Compression Options for Creating a PDF in Acrobat 5.

0
for PCs and Macs
Click on File, Print, and choose Distiller as the printer. Click on Properties.
Under General, the default Conversion Settings are for eBook. This can be changed to one of 4 options: Screen, eBook, Print,
Press. Each of these can also be customized. Click on Edit Conversion Settings to get to the options.

General
Compatibility

Screen

eBook

Print

Press

Acrobat 3.0 (PDF 1.2)

Acrobat 4.0 (PDF 1.3)

Acrobat 4.0 (PDF

1.3)
Yes
No
No
All
Left
1200 dpi

Acrobat 4.0 (PDF

1.3)
Yes
Yes
No
All
Left
2400 dpi

300 dpi for images

above 450 dpi

300 dpi for images

above 450 dpi

Automatic

Automatic

High

Maximum

300 dpi for images

above 450 dpi
Automatic
High

300 dpi for images

above 450 dpi
Automatic
Maximum

1200 dpi for images

above 1800 dpi
CCITT Group 4

1200 dpi for

images above
1800 dpi
CCITT Group 4

No
Yes

No
Yes

Yes
100%

Yes
100%

Warn and Continue

Cancel Job

Base 14 Fonts

Base 14 Fonts

(blank)
(blank)

(blank)
(blank)

None

None

Tag Everything for

Color Management

Leave Color
Unchanged

Default

Default

Optimize for Fast Web View

Yes
Yes
Embed Thumbnails
No
No
Auto-Rotate Pages
Yes, individually
Yes, Collectively by File
Page Range
All
All
Binding
Left
Left
Resolution
600 dpi
600 dpi
Compression
Color Images
Bicubic Downsampling Others:
72 dpi for images above 108
150 dpi for images above
dpi
225 dpi
Average Downsampling, or
Subsampling
Compression
Automatic
Automatic
Choices: JPEG and ZIP.
Quality
Medium
Medium
Grayscale Images Think of JPEG compression values in Photoshop.
Bicubic Downsampling
72 dpi for images above 108
150 dpi for images above
dpi
225 dpi
Compression
Automatic
Automatic
Quality
Medium
Medium
Monochrome Images Other compression choices areCCITT Group 3, ZIP, Run-length
300 dpi for images above
Bicubic Downsampling to
Average Downsampling to
300 dpi for images above 450 450 dpi
dpi
Compression
CCITT Group 4
CCITT Group 4
Anti-Alias to gray
No
No
Compress Text and Line Art
Yes
Yes
Fonts
Embed All Fonts
No
Yes
100%
100%
Subset embedded fonts when
percent of characters used is less
than
When Embedding Fails:
Warn and Continue
Warn and Continue
Embedding Other options: Windows system fonts, Acrobat fonts on local system
Base 14 Fonts
Base 14 Fonts
(list of Courier, Helvetica,
Symbol, Times and
ZapfDingbats)
Always Embed:
(blank)
(blank)
Never Embed:
Base 14 Fonts
List of Base 14 fonts above
Color
Adobe Color Settings
None
None
Settings File
Other settings:
- US Prepress
- Web Graphics
Convert All Colors to sRGB
Convert Everything to
Color Management Policies
CalRGB
Note: if you have a color
management system in place, you
can match color to it.
Intent
Default
Default

Working Spaces
Gray
RGB
Other choices are for Apple RGB and
other specific devices
CMYK
Device-Dependent Data

Screen

eBook

Print

Press

None
sRGB IEC61966-2.1

(grayed out)
sRGB IEC61966-2.1

None
sRGB IEC61966-2.1

(grayed out)
(grayed out)

U.S. Web Coated

(SWOP) v2
None

U.S. Web Coated

(SWOP) v 2
None selected

U.S. Web Coated (SWOP)

v2
Preserve Overprint
Settings;
Preserve Under Color
Removal and Black
Generations Settings;
Preserve Transfer
Functions

(grayed out)
Preserve Overprint
Settings;
Preserve Under Color
Removal and Black
Generation Settings;
Preserve Transfer
Functions

No
Yes

No
Yes

No
Yes

No
Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes

No

No

No

Yes
No
Yes

Yes
No
Yes

Yes
No
Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Advanced
Options
Use Prologue.ps and Epilogue.ps
Allow PostScript file to Override
Job Options
Preserve Level 2 copypage
Semantics
Save Portable Job Ticket inside
PDF file
Illustrator Overprint Mode
Convert gradients to smooth
shades
ASCII Format

No
Document Structuring Conventions (DSC)
Process DSC Comments
Yes
Log DSC Warnings
No
Resize Page and Center Artwork
Yes
for EPS Files
Preserve EPS Information from
DSC
Preserve OPI Comments
Preserve Document Information
from DSC