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Hi Do not apply very high compression to images with flat areas of colour if printing quality is an issue. Jpeg compression is more obvious in these area and can show up as "blocks" in the final print. Jpeg is great for images with more variation in tones. Lilian > From: "Bethea, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:54:01 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] %%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: setcolor]%% > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > I think I'm going to go with the JPGs. > > Right now the images are TIFFs and more than a meg each. > > With PhotoShop I'm able to resize them down to about 30k...so I think > I'll go that route. > > Many thanks for all your suggestions. > > Michael... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Sprague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 4:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] %%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: > setcolor]%% > > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > For the web or on-screen viewing you should save in RGB format. CYMK is > used for commercial printing. JPGs are standard for most uses; but > tiff's are preferable for commercial printing. > > Photoshop can be used for the file type and/or file format conversion. > > Rich Sprague > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bethea, Michael > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 1:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] %%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: > setcolor]%% > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > John: > > Thanks for the good feedback. > > I did some testing by removing all of the images from the document and > it distilled just fine. > > I'm going to use PhotoShop to resize the images for the web, but I also > have software that I can use to change the file format. > > What image format would you recommend. > > Michael... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] %%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: > setcolor]%% > > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > Most likely, an object in the stream is calling setcolor with an > incorrect set of component values, probably because (as others have > suggested) the color space for the object is different than what is > expected. > > Does the file contain PostScript patterns or imported graphic objects > with PostScript patterns? If so, these are a possible source of the > problem. > > The quickest approach to isolating these sorts of problems is to first > isolate the page on which the error occurs. The Distiller log will > report each page successfully processed. Once the page is isolated, try > processing this page alone. If processing still fails, look for objects > which are out of the ordinary, like imported graphics, PS patterns, etc. > By systematically removing suspect objects and redistilling, one can > generally isolate the problem fairly easily. > > > John > > John Root :: jroot at publisys dot com > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
