Web-optimised PDFs from QuarkXPress

theonemanpublisher — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:46:35 +0000

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

theonemanpublisher — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:43:30 +0000

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.

Note: As the commentary on crop marks was admittedly a bit sketchy, you may wish to read this post.

postscript – The one-man publisher

Web-optimised PDFs from QuarkXPress

Print-quality PDFs from QuarkXPress