Acrobat 9 Distiller Problems

Question

Hi,
New to the forum - hopefully someone can help me out.
Specs first - Quark 8.12, Suitcase Fusion 13.2.1, Acrobat Distiller 9.1.0, Mac OSX 10.5.8.
When I create pdfs from Quark etc. - I print them through the print dialogue box (using the acrobat PPD) - save them - and it prints like if it were going to a printer (output device) but creates a pdf. This is the way I have always done it and the way I want to continue to do it.
What I am experiencing is that even though I have specified create "Low Resolution" or "Standard Resolution" pdfs it outputs/saves them as "High Resolution" Pdfs.
The other day it was the opposite I specified "High" and it save a "Low Resolution" pdf.
The high resolution pdfs seem to be extremely large also. Previously in Acrobat Distiller 7 a high resolution pdf file of one particular document I have was 50Mb in size, the same document distilled in Acrobat Distiller 9 gives my a 250Mb pdf file!!
I am also experiencing unwanted rotation of pages with the pdf creation ie a landscape page is distilled (rotate) to a portrait page.
I have tried deleting settings, creating new documents and pasting the information in, pdfing on other computers all with the same results.
What I have found is that if I just use the default acrobat settings - standard, small, high quality etc. the files pdf fine and have expected file sizes etc.
But as soon as I make a custom setting in distiller or use a 3rd party acrobat setting that's when the problem/s occur - large file sizes, rotated pages etc.
What is also weird is if I turn "auto rotate pages" to "off" in acrobat distiller it will rotate the pages (a landscape but distills it to portrait) but if I choose one of the other settings like "individually" it pdfs OK in the right orientation.
Anybody have any ideas of why Distiller (or whatever) freaks out when I change the settings?? (creates massive pdf files, rotates pages etc) I need to be able to make custom distiller settings for various newspapers, magazines etc.
Thanks

Answer 1

open problem Document:
1 Apply the the 3rd part Joboption or affect.
2 Go to Advanced menu.
3 Choose Optimizer.
4 Choose Item 2
Next while in Optimizer menu:
Choose Fonts
look for any Duplicate Fonts  example: Helvetica Bold Italic
unembed all but one copy (I've seen Pdf's where ther was as many as 1-15 copies of the exact same font)
Next choose Transparency:
Flatten Transpariences
Finally save the document (under a new name) and Print one copy of  2 or three pages just to get a feel if document appears correct. If so Use it or send on as needed.
(Please note information is given by an Experienced User of Acrobat. I am not an employee of Adobe.)