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I have not had any problems with PDFs exported directly from Q7 - in fact, that's the only way that works for me because Preps will mess up the page centering if I do it another way. Of course, your mileage may vary, but I've done quite a few this way successfully.
Your PDFs are large most likely because of the compression options you are choosing in the Export to PDF dialog. I set mine to Manual ZIP (8 bit), Downsample to 305 for color and grayscale; monochrome is use CCITT Group 4 & Keep Resolution. Be careful if you use JPEG compression - the High/Medium/Low settings refer to the amount of compression, not the amount of quality like Distiller does (High=High Compression in Quark, which means it will be lower quality).
If you prefer to use Distiller, you need to first get a PostScript file out of Quark. You can go into Quark' Preferences to the PDF section and under PDF Workflow, change it to "Create Postscript File for Later Distilling." Then, you use the same Export Layout As PDF option and it will just spit out a PostScript file rather than a Quark PDF.
The other way to make a PostScript file is to set up a Virtual Printer (assuming you are on OSX). Can't remember the exact steps offhand, but you can go to Apple's Forums and do a search for it and find out how to do it. Once the virtual printer is defined, you print from Quark. In the print dialog, make sure you click on the Printer button at the bottom, then on the window that pops up click on the PDF button and choose Save PDF as PostScript and you can then navigate to where you want the postscript file saved.
Once you have a PostScript file, drop it on Distiller using your desired Job Options (Press-Ready is a good start) and your PDF will be created.
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Dan Curry
MacPro 2.66 Dual Processor Intel Xeon • OS X (Tiger) • Creo PS/M 8.1 • Brisque 4 • Full Auto Frames • Preps 5.2.2 • Lotem 400 • Epson 9800 w/ORIS rip
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....it's first time when i use this way...be honest i used to use adobe distiller....but i got a new job and here people work this funny way ..and i can find what is different between adobe distiller and export pdf in quark...
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