Travers Printing, Gardner, MA 01440

PDF Files

PDF files can be created in many different ways with all of the new software and technology

available today. PDF files that are submitted for Print Reproduction however need to be treated

a little differently, proper settings need to be applied to these PDF’s.

All fonts need to be embedded unless you know that we have that particular font.

Resolution needs to be set to: 300 DPI (Dots Per Inch) for Bitmap images

2400 DPI for Monochrome bit map images

When in doubt create all PDF’s at the highest resolution possible for Printing purposes.

Images within a PDF have to be at least 300 DPI for good high quality printing. Images in a PDF

should NEVER have RGB (Red, Green, Blue) colors used, the colors in a PDF file should be

CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black). Spot colors can be used if they are Pantone PMS Colors,

Spot colors should never be created of RGB colors.

Compression of PDF files can get a little tricky. ZIP compression is OK, however JPEG

compression will result in unprintable PDF files. We prefer that PDF files do not get compressed

so as to avoid these problems.






				PDF Files PDF files can be created in many different ways with all of the new software and technology available today. PDF files that are submitted for Print Reproduction however need to be treated a little differently, proper settings need to be applied to these PDF’s. All fonts need to be embedded unless you know that we have that particular font. Resolution needs to be set to: 300 DPI (Dots Per Inch) for Bitmap images 2400 DPI for Monochrome bit map images When in doubt create all PDF’s at the highest resolution possible for Printing purposes. Images within a PDF have to be at least 300 DPI for good high quality printing. Images in a PDF should NEVER have RGB (Red, Green, Blue) colors used, the colors in a PDF file should be CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black). Spot colors can be used if they are Pantone PMS Colors, Spot colors should never be created of RGB colors. Compression of PDF files can get a little tricky. ZIP compression is OK, however JPEG compression will result in unprintable PDF files. We prefer that PDF files do not get compressed so as to avoid these problems.

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