Most layout applications have the ability to use Acrobat Distiller or export PDF's directly from your document layout program. It is extremely important for you to know for sure what Job Options are being applied by Distiller when creating any PDF files in preparation for print.
In newer versions of Acrobat Distiller, one of the default presets is called "Press Quality". It is acceptable to use the "Press Quality" option for your Concord Monitor job files, but it will cause unnecessarily large file sizes and may not suit your specific needs as well as creating your own custom set.
It is recommended that you aquaint yourself with editing Distiller's job options and follow these guidelines: Note: Depending on your software version and platform, the screens you encounter may look different than what you see here but the general choices are the same.

GENERAL:
File Options: Compatibility: Adobe Acrobat 4.0 (PDF 1.3)
Optomize for Fast Web View (unchecked)
Embed Thumbnails (unchecked)
Auto-Rotate Pages (unchecked)
Binding: Left
Resolution: 1200 dpi
Page size should be whatever your document size is. (Normally 11" x 14" for Tabloid Publications)

COMPRESSION:
Color Images:
Bicubic Downsampling at 180 dpi
Compression: Automatic or JPEG
Quality: Maximum
Grayscale Images:
Bicubic Downsampling at 180 dpi
Compression: Automatic or JPEG
Quality: Maximum
Monochrome Images:
Bicubic Downsampling at 600 dpi
Compression: CCITT Group 4
Anti-Alias to gray (unchecked)
Compress text and lineart (checked)

Fonts:
Embed All Fonts (checked)
Subset Embedded Fonts When Percent Of Characters Used Is Less Than: 100% (unchecked)
When Embedding Fails: Warn and Continue

Color:
Adobe Color Settings:
Settings File: Color Management Off or Leave Color Unchanged
All other options are grayed out or unchecked.

Advanced:
Options:
Use prologue.ps / epilogue.ps (unchecked)
Allow Postscript File to Override Job Options (unchecked)
Preserve Level 2 copypage Semantics (checked)
Save Portable Job Ticket inside PDF File (unchecked)
Illustrator Overprint Mode (unchecked)
Convert Gradients to Smooth Shades (checked)
ASCII Format (unchecked)
Document Structuring Conventions (DSC):
Process DSC Comments (unchecked) All other options should be grayed out.
Once you have entered and confirmed all your settings for your Job Options, select "Save As..." and name your new Job Options "Concord Monitor" (or something else easy to identify). Typically, when using these Job Options, the result will be PDF files that meet our requirements and print correctly.
NOTE: Some of these options can be changed without compromising your reproduction by advanced users.
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