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1. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
A few points might be discoverable by analysis. Whether fonts are embedded, what resolution images have ended up, for example. Otherwise not really.
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2. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
No.
Because there are thousands of PDF authoring applications and they each have different settings and options.
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3. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
Does InDesignCC include the information somewhere?
Why not?
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4. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
No it does not.
We used to offer it as an option for all Adobe applications but it didn't actually do what people really wanted...since the problem is that there are MANY TOOLS that modify PDFs after creation and so the creation info can become stale/invalid very quickly.
Can you give some idea of exactly what you need to know? Because chances are that there are ways to figure that out...
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5. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
I know how to tell what fonts are embedded, but how does one discover the resolution of images or of the whole PDF? That was one of my main concerns when I first posted this question.
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6. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
A PDF doesn't have a resolution, but each raster image can have one. You can use a number of tools to obtain this information including the Preflight tool in Adobe Acrobat.
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7. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
We distribute custom export options to our customers.
The current way of telling is Document Properties.
PDF Version, Tagged PDF or Fast Web View are the telling things.
But if the line Export Options Used or something similiar existed it would be easier for our "lower level" prepress technicians or even our sales staff to verify our export settings.
I don't know maybe even something in metadata.
Our custom settings are not so specific as to make a PDF not usable if it was not created with them.
But this is our "first line of defense" when customers say "what happened?".
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8. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
Alright. I'll check it out. Thanks.
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9. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
Understood - but it's more important that you check the PDF for features (or lack thereof), regardless of how it was created.
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10. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
OK, What "features" are we talking about?
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11. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
Such things as:
- Font Embedding Status
- Raster Image Resolution
- Compliance with a PDF standard (such as PDF/A or PDF/X)
- Colorspace(s) used
- Use of (or non-use of) Hyperlinks, Form Fields, Annotations, etc.
(and the list goes on)
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12. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
Most of which are controlled by the Export options used;
Description
KK Stevens
PDF Preset: CC to PDF for KKSPC-Flattened
Compatibility: Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3)
Standards Compliance: None
General
Pages: All
Spreads: Off
Generate Thumbnails: On
Optimize PDF: Off
Create Acrobat Layers: N/A
Export Layers: Visible and Printable Layers
Include Bookmarks: Off
Include Hyperlinks: Off
Export Nonprinting Objects: Off
Export Visible Guides and Baseline Grids: Off
Create Tagged PDF: Off
Interactive Elements: Do Not Include
Compression
Color Images
Bicubic Downsample at: 300 ppi
for images above: 300 ppi
Compression: ZIP
Tile Size: N/A
Quality: 8 Bit
Grayscale Images
Bicubic Downsample at: 300 ppi
for images above: 300 ppi
Compression: ZIP
Tile Size: N/A
Quality: 8 Bit
Monochrome Images
Downsample at: 1200 ppi
for images above: 1200 ppi
Compression: CCITT Group 4
Compress Text and Line Art: On
Crop Image Data to Frames: On
Marks and Bleeds
Crop Marks: Off
Bleed Marks: Off
Registration Marks: Off
Color Bars: Off
Page Information: Off
Page Mark Type: Default
Weight: 0.125 pt
Offset: 0.125 in
Use Document Bleed Settings: Off
Bleed Top: 0.125 in
Bleed Bottom: 0.125 in
Bleed Left: 0.125 in
Bleed Right: 0.125 in
Include Slug Area: Off
Output
Color Conversion: No Color Conversion
Destination: N/A
Profile Inclusion Policy: Don't Include Profiles
Simulate Overprint: Off
Output Intent Profile Name: N/A
Output Condition: N/A
Output Condition Identifier: N/A
Registry Name: N/A
Advanced
Subset Fonts Below: 1%
Omit PDF: Off
Omit EPS: Off
Omit Bitmap Images: Off
Transparency Flattener Preset: [High Resolution]
Ignore Spread Overrides: Off
Warnings
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13. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
Right!
And so you check the actual feature (or lack thereof) in the PDF - instead of how the user created the PDF.
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14. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
If customer uses export settings it eliminates many Features that are not needed for printing.
Just having the export settings used would be an easy check before we throw our battery of preflight checks against it.
Our prepress Dept is sometimes too busy to preflight all of the files and tell the customer if they can leave for vacation (actual issue) or whatever is their whim.
So maybe it does matter what settings were used. (not trying to sound grumpy)
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15. Re: Is there a way to tell what settings were used to export a PDF?
BUT what if the user ran some other program on the PDF after it was created - perhaps they combined it with some other file(s) or they added a watermark or (whatever). That could easily change any number of attributes of the PDF BUT it still say that it used your settings - and then it would fail