2 Replies Latest reply: May 29, 2011 5:31 PM by Welles Goodrich RSS

    Best print quality using PDF text and Tif images?

    Welles Goodrich Community Member

      I'm (an Acrobat newbie) creating a fairly large document which is equally text and images in Acrobat 9 Pro. The text files were created in Word and saved as PDFs. The images are color TIFFs sized for letter sized pages. I wish to end up with two versions of this document, a print version and a screen version with links, bookmarks etc.

       

      To get the best quality inkjet print possible from my PDF without regard to file size is my first goal. It seems that I should go into Preferences > Convert to PDF > TIFF and use the Edit Settings... button to select Zip compression in the Color: drop down menu. Then select the large File Size: icon at the bottom right of the Combine Files window. Does that sound right?

       

      Thanks.

        • 1. Re: Best print quality using PDF text and Tif images?
          MichaelKazlow CommunityMVP

          The best print quality is to directly print from Acrobat, remember every processing of information results in less information and fidelity. The links and bookmarks will have no effect on printing the file. If you wish to have a smaller sized file for viewing on the internet there are setting in the PDF optimizer for reducing the size of the file.

          • 2. Re: Best print quality using PDF text and Tif images?
            Welles Goodrich Community Member

            Thanks Michael for your generally good advice. I actually answered my own question about setting up the highest quality print by performing the steps I outlined in the second paragraph of my initial post. After printing a couple of samples and studying the results with a loupe, I found saving the TIFFs with Zip compression as opposed to the maximum quality JPEG. files was the way to go although almost no one would know the difference without intense scrutiny. Honestly I'd prefer Adobe offer LZW instead of Zip as the option for how Acrobat deals with TIFF files but perhaps there's a technical reason which would preclude that option.