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Downsampling to 150

Feb 1, 2012 9:11 AM

Tags: #pdf #downsampling

Hello all:

 

   I've built a small plugin that creates PDFs out of InDesign documents.  I set the following export options just prior to generating the PDF (sorry about the table format--the forum editor is doing that--not me):

 

 


InterfacePtr<IPDFExportPrefs> CmdExportPrefs(PrintOnePDFCommand, UseDefaultIID());

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetAddStructure(kFalse);      //  Tagged PDF

CmdExportPrefs -> SetIncludeSlug(  kTrue);

CmdExportPrefs -> SetUseDocumentBleed(kFalse);

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExMarkLineWeight(  .25);

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExPrinterMarksOffset(   21);//  .29 inches roughly equals 21

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExSubsetFontsThreshold(100);//  100% of subsetted fonts are embedded

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExBleedTop(          9);

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExBleedBottom(       9);

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExBleedInside(       9);

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExBleedOutside(      9);

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExAcrobatCompatibilityLevel(             IPDFExportPrefs::kPDFVersion16);

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExBleed(                                IPDFExportPrefs::kExportBleedON);

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExColorBars(                       IPDFExportPrefs::kExportColorBarsOFF);

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressColorImages(IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressImagesAut oLZWJPEGHigh);   //  Quality?

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressGrayImages( IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressImagesAutoLZWJPEGHigh);   //  Quality?

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExColorSpace(             IPDFExportPrefs::kExportPDFColorSpacePassthru);

 

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressLineArtAndText(  IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressLineArtAndTextON);

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressMonoImages( IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressImagesCCITTGroup4);   //  Quality?

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCropMarks(                        IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCropMarksON);

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExDisallowImageCrop(       IPDFExportPrefs::kExportDisallowImageCropOFF);   //  Crop image to frame

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExIncludeICCProfiles(     IPDFExportPrefs::kExportIncludeICCProfilesOFF);

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExPageInfo(                          IPDFExportPrefs::kExportPageInfoON);

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExReaderSpreads(               IPDFExportPrefs::kExportReaderSpreadsOFF);

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExRegistrationMarks(       IPDFExportPrefs::kExportRegistrationMarksOFF);

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExThumbnails(                     IPDFExportPrefs::kExportThumbnailsOFF);

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExLinearized(                     IPDFExportPrefs::kExportLinearizedOFF);

 



// process kSetPDFExportPrefsCmdBoss to change current settings


InterfacePtr<ICommand> SetPDFExportPrefsCmd(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kSetPDFExportPrefsCmdBos s));


if (SetPDFExportPrefsCmd == nil)


{



ASSERT_FAIL("Failed to get setPDFExportPrefsCmd");



break;


}


InterfacePtr<IPDFExportPrefs> pdfExportPrefs(SetPDFExportPrefsCmd, UseDefaultIID());


if (pdfExportPrefs == nil)


{



ASSERT_FAIL("Failed to get IPDFExportPrefs/pdfExportPrefs");



break;


}


pdfExportPrefs -> CopyPrefs(CmdExportPrefs);


CmdUtils::ProcessCommand(SetPDFExportPrefsCmd);

 

With this set of options, some of our images are getting downsampled to 150 dpi when they otherwise have decent resolution.

 

I removed all the compression lines, for example:

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetCompressColorAbove(   300);//Color:  300JPEG 

CmdExportPrefs -> SetCompressGrayAbove(    300);//Grayscale 300JPEG

CmdExportPrefs -> SetCompressMonochromeAbove( 1200);//  1 bit 1200 CCITT

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressColorImages(IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressImagesAut oLZWJPEGHigh);   //  Quality?

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressGrayImages( IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressImagesAutoLZWJPEGHigh);   //  Quality?

 


CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressLineArtAndText(  IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressLineArtAndTextON);

CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressMonoImages( IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressImagesCCITTGroup4);   //  Quality?

Suddenly all of our images were downsampled to 150 dpi.  What's making that happen?  How can I stop it?

 

TIA!

 

John

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


526 Views   2 Replies   Latest reply: JADarnell, Feb 3, 2012 6:17 AM
 
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  • Norio Kawamura
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    1. Norio Kawamura,
    Feb 2, 2012 9:07 PM   in reply to JADarnell
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    Do you try the Image sampling options of IPDFExportPrefs?

    SetPDFExSampleColorImages, SetPDFExSampleGrayImages, SetPDFExSampleMonoImages,

    SetPDFExSampleColorImagesXRes. etc.

     
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  • JADarnell
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    2. JADarnell,
    Feb 3, 2012 6:17 AM   in reply to Norio Kawamura
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    Not originally, but later on as I studied IPDFExports.h and found them.  Interestingly enough they did little.

     

    What finally seemed to fix the problem was a combination of the code you suggest and setting the compression member functions to high.  Here’s the code:

     

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExSampleColorImages(IPDFExportPrefs::kExportSampleImagesByBicub icDownsampling);

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExSampleColorImagesXRes((int32) 300);

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExSampleColorImagesYRes((int32) 300);

     

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExSampleGrayImages(IPDFExportPrefs::kExportSampleImagesByBicubi cDownsampling);

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExSampleGrayImagesXRes((int32)  300);

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExSampleGrayImagesYRes((int32)  300);

     

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExSampleMonoImages(IPDFExportPrefs::kExportSampleImagesByBicubi cDownsampling);

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExSampleMonoImagesXRes((int32) 1200);

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExSampleMonoImagesYRes((int32) 1200);

     

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetCompressColorAbove(       300);    //Color:  300JPEG

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetCompressGrayAbove(        300);    //Grayscale 300JPEG

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetCompressMonochromeAbove( 1200);    //  1 bit 1200 CCITT

     

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressColorImages(IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressImagesAut oLZWJPEGHigh);   //  Quality?

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressGrayImages( IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressImagesAutoLZWJPEGHigh);   //  Quality?

     

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressLineArtAndText(  IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressLineArtAndTextON);

          CmdExportPrefs -> SetPDFExCompressMonoImages(     IPDFExportPrefs::kExportCompressImagesCCITTGroup4);   //  Quality?

     

    Thanks for the information, Norio.

     

    R,

    John

     
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