PDF Publishing and Printing Problems

[Jared A. Sorensen]

Hey, all.

I'm trying to InSpectres ready for a "Kinko's special" print-run but I'm having problems with the whole resolution/image size thing.

I have created an alternate (300 dpi) cover but now what? If I just replace my old cover page in the PDF, the new cover page is 3x the size of the other pages.

Any ideas/suggestions? I've looked around on the web but it's like reading greek.

[Matt Snyder]

Hey, all.
I have created an alternate (300 dpi) cover but now what? If I just replace my old cover page in the PDF, the new cover page is 3x the size of the other pages.

Jared, by that do you mean it's 3x the size in terms of memory, or in terms of actual physical size -- that is, "print size"?

If it's the former, you may want to consider bringing down the resolution to 233 dpi or even as low as 150 (depending on the image). This obviously reduces file size, which can get right up there when you use 300 dpi images, esp. large ones. So long as you're trying to print copies to sell/handout/whatever, why worry about file size? If you can get it to Kinkos, via Zip, CD-R or even download on their machines, they should have no problem being able to print.

If your problem is the later -- that is, the image is wider/taller than the old one, you need to resize the image, likely using Photoshop. When you do this, take care not to change the resolution. What you reall want to change is PRINT SIZE. Figure out what the old image's print size is, and replicate that on the new one WITHOUT changing resolution (unless you really want to!) or "screen size."

Hope this helps. Contact me if you'd like any help with resizing or making it into a PDF. I have some nifty software settings that help that ol' PDF conversion (assuming I can open whatever you created it in).

Matt

[Jared A. Sorensen]

Yes, print size...the memory is not an issue.

Thanx!