PDF Application Settings

AWWA    Design and Development     commercial, design, pdf, printing, publishing, settings, workflow

The Ghent PDF Workgroup is the organization for determinations of professional prepress standards for the best practices of publishing workflows. Creation of pdf files has become standard practice. Why would someone be interested in this? Simple: if you design something and want it to print as you intended, you need to prepare the file properly for the printer. Most publishers will ask you for pdf files and not native files (ones created by a specific application). Do not expect the printer to fix your mistakes. Your client will be charged for their time in order to facilitate printing.
read more…