PDF Settings are defaulting to Standard

[D***@adobeforums.com]

We have a system that when we select PDF settings and choose Press Quality, it always reverts to Standard. The resulting PDF file is not in Press Quality, but in Standard.

We have never seen this before. Is there some master setting that is keeping it from using the Press Quality Setting?

We have tried exporting the file to an .inx file and re-opening it, but that does not solve the problem. It happens on all files, not just some.

Thanks,
David

[P***@adobeforums.com]

Print to PDF or Export? Not that it should be reverting in either case if you set it in the dialog.

It might help to change the default settings in the Adobe PDF printer properties in the window printers folder. It might also help to replace your ID preferences.

Peter

[Dov Isaacs]

The default PDF creation joboptions for the create PDF via distillation of PostScript method employing printing to the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance are set via the properties of that PostScript printer driver instance. You must set both Printing Preferences ... and Printing Defaults ... to the desired joboptions under their respective Adobe PDF Settings ... tab.

If you are producing PDF in the recommended manner, PDF export, whatever you use as the joboptions "stick" and should not reset.

- Dov

[C***@adobeforums.com]

We're having this problem as well on 2 machines with InDesign installed. On my machine, without InDesign installed this is not an issue. We're trying to Print to a PDF out of Quark and cannot change the "Default PDF Settings" without manually doing it in the Adobe PDF Printer itself. I can do this on my machine, however the other 2 revert the settings back as soon as "OK" is pressed in the dialog (in Quark).

[P***@adobeforums.com]

Try setting the default to Press Quality in the printer properties in the Windows Printer folder.

[C***@adobeforums.com]

Yes.. this changes it, and that I know. However, then the user cannot change it from Press Quality without doing it in Windows Printer, which they shouldn't have to do - and which I don't have to do.

Changing it in Windows Printers is a way around it, but not the solution/problem.

[e***@adobeforums.com]

am using the indesign cs4 and i exported the file for prepress (a magazine) in pdf press quality. when the print office analyzed it, they told me there was a problem with my images. it seemed that all the parts made of gradients (including the images) were low resolutioned during the pdf procces even if in pdf on the screen u couldnt notice it. When the image was printed it came out like dotted.

then i did a test, i exported the same file with cs3 and it didn't have this problem while its size was bigger.

this makes me turn again at cs3. so is there any option to convert into pdf files without loosing quality with indesign cs4??

[P***@adobeforums.com]

This sounds like your transparency flattener settings were not set to high resolution any exported with Acrobat 4 compatibility instead of Acrobat 5. Are you using the Press preset, or PDF/X-1a, which invokes flattening and is often requested by magazines?

[e***@adobeforums.com]

im using the acrobat 4 and the press preset. I used to do this at cs3 and cs2 and it worked perfectly

[Dov Isaacs]

There is no known InDesign 6 (CS4) bug matching the description you provide and many of us export PDF from InDesign 6 on a regular basis going to press without any problems. It does sound like some type transparency flattening settings problem. Although you may be using the same PDF export joboptions, you may possibly NOT be using the same flattener presets.

- Dov