Which PDF print preset settings to use intended for reproduction

When saving artworks to pdf intended for reproduction which is the correct / safest option to choose for example Press Quality ? and which Destination should be used e.g. Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647 - 2:2004) ?

Try using the PDFX-4 which will keep transparency until the RIP.

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Booklet to PDF print preset settings not saved

I'm using ID CS4 on Vista64 Business and trying to output numerous booklet layouts to PDF for a client to print in-house at their premises. My lo-res tests work perfectly on their printer, I now need to output everything @ 300dpi etc.
I've set up a print preset to use the Adobe PDF printer driver and set all defaults I can find (Control panel etc) to High Quality output.
Interrogating the preset directly reports settings as "High Quality" but when using the Booklet Print dialogue Setup button to check the printer prefs, it always shows (and outputs) "Standard" settings.
Is there a way to get the ID Booklet option to remember the default PDF printer prefs? It's a real pain to change these manually for each print run.
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Hi Peter,
I can only find a printer folder under Control Panel > Printers. This is where I've already changed the PDF Printer defaults without success. Oddly, I appear to have fixed it by renaming the print driver instance there to "Adobe PDFx" (probably any other name would also work).
Whilst troubleshooting, I found I could also see another network "Adobe PDF printer" on another machine. I had a look over the settings there and saw the option "render print job on client machine". This got me thinking I might NOT have been using the LOCAL PDF printer setup and was just fooling myself.
I changed the local PDF Printer name to be certain I could identify it correctly and Hey Presto!, it suddenly started accepting the preset changes. I changed it back to "Adobe PDF" and it reverted back to the "standard" settings and just ignores everything.
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I'll simply leave the printer name as "PDFx" for now as this is getting the job done.
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I upgraded my iPod Touch 4th Gen yesterday. Now it won't play music, which is the main thing I use it for. Over 11,000 songs [it's a 64GB model] -- will I actually have to restore the device and re-add all that music?
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I decided to do a complete reset/restore of my 4th gen iPod Touch, Bad move! I've been messing with it for hours, and it simply won't restore--it keeps hanging on a black screen with an Apple logo and a progress bar at about 10%, sometimes it goes completely blank and tries again, with the same result. (I've posted my question/plea for help here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/19735862 )
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I could start from scratch, but I really, really, really don't want to go through all of my hundreds of apps, reinstall them one by one, etc. etc. etc.
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Which PDF Export Preset used?

I have an Acrobat PDF that I made about 3 months ago with InDesign CS3 with one of my own PDF Export Presets.
Is it possible to work out from the PDF which of the Export Presets I used? I have a new version of the InDesign file that I need to get printed.
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There really is nothing magic about a preset -- it's just a collection of settings with a name that you can pick so you don't have to go through the dilgo adjusting stuff, but if you know what settings are appropriate for the job you can do tham manually, too. There are only so many options.
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We are rolling out Acrobat Pro XI to a group of people; we want all pdfs to be created with the same security settings. I've created a security policy with the required settings (no ability to print, copy contents etc) and it shows up as the required DSA_Security policy within the Tools-Protection menu. I believe I can copy that to all the machines so everyone has access to it.
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PrintParams "silent" ignores PDF Print Preset to Duplex

Hello All,
Here is my script to send a PDF to the default printer.
var pp = this.getPrintParams();
var fv = pp.constants.flagValues;
pp.flags = (fv.setPageSize=false);//Sets the Auto-Rotate and Center Flag
pp.interactive = 0;// 0=interactive, 1=auto, 2=silent
pp.pageHandling = 3;//3=shrink to fit
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the problem is that my PDF has my desired Document Properites Print Dialog Preset "DuplexMode" set to Duplex Flip Short Edge, and that property is ignored if the interactive is set to silent or automatic. It is honored if the print dialog is prompted and the user enters "OK".
The pp.flags = (fv.setPageSize=false); seems to be undocumented, but I stumbled upon it and it produces the desired result (sets Auto Rotate and Center). I hope it may be helpful to others.
Any ideas why my preset is being ignored in silent mode, and any way to make it work?
Thank you in advance and Happy Holidays,
Message was edited by: kentgbaker
Thom Parker was good enough to demonstrate the documented way to set auto-rotate and center.
var pp = this.getPrintParams();
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pp.pageHandling = 3;//3=shrink to fit
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Hello All,
Here is my script to send a PDF to the default printer.
var pp = this.getPrintParams();
var fv = pp.constants.flagValues;
pp.flags = (fv.setPageSize=false);//Sets the Auto-Rotate and Center Flag
pp.interactive = 0;// 0=interactive, 1=auto, 2=silent
pp.pageHandling = 3;//3=shrink to fit
this.print(pp);
the problem is that my PDF has my desired Document Properites Print Dialog Preset "DuplexMode" set to Duplex Flip Short Edge, and that property is ignored if the interactive is set to silent or automatic. It is honored if the print dialog is prompted and the user enters "OK".
The pp.flags = (fv.setPageSize=false); seems to be undocumented, but I stumbled upon it and it produces the desired result (sets Auto Rotate and Center). I hope it may be helpful to others.
Any ideas why my preset is being ignored in silent mode, and any way to make it work?
Thank you in advance and Happy Holidays,
Message was edited by: kentgbaker
Thom Parker was good enough to demonstrate the documented way to set auto-rotate and center.
var pp = this.getPrintParams();
pp.flags &= ~pp.constants.flagValues.suppressCenter
pp.flags &= ~pp.constants.flagValues.suppressRotate
pp.interactive = 0;// 0=interactive, 1=auto, 2=silent
pp.pageHandling = 3;//3=shrink to fit
this.print(pp);

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I use indesign to create a roughly 68-page marketing booklet. The document is landscape and setup to print on 8.5" x 11" as a landscape book with facing-pages. I upload a PDF to a professional printing company to print a full bleed booklet. The book usually includes roughly 15, full-page, high resolution images as well as numerous other high resolution images throughout so it is important that the resolution is as high as possible and the images come out clean when printed.
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I have an Excel project. Part of the code prints the active sheet range as a PDF file. Later code then sends the PDF file as an e-mail attachment. The Code was originally written using the free application PDFCreator and works as intended. However the client wants to use the Acrobat "Adobe PDF" printer instead.
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I have.
However, I think I have solved this.
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