PDF (Color to B/W?)
Three follow-up points: 1) If you are creating PDF, you *should* be using the "Adobe PDF" printer driver. Some people insist that they must use the printer driver for the actual output device that thei print vendor will be using, but this is faulty logic and it undercuts the foundation of PDF portability. 2) The Black & White vs. Color printer property setting only exists for the Adobe PDF printer driver. Drivers for monochrome printers don't provide the option because they know nothing about color. Drivers for color printers *might* offer it, but I've never seen one that does; they all assume that if you're printing to a color printer you want color output and if you wanted black & white you'd be printing your job to a cheaper and faster monochrome printer. 3) The Black & White vs. Color printer property setting *will* have the desired result for TIFF graphics, but will *not* affect EPS or PDF graphic objects. The reason is that the printer driver never processes the PostScript code embedded in those graphics; it just passes it through into the PostScript output stream. If the EPS or PDF contains color information, that is passed to the PostScript stream unchanged regardless of the B&W/Color setting. My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder Intel Parsippany, NJ >From: "Spreadbury, David" >To: "Kevin Rusnak" ,"Framers" > >Subject: RE: PDF (Color to B/W?) >Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 08:17:14 -0500 > >If you are using the Adobe PDF print driver, under the Properties tab >should be a selection for B/W or Color. If you aren't using the Adobe >PDF driver, check the Properties options of the driver you are using. >There should be a similar option. > >-Original Message- >From: framers-bounces+david.spreadbury=tellabs.com at lists.frameusers.com >[mailto:framers-bounces+david.spreadbury=tellabs.com at lists.frameusers.co >m] On Behalf Of Kevin Rusnak >Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:14 AM >To: Framers >Subject: PDF (Color to B/W?) > > >Our content development team produces a myriad of training materials. >Our printed materials are produced via Frame 7.2. The graphics are >grayscale TIF files (which works best in print production). In many >cases, I am presented with color graphics (JPG or PNG files), which I >convert to the grayscale TIF format, then import into Frame. The final >PDF is created using Distiller and everything is hunky-dory, but we are >now maintaining two versions of the same graphic - one in PNG or JPG and >one in TIF. >What we'd ultimately like to do is single-source the color graphic files >and convert them to grayscale TIF when the PDF is generated. Is there >anyway to automate this process? >Thanks for any and all feedback! > > > > >Kevin C. Rusnak, CDIA+ >E-Learning Development Specialist, Technical Services > >Hyland Software, Inc. >440.788.5609 >440.788.5709 (fax) >kevin.rusnak at onbase.com >www.onbase.com >28500 Clemens Road >Westlake, OH 44145 _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement
PDF (Color to B/W?)
Our content development team produces a myriad of training materials. Our printed materials are produced via Frame 7.2. The graphics are grayscale TIF files (which works best in print production). In many cases, I am presented with color graphics (JPG or PNG files), which I convert to the grayscale TIF format, then import into Frame. The final PDF is created using Distiller and everything is hunky-dory, but we are now maintaining two versions of the same graphic - one in PNG or JPG and one in TIF. What we'd ultimately like to do is single-source the color graphic files and convert them to grayscale TIF when the PDF is generated. Is there anyway to automate this process? Thanks for any and all feedback! Kevin C. Rusnak, CDIA+ E-Learning Development Specialist, Technical Services Hyland Software, Inc. 440.788.5609 440.788.5709 (fax) kevin.rusnak at onbase.com www.onbase.com 28500 Clemens Road Westlake, OH 44145 - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attached documents may contain confidential information from Hyland Software, Inc. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or of any attached documents, or the taking of any action or omission to take any action in reliance on the contents of this message or of any attached documents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or telephone, at (440) 788-5000, and delete the original message immediately. Thank you.
PDF (Color to B/W?)
If you are using the Adobe PDF print driver, under the Properties tab should be a selection for B/W or Color. If you aren't using the Adobe PDF driver, check the Properties options of the driver you are using. There should be a similar option. -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+david.spreadbury=tellabs@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+david.spreadbury=tellabs.com at lists.frameusers.co m] On Behalf Of Kevin Rusnak Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:14 AM To: Framers Subject: PDF (Color to B/W?) Our content development team produces a myriad of training materials. Our printed materials are produced via Frame 7.2. The graphics are grayscale TIF files (which works best in print production). In many cases, I am presented with color graphics (JPG or PNG files), which I convert to the grayscale TIF format, then import into Frame. The final PDF is created using Distiller and everything is hunky-dory, but we are now maintaining two versions of the same graphic - one in PNG or JPG and one in TIF. What we'd ultimately like to do is single-source the color graphic files and convert them to grayscale TIF when the PDF is generated. Is there anyway to automate this process? Thanks for any and all feedback! Kevin C. Rusnak, CDIA+ E-Learning Development Specialist, Technical Services Hyland Software, Inc. 440.788.5609 440.788.5709 (fax) kevin.rusnak at onbase.com www.onbase.com 28500 Clemens Road Westlake, OH 44145 The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs
PDF (Color to B/W?)
Kevin-- One possiblity is to set the printer to "B&W" when you print the hardcopy version. Another (and what I do) is let my Printing company do the conversion from a color PDF. Grant ___ Grant Hogarth Equis International - A Reuters Company ghogarth at Equis.com / Grant.Hogarth at Reuters.com Direct: (+1) 801.270.3180 Main Fax: 801.265.3999 URL: www.equis.com TZ: Mountain (GMT -7) -Original Message- From: Kevin Rusnak Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:14 AM To: Framers Subject: PDF (Color to B/W?) Our content development team produces a myriad of training materials. Our printed materials are produced via Frame 7.2. The graphics are grayscale TIF files (which works best in print production). In many cases, I am presented with color graphics (JPG or PNG files), which I convert to the grayscale TIF format, then import into Frame. The final PDF is created using Distiller and everything is hunky-dory, but we are now maintaining two versions of the same graphic - one in PNG or JPG and one in TIF. What we'd ultimately like to do is single-source the color graphic files and convert them to grayscale TIF when the PDF is generated. Is there anyway to automate this process? Thanks for any and all feedback! Kevin C. Rusnak, CDIA+ E-Learning Development Specialist, Technical Services Hyland Software, Inc.
RE: PDF (Color to B/W?)
Three follow-up points: 1) If you are creating PDF, you *should* be using the "Adobe PDF" printer driver. Some people insist that they must use the printer driver for the actual output device that thei print vendor will be using, but this is faulty logic and it undercuts the foundation of PDF portability. 2) The Black & White vs. Color printer property setting only exists for the Adobe PDF printer driver. Drivers for monochrome printers don't provide the option because they know nothing about color. Drivers for color printers *might* offer it, but I've never seen one that does; they all assume that if you're printing to a color printer you want color output and if you wanted black & white you'd be printing your job to a cheaper and faster monochrome printer. 3) The Black & White vs. Color printer property setting *will* have the desired result for TIFF graphics, but will *not* affect EPS or PDF graphic objects. The reason is that the printer driver never processes the PostScript code embedded in those graphics; it just passes it through into the PostScript output stream. If the EPS or PDF contains color information, that is passed to the PostScript stream unchanged regardless of the B&W/Color setting. My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder Intel Parsippany, NJ From: "Spreadbury, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kevin Rusnak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Framers" Subject: RE: PDF (Color to B/W?) Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 08:17:14 -0500 If you are using the Adobe PDF print driver, under the Properties tab should be a selection for B/W or Color. If you aren't using the Adobe PDF driver, check the Properties options of the driver you are using. There should be a similar option. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] m] On Behalf Of Kevin Rusnak Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:14 AM To: Framers Subject: PDF (Color to B/W?) Our content development team produces a myriad of training materials. Our printed materials are produced via Frame 7.2. The graphics are grayscale TIF files (which works best in print production). In many cases, I am presented with color graphics (JPG or PNG files), which I convert to the grayscale TIF format, then import into Frame. The final PDF is created using Distiller and everything is hunky-dory, but we are now maintaining two versions of the same graphic - one in PNG or JPG and one in TIF. What we'd ultimately like to do is single-source the color graphic files and convert them to grayscale TIF when the PDF is generated. Is there anyway to automate this process? Thanks for any and all feedback! Kevin C. Rusnak, CDIA+ E-Learning Development Specialist, Technical Services Hyland Software, Inc. 440.788.5609 440.788.5709 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.onbase.com 28500 Clemens Road Westlake, OH 44145 _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: PDF (Color to B/W?)
Kevin-- One possiblity is to set the printer to "B&W" when you print the hardcopy version. Another (and what I do) is let my Printing company do the conversion from a color PDF. Grant ___ Grant Hogarth Equis International - A Reuters Company [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct: (+1) 801.270.3180 Main Fax: 801.265.3999 URL: www.equis.com TZ: Mountain (GMT -7) -Original Message- From: Kevin Rusnak Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:14 AM To: Framers Subject: PDF (Color to B/W?) Our content development team produces a myriad of training materials. Our printed materials are produced via Frame 7.2. The graphics are grayscale TIF files (which works best in print production). In many cases, I am presented with color graphics (JPG or PNG files), which I convert to the grayscale TIF format, then import into Frame. The final PDF is created using Distiller and everything is hunky-dory, but we are now maintaining two versions of the same graphic - one in PNG or JPG and one in TIF. What we'd ultimately like to do is single-source the color graphic files and convert them to grayscale TIF when the PDF is generated. Is there anyway to automate this process? Thanks for any and all feedback! Kevin C. Rusnak, CDIA+ E-Learning Development Specialist, Technical Services Hyland Software, Inc. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: PDF (Color to B/W?)
If you are using the Adobe PDF print driver, under the Properties tab should be a selection for B/W or Color. If you aren't using the Adobe PDF driver, check the Properties options of the driver you are using. There should be a similar option. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] m] On Behalf Of Kevin Rusnak Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:14 AM To: Framers Subject: PDF (Color to B/W?) Our content development team produces a myriad of training materials. Our printed materials are produced via Frame 7.2. The graphics are grayscale TIF files (which works best in print production). In many cases, I am presented with color graphics (JPG or PNG files), which I convert to the grayscale TIF format, then import into Frame. The final PDF is created using Distiller and everything is hunky-dory, but we are now maintaining two versions of the same graphic - one in PNG or JPG and one in TIF. What we'd ultimately like to do is single-source the color graphic files and convert them to grayscale TIF when the PDF is generated. Is there anyway to automate this process? Thanks for any and all feedback! Kevin C. Rusnak, CDIA+ E-Learning Development Specialist, Technical Services Hyland Software, Inc. 440.788.5609 440.788.5709 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.onbase.com 28500 Clemens Road Westlake, OH 44145 The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
PDF (Color to B/W?)
Our content development team produces a myriad of training materials. Our printed materials are produced via Frame 7.2. The graphics are grayscale TIF files (which works best in print production). In many cases, I am presented with color graphics (JPG or PNG files), which I convert to the grayscale TIF format, then import into Frame. The final PDF is created using Distiller and everything is hunky-dory, but we are now maintaining two versions of the same graphic - one in PNG or JPG and one in TIF. What we'd ultimately like to do is single-source the color graphic files and convert them to grayscale TIF when the PDF is generated. Is there anyway to automate this process? Thanks for any and all feedback! Kevin C. Rusnak, CDIA+ E-Learning Development Specialist, Technical Services Hyland Software, Inc. 440.788.5609 440.788.5709 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.onbase.com 28500 Clemens Road Westlake, OH 44145 - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attached documents may contain confidential information from Hyland Software, Inc. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or of any attached documents, or the taking of any action or omission to take any action in reliance on the contents of this message or of any attached documents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or telephone, at (440) 788-5000, and delete the original message immediately. Thank you. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
