Pearson Education, Inc., 221 River Street, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, (Pearson) presents this site to provide information about Adobe Press products and services that can be purchased through this site. Ask your printer whether you should save your file in a PDF/X format. PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, and PDF/X-4 are the most popular formats each is designed for a different purpose. Using PDF/X-compliant files eliminates the most common errors in file preparation: fonts that aren't embedded, incorrect color spaces, missing images, and overprinting and trapping issues.
PDF/X is a subset of the Adobe PDF specification, and it requires that PDF files meet specific criteria, resulting in more reliable PDF files.
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No matter where you're creating a PDF file for professional printing, ensure that you're using the Press-Quality PDF settings file or the settings file recommended by your printer.
By default, Acrobat PDFMaker in Microsoft Office creates PDF files using the Standard settings file, which doesn't meet the requirements for most high-end printing. The PDF settings file determines how image data is saved, whether fonts are embedded, and whether colors are converted. When you create the PDF file, make sure that you're using the appropriate settings.
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Read the end-user license agreement (EULA) before purchasing a font, to ensure that it permits embedding. To minimize the chance of complications, embed fonts in the PDF file. Certainly, technical problems found while you're still working in the authoring program are easier to fix than problems found in Acrobat or on a printing press. The earlier you can identify and fix a problem, the easier and less expensive it is to fix. Additionally, if the authoring application provides a preflight feature, use it to identify missing fonts, unlinked images, or other issues that could result in problems down the road. Carefully proof the content and formatting before creating a PDF file. Early in the workflow, you have more context for problems, and more options for fixing them.