features – The one-man publisher https://onemanpublisher.paulbrookes.net Desktop publishing and printing for editors Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:05:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.2 I’m back … but need your help https://onemanpublisher.paulbrookes.net/blog/2009/09/14/im-back-%e2%80%a6-but-need-your-help/ https://onemanpublisher.paulbrookes.net/blog/2009/09/14/im-back-%e2%80%a6-but-need-your-help/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:42:44 +0000 https://onemanpublisher.paulbrookes.net/?p=141 Right, I’ve finally got this site back online. It was offline for several months; a combination of a new job and a domain squatter who’s sitting on the old URL.

Not exactly the greatest comeback since Lazarus (left), but I think people were finding the information useful. Therefore, I’m rehosting the site on another space, to keep the articles online.

Anyway, I’m not working in print publishing at the moment and it’s a bit difficult to keep writing QuarkXPress tips as I no longer have access to a copy. So, if anyone would like to contribute to the site, please leave a comment and I’ll see about adding you to the author list (I’ll be able to see your email address, although it won’t be displayed). It would be great to have some tips on QuarkXPress 8, InDesign and Word 2007 (assuming they’ve put any useful features in it).

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Web-optimised PDFs from QuarkXPress https://onemanpublisher.paulbrookes.net/blog/2008/04/12/web-optimised-pdfs-from-quarkxpress/ https://onemanpublisher.paulbrookes.net/blog/2008/04/12/web-optimised-pdfs-from-quarkxpress/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:46:35 +0000 https://onemanpublisher.paulbrookes.net/?p=119 This post continues from my previous post, explaining how to output a print-quality PDF via PostScript from QuarkXPress. It explains what further options you must enable in order to get the file size down as small as possible, without sacrificing too much quality.

I personally distill my PostScript files to a preset I set up myself called ‘internet’. It gives smaller file sizes than Distiller’s own preset ‘smallest file size’. I arrived at these settings through trial and error, but they work well for me. Click on the images below to start a slide-show. Again, if you’ve anything to add, please post a comment.


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Print-quality PDFs from QuarkXPress https://onemanpublisher.paulbrookes.net/blog/2008/04/11/making-a-print-quality-pdf-from-quarkxpress/ https://onemanpublisher.paulbrookes.net/blog/2008/04/11/making-a-print-quality-pdf-from-quarkxpress/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:43:30 +0000 https://onemanpublisher.paulbrookes.net/?p=107 In a slight departure of style — and a slight outbreak of geekiness — here’s a video outlining my methods for making print-quality PDFs from QuarkXPress, via a PostScript file.

I’m not the world’s best commentator, so you’ll have to forgive me. If you’re interested, the video was created using a very handy bit of software called CamStudio (from camstudio.org) and uploaded onto Veoh.com (whose quality appears to be better than YouTube’s). As always, comments are welcome.


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Here are some screen captures to show the options you may need to change when your making your PostScript file for PDFing. Click on the first image to start the slideshow and press ‘next’ to advance.
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Note: As the commentary on crop marks was admittedly a bit sketchy, you may wish to read this post.

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