Re: PowerPoint to CMYK PDF for Press? How?


"Papa Joe" <Sorry> wrote in message
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On 2007-06-01 20:05:06 -0300, "Greg" <gsbatchelor@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:


"Mike Powell" <nospamthankyou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On May 31, 6:08 am, "Neil Gould" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Recently, Papa Joe <Sorry> posted:

. I'd bet that someone asking
about handling PPT files for commercial printing may not know the
difference between these options.



Bingo. Now that we've established that I'm not a prepress expert,
does anyone have a real answer?


If you really must go down the path of using Powerpoint for a purpose
for
which it was not designed, you will need an Acrobat plugin such as
Pitstop
Professional or Quite a Box of Tricks.

You will also need the correct colour profiles for both RGB and CMYK in
order to achieve anything like an acceptable result.

Don't expect to get anything that looks professional as the finished
product. The resolution will be well below standard and the type and
graphics will probably be rasterised at a low resolution.

Actually, unless you do something to rasterize it, the type will be
vectors
and any placed graphics will be at the resolution you placed them at.
Charts
and graphs will be vector as well. Upgrade to Acrobat 8 pro and you can
convert to CMYK without plugins. If you use MicroS**t clip art and
backgrounds, they are generally lower rez. I print tons of PPT generated
material and it is no different thant any other file - you get out what
you
put in.


Powerpoint is intended to create presentation which will be viewed on
screen or projected, it is not intended for commercial printing.

Well, half correct. Yes, the primary purpose is for the actual
presentation,
but it is also designed to publish a complete set of support materials -
reports, outlines, and handouts. I run everything from small lots on the
Konica or Indigo to large distributions on the press and other than a
crappy
graphic that somone pulled from the web, everything looks great.

(This is in no way to be considered an endorsement of a Microsoft
product. I
hate Microsoft! I hate Microsoft! I hate Microsoft! I hate Microsoft!)



If you want a professional finish, hire a professional or invest the
time
to learn to use professional software.


Regards

Mike

Is this what commercial printing has been downgraded to... let it be
Digital or offset.
I can't belive I've just seen a printer partly justify using graphics from
powerpoint.
Images will mostly likely be under 100dpi, I doubt anyone is forced ot use
a 25 lpi screen, so this is sub standard. Graphics... vector from
powerpoint? I doubt it's postcript or clean, another big problem.

Where did you get this idea from? If I put a 300 dpi image into it, I get a
300 dpi image out. 600 in, 600 out.
Whatever the internal vector format is - WMF most likely - Acrobat doesn't
seem to have a problem with it.


Powerpoint is not made nor does it store data that is suppose to be used
for anything but viewing on a monitor. Anyone that is trying to use
graphics from this source, either has no choice or is plain stupid.

Again, I don't know where you get this from. Powerpoint IS designed to
produce printed material as well.


My god, we have CTP printers and digital printers that can print better
quality with less dot gain than any commercial press in the 80's and guess
what we do...we throw JPG and powerpoint files at it... Way to go guys.

And they look fantastic. And the customer is happy. And the customer pays
well.



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Welcome to Papa Joe's



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