combining files
used a lot for impos
- smaller file size
- everybody can open it up
- attach it to any email (Mime Compliance)
creating slideshow
- generic
- everyone can use it
make comments, markups, annotations
interactive
- audio
- video
- hyperlink
compress files for print
- customizable
you can make them from anywhere
- software
- export
stores images, fonts, stores the color and ink info
shows crops and bleeds
- when made properly are print ready
Prepress
see all the inks are used
see the fonts
color seperation
overprint preview
Tools
find font problems
– designer had it coded until the client pays for it
Protect and standardize
Preflight
-potential font problems
-stroke thickness
-wrong color data
-low res
-font problems
Some print production cannot print with RGB and some can.
Output seperations
PDF Standards
commercial printing with script type function that has different standards depending on the business.