Recent content by macgurl70

The OP is from a print shop and is having the customer take the pdf proof created to another print shop. If you have one print shop typesetting/designing (or it could be a design agency) and they are taking the original company's pdf file to another organization. The file belongs to the first...

I disagree on the files, especially if they have not paid for the services/design. The file is not theirs to have produced. It is still the print shop's property, and I see it as stolen when the customer does that. As for the PDF, you have to print to a bitmap - not export it. This will keep...

This is true - I remember doing this. However, some of the more recent PDF documents have better settings making it much more difficult. If you have some of the older versions of the programs, yes - it is definitely doable. I do have a question though, why are you providing high resolution PDF...

Actually, you can create security settings on your PDF file that prevent them from printing, where they can view only - or just print out a low resolution version of the file. This also prevents the file from being opened in a program such as Illustrator to pull out any of the documentation...

Hi there, I have run into this issue also - and yes - several font houses have strict regulations on how your fonts are used. I am a consultant with Sogeti (local Houston company) and am on assignment at a print company. One of the issues has been with post script fonts - especially Type 1...