Creating PDFs from Indesign
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:27 pm
Hi Just looking for some advice and to see if anybody has experienced the same problem.
I’m looking to batch produce a lot of PDFs from Indesign so I created a simple workflow to test the quality before getting to involved with preflight and sorting the PDFs.
The input folder is on a volume where all Indesign docs and links are saved this partition is mapped on the Switch box.
A copy of an Indesign file is dropped onto the hot folder, using the Indesign configurator in Switch the file opens and is saved as a PDF with the setting set to high quality. The resulting PDF looks as though its low resolution and the links are missing (really bad quality images).
To see if the indesign file is seeing all the links i’ve opened the said file on the Switch box and all links are ok, I’ve also exported a PDF direct from Indesign to check everything is good and this works the resulting PDF is High Quality.
So my problem is why, is it that the configurator isn’t actually exporting a PDF but just making a PDF with just the previews and not the links?
I’m looking to batch produce a lot of PDFs from Indesign so I created a simple workflow to test the quality before getting to involved with preflight and sorting the PDFs.
The input folder is on a volume where all Indesign docs and links are saved this partition is mapped on the Switch box.
A copy of an Indesign file is dropped onto the hot folder, using the Indesign configurator in Switch the file opens and is saved as a PDF with the setting set to high quality. The resulting PDF looks as though its low resolution and the links are missing (really bad quality images).
To see if the indesign file is seeing all the links i’ve opened the said file on the Switch box and all links are ok, I’ve also exported a PDF direct from Indesign to check everything is good and this works the resulting PDF is High Quality.
So my problem is why, is it that the configurator isn’t actually exporting a PDF but just making a PDF with just the previews and not the links?