Recommended Acrobat Distiller 8, 9, X and XI settings for marks

Compatibility

Acrobat 5.0 (PDF 1.4 and later)
Use this setting if you want transparent objects to be handled natively without flattening during the refine process.

Object Level Compression

Off

Auto-Rotate Pages

Off

Binding

Left

Resolution

2400 dpi

All Pages

Select

Embed thumbnails

Select

Optimize for fast web view

Clear

Width

8.5

Height

11.0

Units

Inches

Downsample

Bicubic Downsampling to 300 pixels per inch for images above 450 pixels per inch

Compression

ZIP

Image Quality

High

Downsample

Bicubic Downsampling to 300 pixels per inch for images above 450 pixels per inch

Compression

ZIP

Image Quality

High

Downsample

Off

Compression

CCITT Group 4

Anti-Alias to gray

Off

Embed all fonts

Select

Subset embedded fonts when percent of characters used is less than

0 (zero)

When embedding fails

Cancel Job

Embedding: Always Embed

Base 14 Fonts

Settings File

None

Color Management Policies

Leave Color Unchanged

Document Rendering Intent

Preserve

Working Spaces: Gray, RGB, CMYK

not applicable

Preserve under color removal and black generation settings

Select

When transfer functions are found

Preserve

Preserve halftone information

Select

Allow PostScript file to override Adobe PDF settings

Clear

Allow PostScript XObjects

Clear

Convert gradients to smooth shades

Select

Create Job Definition Format (JDF) file

Clear

Preserve Level 2 copypage semantics

Select

Preserve overprint settings

Select

Overprint default is non zero overprinting

Select

Save Adobe PDF settings inside PDF file

Clear

Save original JPEG images in PDF if possible

Clear

Save Portable Job Ticket inside PDF file

Clear

Use Prologue.ps and Epilogue.ps

Clear

Process DSC Comments

Select

Log DSC Warnings

Clear

Preserve EPS information from DSC

Select

Preserve OPI comments

Select

Preserve document information from DSC

Select

Resize page and center artwork for EPS files

Select