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Try writing to a file(postscript) from Quark and then distill that postscript. Gregory Onder Pace Communications Production Manager US Airways Attach� 1301 Carolina Street Greensboro, NC 27401 (336) 383-5477 > ---------- > From: Smiley-Oyen, Paul > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Seaholm, Tim; Leonard, Dan > Subject: [PDF-Basics] Question to ponder over the Christmas Holiday > > Dear Subscribers; > As succinctly as I can, I'll try to log all the particulars of my system > and (what I believe to be at the root of) the problem. What I will leave > out, are the many 'excentricities' in the interaction of Quark and OSX! > Also, I am only dealing with B&W, Grayscale images!! Nothing nearly as > daunting as 4-color or hexachrome separations!!! > > Mac G5 (dual 2ghz, 1gb ram) > OSX (10.2.7) > QuarkXpress 6.0 > Acrobat 6.0 standard > Distiller 6.0 (5/19/03) > HP LaserJet 500 GN > > I am having a great deal of trouble producing a clean, full-resolution > image (.tif, .eps, or .pdf) through Quark, to a PDF file! > > Things I've tried (to no resolution) in this process > > * Making and remaking the distiller settings at least 12-ways; > * Using (what I believe to be) every iteration of combinations of printer > drivers, settings & set-up's; > * Resaving the image files to other formats, previews, and filetypes. > * Printing the file, from the 'advanced settings' menu, as an 'image'. > > > What I am seeing on only the PDF, when output to my printer, is what > appears to be only the 'screen preview' portion of the image file. > > This has really stumped me and our in-house I.T. department. This seems to > be one of those things that might be controlled by just one checkbox, > hidden deeply within one of the applications I'm using. Every attempt I've > made to uncover such a 'switch' has come up empty. > > What I believe to be at the root of the problem > It seems I got closest to the root of the problem when I most recently > resaved the image file (scanned from hard-copy original) with an 8-bit > .tif preview, upgrading from the 1-bit .tif preview (which has been the > standard here). This rendered a barely-legible image, still very blurred > and far from acceptable. > > Surely there has to be someone out there that has come across this > combination of factors before, or someone that can offer their wisest > educated guess! > > Like most of you, I'll be out of the office until the 29th, so this is is > something to ponder over what I hope for each of you, will be an otherwise > Very Merry Christmas! > > Paul > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Typographer > Briggs Corporation > 7300 Westown Parkway > DesMoines, IA 50266-1243 > 800-247-2343 > > > Confidentiality Notice: > > The information in this e-mail and any attachments may be legally > privileged and confidential. It is intended solely for the addressee. If > you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution > or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is > prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please notify the sender and permanently delete the e-mail and any > attachments immediately. > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
