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pdf question
hi folks ive just done a few vehicles for our local vet . they have ask me if i could supply them with the artwork in pdf format to use on there website. I dont have a problem supplying it they are great customers the only problem is how do i produce a pdf.
Regards brian
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12 Replies
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send them a big JPEG instead
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If you have Corel draw simply open up your file in Corel – size to fit within the page size and then save (publish) to pdf.
You can do the same with recent versions of Signlab
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thanks guys
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quote Phill:If you have Corel draw simply open up your file in Corel – size to fit within the page size and then save (publish) to pdf.You can do the same with recent versions of Signlab
Just to add, corel gives you several options. Use the ‘web’ option and remember to click the ‘convert text to curves’ box.
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File/print then select PDF as the printer.
I think most setups have the PDF printer installed. -
Brian
http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/Writer.asp
this is a link to a very handy free pdf printer (just in case it is not pre-installed) you can create pdf’s from any program (word, excel, corel, flexi) with ease.
Sure the graphics packages have the facility but this is a handy add on to any system. ie. you can protect your quotes/invoices etc by sending them as a pdf!
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Thanks Ruairi thats great ,cheers mate
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Had no probs with "Publish" from corel and cute pdf is definitely a handy one to have too
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Publish to pdf works very well with virtually all the drawing and signmaking programmes available, using the print method has a few advantages in as much with Corel (and probably Illustrator?) you can use the Print Preview allowing multi-up, control over gutters, all marks placement and pre-separation. Not all free print to pdf retain colour models. converting cmyk or Pantone to RGB on print. Not a good thing if producing pdf for final output, Cute PDF does retain color model information and is my method of choice. The paid for version does offer some other features but the free one works well.
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I found the one problem with producing PDF’s for final output is that even though it might be set to cmyk, the output file will remain RGB.
There’s a neat program called "quite a box of tricks" which reveals the information held in a PDF including the colour set.
It seems to vary with each program how the output colours are set. -
Much of the colour model issues will be because it is set incorrectly in the publishing programme. Signlab gives you little control, Corel on the other hand (Illustrator also) gives you plenty of options of how colour is handled when a pdf is published. Cute doesn’t have that much control but providing it is set correctly (in Corel anyway) the pdf should be good.
Alan D -
Alan, I particularly had issues with Illy CS2 giving RGB instead of CMYK, even though all the settings were for CMYK.
I found that if you use Print to PDF you get RGB but if you use Save as, you get CMYK as wanted. It wasn’t until I got the checking program I could tell.
I was doing leaflets and my print man kept returning artwork due to it being RGB still.
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