PS vs Save as PDF

[Mike Wickham]

> What are the advantages/disadvantages of making a PS file and distilling 
> it
> to a PDF vs the "Save as PDF" option? Thanks.

If you read this board regularly, you'll see that almost all problems 
relating to PDF production result from using Save as PDF. Just avoid it. 
Instead, print to the Adobe PDF virtual printer. It always works and does 
the same thing as creating a PS file and then manually distilling it-- all 
in one step.

There is one time, however, that you might want to print to PS, and that's 
if you create "watched folders" in Acrobat. These are folders that Acrobat 
monitors. When a PS file appears in them, Acrobat automatically distills the 
file. The cool thing is that you can set up multiple watched folders, and 
assign one of Acrobat's .joboptions settings files to each. So when you 
create a PS file in that folder, it will be distilled with the particular 
joboptions set for the folder. If you find yourself needing to change the 
joboptions settings regularly, it can useful.

Mike Wickham