Creating PDF's

Keeping file sizes low when printing from Quark

[limbo]

I want to be able to serve up an educational booklet as a downloadable PDF. The lowest file size of document I can export the PDF is 120Mb! So I am missing something. I used to be able to print the file using a virtual printer in OS9 - However on OSX the rules seem to have changed.

What is the best process? Is it in a setting from the print menu - or a setting in export to PDF?

We are running OSX Quark V6.1

Ta, Limbo

[timster]

It's my impression that Mac OS X's built-in PDF creation (via the print menu) is geared towards creating a maximum-quality "print document."

To create a smaller file, you can use a product such as PDF Enhancer.

One other thing you might want to check is whether your graphics you use are pretty-well compressed before creating the PDF.

[limbo]

One other thing you might want to check is whether your graphics you use are pretty-well compressed before creating the PDF.

Cheers Tim - I thought someone would mention this ;). I dont really want have to edit each image. They are at print quality resolution now and it'll take 1/2 day to complete compression on just this one qxd (we will be doing many more in the future).

[coolmacguy]

AFAIK, the Print->Export to PDF always uses the same setting. There is no way to edit it. You might probably be better off using a Quark xtension that has settings for exporting to PDF or saving as Postscript and using Distiller.