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You can generally disqualify any PDF file that is a PDF/X or PDF/A file of any type. Illustrator's save as dialog simply doesn't allow for use of PDF standards with the “preserve editing capabilities” option. If a PDF file shows as a PDF/X or PDF/A file in Acrobat, it means that if the PDF file...

To be very clear, I never used the work retire!

Similarly, we wish that people stop murdering PDF files by pretending that Adobe Illustrator is a PDF file editor. Over the years, some of the most egregious problems that we have seen in PDF print publishing workflows have occurred when PDF files (other than those created by the same version of...

I am neither saying nor inferring that. The compression type and quality setting for PDF export is totally independent of the compression type and quality of the placed images in InDesign (or Illustrator). That having been said, although PDF does allow for LZW image compression, virtually no one...

For the vast majority of photographic images that are properly focused (and sharp) and not ridiculously cropped / magnified and then artificially up-rezzed, maximum quality JPEG compression in the PDF file used for printing typically yields perfectly acceptable results for the vast majority of...

That really is not quite true! The default image compression for PDF/X-4 (and for that matter most of the joboptions for PDF export are as follows: Automatic (JPEG) is not the same as JPEG. You ask “what's the difference?” Good question! JPEG results in all images being JPEG-compressed with...

@steppy , Of course you know that if your PDF file is any version beyond PDF 1.5, there in fact lossless ZIP compression applied to your object streams within your PDF file. Those object streams include but are not limited to all your text and vector content. Unless your systems and/or RIPs...

Exactly what do you believe that there is in “new software” from Adobe that is “less and less compatible with older RIP imagesetter combinations?" I know of absolutely no features associated with printing from any Adobe graphic arts applications or even Acrobat to PostScript printers that have...

Making believe that Illustrator files were really PDF files was a marketing-driven decision made sometime back in the Illustrator 8 timeframe. I disagreed with it then and still do. Too many possible issues … and that's exactly why I make the recommendations that I do, for better or worse! - Dov

Remember that “Font” is a four letter word beginning with an ‘F’ … Quite frankly, we are not at all aware of any issues with saving PDF files from Adobe Illustrator in terms of fonts, assuming of course that the fonts in fact have at least preview and print embeddability permissions (in which...

Someone using my name in vain (if not on-line)? Sorry, wasn't aware of this thread and nobody contacted me directly. ☹ To be very, very clear about this. Adobe Illustrator is not, repeat is not, repeat yet again is not a general purpose PDF file editor, regardless of whatever high-priced...

Exactly how are you saving the Illustrator file? As a PDF with editing capability? Or as an Illustrator file with PDF compatibility? All bets are off on the latter and the former is not particularly good practice. The fonts embedded in the PDF portion of the files saved as PDF are not...

Actually, to be a bit more concise, John Warnock was really the “inventor” of PDF, what was originally called The Camelot Project at Adobe (I've attached John Warnock's original document outlining the concepts). That having been said, if it wasn't for Chuck's unyielding encouragement and support...

FWIW, there are beta test versions of ARM-native Illustrator and InDesign available from Adobe. There are not yet such versions for Acrobat and certainly not for the Acrobat plug-ins that many of us use. I would concur that it is very likely that within half a year, you will not only see new...

Actually, this is not true at all! Adobe is absolutely not forcing you (or anyone else) to use “cloud fonts.” If you unconditionally don't want to use the Adobe Fonts service, simply turn it off in the Creative Cloud Desktop Application. In the case of the Roboto fonts, install those fonts...

Some Further Information With Regards to Deprecation of Type 1 Fonts: Adobe has announced its intention to end support for Type 1 fonts in January 2023. The full announcement may be found at Type 1 Font Announcement. We strongly recommend that any user of Adobe Creative Cloud applications as...

Mazel Tov! :D

LiveCycle Designer is no longer available from Adobe, even on Windows. - Dov

Let me reinforce the urgency of converting those old PageMaker files now. CS6 is no longer available from Adobe. CS6 will not install and/or run under the latest MacOS version and is somewhat dicey under Windows 10. And I don't know of any standalone PageMaker to InDesign (or to anything else)...

No, there is no built-in driver in Windows 7 that is going to properly create PostScript from your applications to create PDF via an ancient version of Distiller that might remain on your system. And no, using a physical printer driver and associated PPD to create PostScript will normally not...