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prepress_brillance_43 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-08-2005, 09:20 AM

this printer created itself upon installation of acrobat 7, anyone out there used it and found it reliable or/unreliable for printing to pdf from quark? I think it is the same as printing to .ps and distilling.. am I right about that? this takes that extra step out of printing to .ps and THEN distilling, however I haven't yet found where I set up my distill settings in this desktop printer, so I'm not sure of the produced pdf's. I am fighting this "moving everything to Indesign thing"(subconsciously I think!) and want a reliable pdf from quark. I am growing to love Indesign but still have a need for using quark...

thanks folks.

David · #2 (**permalink**) 08-08-2005, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by prepress_brillance_43

this printer created itself upon installation of acrobat 7, anyone out there used it and found it reliable or/unreliable for printing to pdf from quark? I think it is the same as printing to .ps and distilling.. am I right about that? this takes that extra step out of printing to .ps and THEN distilling, however I haven't yet found where I set up my distill settings in this desktop printer, so I'm not sure of the produced pdf's. I am fighting this "moving everything to Indesign thing"(subconsciously I think!) and want a reliable pdf from quark. I am growing to love Indesign but still have a need for using quark...

thanks folks.

I believe it's just a desktop .ps printer which will launch distiller upon .ps completion and create a PDF. It works fine, but, I would make sure that your distiller is set correctly before using it. If you're like us here, we are sometimes told to make low-res pdfs one minute, hi-res the next and so on. Some of my guys have been bit because they didn't check their distiller settings prior to making their pdf and they didn't get what they were expecting.
I chunked mine when it was made. I prefer to "roll my own" (make my .ps and launch distiller and verify my settings, then drop my .ps file on distiller) for that one reason.

My .02
David

prepress_brillance_43 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-08-2005, 10:36 AM

thanks david. so if I launch distiller and set my settings and close distiller, then these would be the settings used by the desktop printer? I wondered if that was the way but convinced myself it wasn't logical... but now I hear you say it and it doesn't seem so far fetched. I appreciate your help. Being the only prepress guy here @ FMC Direct, and being the only time I use the distiller I'll keep the desktop printer..., but I understand why you do what you do. I'll make myself remember to check settings before I use this the few times I will have to use it... Thanks again. 8)

#4 (**permalink**) 08-08-2005, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by david_maberry

I believe it's just a desktop .ps printer which will launch distiller upon .ps completion and create a PDF. It works fine, but, I would make sure that your distiller is set correctly before using it. If you're like us here, we are sometimes told to make low-res pdfs one minute, hi-res the next and so on. Some of my guys have been bit because they didn't check their distiller settings prior to making their pdf and they didn't get what they were expecting.
I chunked mine when it was made. I prefer to "roll my own" (make my .ps and launch distiller and verify my settings, then drop my .ps file on distiller) for that one reason.

My .02
David

I, like David "roll my own" 8)
For the very same reason - Hi-res .pdf one minute and Low-res .pdf the next. Launch, check settings, distill. I would trash the d_top printer.
just my little .02 for ya'
vee

prepress_brillance_43 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-08-2005, 10:40 AM

thanks _vee.

David · #6 (**permalink**) 08-08-2005, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by prepress_brillance_43

so if I launch distiller and set my settings and close distiller, then these would be the settings used by the desktop printer?

yessir! That's the way it works alright. That's why some people get bit, whatever you used last is what it stays with until you change it.

Rock on,
David

prepress_brillance_43 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-08-2005, 10:50 AM

thanks _maberry.

ChilBear · #8 (**permalink**) 08-08-2005, 05:00 PM

One thing I noted since the CS 2 upgrade, was I used the Acrobat 7 print queue without issue. However when I tried to bring in the PDF into Q6.5, all I got was the grey box and "postscript preview" la la crap.

I build combo forms and this combo spanned the CS2 upgrade. Some of the PDFs were V6 and 1 was V7. Only the V7 had this issue. Re Distilling using the V6 Distiller solved the problem. Maybe this is another hurtle that Adobe is throwing down for us Quack users to fumeover.

DCurry · #9 (**permalink**) 08-09-2005, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by david_maberry

I prefer to "roll my own" (make my .ps and launch distiller and verify my settings, then drop my .ps file on distiller) for that one reason.

Am I the only one who uses Watched Folders? I made 2 folders on my machine, and told Distiller to watch them. One is set for lo-res, one for hi-res press ready. Just drop the postscript in the folder and it makes the PDF based on the settings applied to the folder. I never have to change or verify any settings in Distiller this way!

David · #10 (**permalink**) 08-09-2005, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DCurry

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Originally Posted by david_maberry

I prefer to "roll my own" (make my .ps and launch distiller and verify my settings, then drop my .ps file on distiller) for that one reason.

Am I the only one who uses Watched Folders? I made 2 folders on my machine, and told Distiller to watch them. One is set for lo-res, one for hi-res press ready. Just drop the postscript in the folder and it makes the PDF based on the settings applied to the folder. I never have to change or verify any settings in Distiller this way!

Yes, we use these too, but......
I have to deal with "other" people using my Mac when I'm not here, so therefore I have to check my settings.

Just another way to get through the day...
David