

Then select the following options: Under “Marks and Bleeds” select a. Choose Adobe PDF Preset “Press Quality”ĥ. For “Save As Type” (Windows) or “Format” (Mac OS), choose “Adobe PDF”, and then click Save.Ĥ.

Specify a name and location for the file.ģ. Regardless of the method chosen, a press quality pdf should be the result.Ģ. Many programs provide several methods to make a pdf file (printing to a pdf driver, saving a file as a pdf and exporting the file as a pdf).īelow is a list of how to convert a file to pdf document in some of the more popular programs. A PDF is the preferred format because it packages all the components of your file including fonts, color information and other important settings while still allowing the printer flexibility to make modifications to the file and prep it for printing. While printers can work with files from many design applications it is best to provide your printing partner a press quality PDF.

Any additional file controls had to be set in another program.īy adding PDF-level permission control to Preview, Apple also had to update how you set a password for the file. However, this password only controlled whether someone possessing it could open the file. Monterey changes up the PDF permissions game, starting with the Save dialog.īefore Monterey, Preview let you set a password when you used File > Save As for a PDF file or chose File > Export as PDF.
