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Distiller Settings for 4C Newspaper Ads

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Distiller 6.0 & 7.0

General Tab

  • Compatibility = Acrobat 4.0
  • Object compression = Off
  • Rotate Pages = Individually
  • Binding = Left
  • Resolution = 2400 dpi

Select "All Pages"

  • Embedded Thumbnails = UNCHECKED
  • Optimize For Fast Web View = UNCHECKED

Default Page Size = 13 x 21 Inches

Images Tab

  • Color & Grayscale Images
  • Bicubic Down sampling to 203 ppi
  • For Images above 304 ppi
  • Compression = Auto JPEG
  • Quality = Maximum
  • Monochrome Images
  • Bicubic Down sampling to 1016
  • For Images above 1016
  • Compression = CCITT Group 4
  • Anti-Alias = Off

POLICY = Cancel jobs when below 100 for Color & Grayscale, 600 for Monochrome

Fonts Tab

  • Embed all fonts = CHECKED
  • Subset = CHECKED AT 100%
  • When embedding fails = Cancel Job

Color Tab

  • Settings File = NONE
  • Color Management Policies = Leave Unchanged
  • Document Rendering Intent = Preserve
  • Preserve Under Color Removal & Black Generation = CHECKED
  • Transfer Functions = Remove
  • Preserve Halftone = UNCHECKED

Advanced Tab

Select the following only ...

  • Convert gradients to Smooth Shades
  • Preserve Level 2 copy page
  • Preserve Overprint Settings
  • Overprint is nonzero
  • Save Adobe PDF Settings Inside PDF
  • Process DCS comments
  • Preserve EPS Info
  • Preserve document Info from DCS
  • Resize page and center EPS

Standards Tab

  • Compliance Standard = NONE
  • Set Trim Box to Media Box with a .01 offset all around
Distiller 5.0

General Tab

  • Compatibility: Acrobat 4.0
  • Optimize PDF: Unchecked
  • Generate Thumbnails: Unchecked
  • Resolution: 1200 dpi
  • Binding: Left

Default Size:

  • Width: 13
  • Height: 21
  • Units: Inches

Compression Tab

Color Images

  • Resampling: Checked and set to Bicubic Down sampling
  • DPI: 203 for images above 304
  • Compression: Automatic
  • Quality: High

Grayscale Images

  • Resampling: Checked and set to Bicubic Down sampling
  • DPI: 203 for images above 304
  • Compression: Automatic
  • Quality: High

Monochrome Images

  • Resampling: Checked and set to Bicubic Down sampling
  • DPI: 1016 for images above 1200
  • Compression: Checked and set to CCITT Group 4
  • Anti Alias to Gray: Unchecked
  • Compress Text and Line Art: Checked

Fonts Tab

  • Embed All Fonts: Checked
  • Subset All Embedded Fonts Below: Checked and set to 100%
  • When Embedding Fails: CANCEL JOB
  • Be sure that no font names appear in the "NEVER EMBED" window

Color Tab

  • Color Management: Off
  • Policies and Color Spaces: Not Applicable
  • Options
    • Overprint Settings: Checked
    • Undercolor Removal and Black Generation: Checked
    • Select REMOVE Transfer Function
    • Preserve Halftone Information: Unchecked

Advanced Tab

Options

  • Use Prologue and Epilogue.ps: Unchecked
  • Allow Postscript File to Override Job Options: Unchecked
  • Preserve Level 2 copy page Semantics: Checked
  • Save Portable Job Tickets Inside PDF Files: Unchecked
  • Illustrator Overprint Mode: Checked
  • Convert Gradients to Smooth Shades: Checked
  • ASCII Format: Unchecked

Document Structuring Conversions (DSC)

  • Process DSC Comments: Checked
  • Log DSC Warnings: Unchecked
  • Resize Page and Center Artwork for EPS: Checked
  • Preserve OPI Comments: Unchecked
  • Preserve Document Info from DSC: Unchecked

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Fact #12

71% of New York Times Magazine readers have taken action in response to the ads they've seen in the Magazine.

  • Source: 2006 Magazine Reader Survey
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