Output help

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Output help

Closed this issue 4 years ago · 7 comments

Hi,
Doesn’t the PDFWriter print CMYK mode PDFs?
The screen output seems in very low resolution, specially the fonts. Will it print in low resolution??

Thank you.

(MacOS Mojave)

Answer 1 · 2020-07-01T05:05:56.000Z

PDFWriter will create a pdf that looks exactly the same as macOS would print to a generic postscript laser printer. All it does is to take the pdf that macOS would ordinarily have sent to the printer and capture it as a file. It’s only real use is for software that allows printing, but prevents the "Save as pdf" button from appearing in the print dialog. Rod On 1 Jul 2020, at 2:58 pm, Gabriela Favre <notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com>> wrote: Hi, Doesn’t the PDFWriter print CMYK mode PDFs? The screen output seems in very low resolution, specially the fonts. Will it print in low resolution?? Thank you. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#6>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAKSADKYUZNTGAAXUW7CHD3RZK7ATANCNFSM4ONA3ZTA>.

Answer 2 · 2020-07-01T05:29:11.000Z

Hi!
Thank you for your quick reply!

But why do the fonts and arts (curves) look so serrated? I am printing from Indesign, using FontExplorerPro. Everything is ok. If I create a PDF from Indesign direclty, it won’t look like that.
I need to use PDFWriter because I need to create a PDF that’s 85% the original page size, and Indesign dialog does not give me that option.

And why does it only accept RGB colors??

Answer 3 · 2020-07-01T05:44:23.000Z

The solution to your particular problem is to select the postscript file option at the top of Indesign’s printer choices. You’ll need to choose the save location and make sure you use .ps as the file extension. The resulting postscript file can be opened in Preview, and from there you can save it as a pdf. Rod On 1 Jul 2020, at 3:29 pm, Gabriela Favre <notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com>> wrote: But why do the fonts and arts (curves) look so serrated? I am printing from Indesign, using FontExplorerPro. Everything is ok. If I create a PDF from Indesign direclty, it won’t look like that. I need to use PDFWriter because I need to create a PDF that’s 85% the original page size, and Indesign dialog does not give me that option. And why does it only accept RGB colors?? — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#6 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAKSADMT6E5R5KYRJAQ7FWTRZLCTHANCNFSM4ONA3ZTA>.

Answer 4 · 2020-07-01T06:09:38.000Z

Actually, the better advice would be to save as a pdf from Indesign (using the export menu). Open the pdf you get in Preview and use Preview’s print dialog to set the scaling to 85% and then chose Preview’s save to pdf option. Rod On 1 Jul 2020, at 3:29 pm, Gabriela Favre <notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com>> wrote: But why do the fonts and arts (curves) look so serrated? I am printing from Indesign, using FontExplorerPro. Everything is ok. If I create a PDF from Indesign direclty, it won’t look like that. I need to use PDFWriter because I need to create a PDF that’s 85% the original page size, and Indesign dialog does not give me that option. And why does it only accept RGB colors?? — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#6 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAKSADMT6E5R5KYRJAQ7FWTRZLCTHANCNFSM4ONA3ZTA>.

Answer 5 · 2020-07-01T07:26:00.000Z

Hi Rod.
Thank you very much!! That was perfect. It would be much easier if Adobe gave more professional print to PDF options.
But your solutoin is perfect, after a hard effort of search!!

Best regards.

Actually, the better advice would be to save as a pdf from Indesign (using the export menu). Open the pdf you get in Preview and use Preview’s print dialog to set the scaling to 85% and then chose Preview’s save to pdf option. Rod On 1 Jul 2020, at 3:29 pm, Gabriela Favre <notifications@github.com mailto:notifications@github.com> wrote: But why do the fonts and arts (curves) look so serrated? I am printing from Indesign, using FontExplorerPro. Everything is ok. If I create a PDF from Indesign direclty, it won’t look like that. I need to use PDFWriter because I need to create a PDF that’s 85% the original page size, and Indesign dialog does not give me that option. And why does it only accept RGB colors?? — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#6 (comment)>, or unsubscribehttps://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAKSADMT6E5R5KYRJAQ7FWTRZLCTHANCNFSM4ONA3ZTA.

Answer 6 · 2020-07-03T03:43:43.000Z

Hi Rod.
I finally found another workaround which was very good too.

https://indesignsecrets.com/creating-a-different-size-print-pdf-a-workaround.php

Answer 7 · 2020-07-03T03:44:19.000Z

Hi Rod.
I finally found another workaround which was very good too.

https://indesignsecrets.com/creating-a-different-size-print-pdf-a-workaround.php