDF_Writer when preparing PDFs for commercial
printing.
I received too
many bad PDFs with lousy graphics this week and my explanation as to why
they're bad is obviously not working with my customers.
TIA
Russ Sherman
Pittsford Printing
www.PittsfordPrinting.com
Rochester, New York 14618
Ph:
585-383-0150
