Adobe Creative Suite

How to create Press Ready PDFs for Still Creek Press using any of the Adobe Creative Suite of applications (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop):

1. Save As… (Illustrator/Photoshop) or Export…(InDesign).

2. Select PDF as the format.

3. Set Adobe PDF Preset to SCP Press or Press Quality.

4. Set Compatibility to Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5).

5. In the Marks and Bleeds section (InDesign and Illustrator only), set “Bleeds” to .125 inch on all sides.

6. In the Output section: Set “Color Conversion” to No Conversion. Set “Profile Inclusion Policy” to Don’t Include Profiles.

7. In the Advanced section, set “subset fonts…” to 0%.

8. Click Save PDF

9. Review the PDF in Acrobat 7.0 Professional or later.