Acrobat Preview issues

[pajdzn]

What is the best way to save a pdf to insure that it looks the same on all systems? I have to send pdf proofs to clients of files Ripped on a Prinergy EVO system, then combined through Acrobat into a small-as-possible pdf to send to the client. But sometimes the pdf previews incorrectly and the clients don't see what the file actually looks like. Any suggestions? I have tried to get clients to install the VPS viewer so that I can send them VPS files but most of them just won't install the software. Besides, the VPS preview really isn't very clean.

 

[Lukas Engqvist]

PDFx1a if you want to view CMYK data, newer versions of reader will automatically show proof of output intent. For slimmer files I send sRGB at 90dpi with simulated overprint. Simulating overprint when exporting to RGB is VERY important.

 

[leonardr]

Make sure clients are using Acrobat/Reader 9 and send either PDF/X-1a (for CMYK) or PDF/X-3 or PDF/X-4 for RGB.

 

[**hansonian**]

We send all our proofs out as PDF/X-1a files (all our proofs are CMYK). So far it's worked for us.