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Can tiffs be 'embeded' in a PDF?

Jul 18, 2012 3:09 AM

Categories: Macintosh Tags: #pdf #tiff

Can tiff images be included/embeded in a PDF, without them being automatically/internally converted to jpeg?

 

The reason I ask, is becuase I would like to make a PDF for repro but I do not want to use jpegs.

 

If the answer is 'no' then are there any other ways of providing a PDF for repro, that prints using the tiff originals?

 

Many thanks for any pointers/help.

 

Grant

371 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: AbhigyanModi, Jul 20, 2012 12:36 AM
 
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  • Bill@VT
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    1. Bill@VT,
    Jul 18, 2012 5:46 AM   in reply to grantfs
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    Not sure. An easy way to find out is to open a TIFF in Acrobat to create a new PDF. Then go to the tools or advanced menu (in AA9 is Advanced>Document Processing>Export all Images) and see if you get back the original TIFF. You have to select the type and TIFF is there.

     
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  • Dave Merchant
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    2. Dave Merchant,
    Jul 18, 2012 5:49 AM   in reply to grantfs
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    'Native' TIFF objects cannot be placed on a page, but you can change the image compression settings in Distiller to use ZIP so the data remains lossless (JPEG2000 is another option but less supported by commercial printers).

     
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    3. MichaelKazlow,
    Jul 18, 2012 8:08 AM   in reply to grantfs
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    If I remember correctly, when you open a tiff in Acrobat, it is not converted to jpg. It is stored in a non-lossy format. I cannot tell you the format used in storage.

     
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    4. AbhigyanModi,
    Jul 20, 2012 12:36 AM   in reply to MichaelKazlow
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    By default, monochrome Tiff files are convered to JBIG2 (lossless). Grayscale and Color tiff files are converted to JPEG, medium quality. You can change this in preference panel - Edit>Preferences->Convert to PDF->Tiff->Edit Settings and as Dave suggested, use a lossless format (zip or JPEG2000 lossless) or higher quality JPEG

     
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