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Convert QuarkXPress 6.x documents to Adobe PDF (Acrobat 6.x-7.x on Mac OS X v10.2.x-10.4.x)

What's covered

Configure the Adobe PDF Printer to use the Adobe PDF PPD

Create the PDF document

This document covers how to convert a QuarkXPress 6.x document to Adobe PDF.

To convert the document, Adobe recommends you configure the Adobe PDF printer to use the Adobe PDF PPD (PostScript Printer Description), and then do one of the following tasks:

-- Generate a PostScript file from QuarkXPress using the Adobe PDF PPD and then distill the file in Adobe Acrobat Distiller.

-- Create a PDF document using the Adobe PDF printer from within QuarkXPress.

Note: Adobe doesn't provide technical support for the Layout As PDF command in QuarkXPress.

Configure the Adobe PDF Printer to use the Adobe PDF PPD

Acrobat installs the Adobe PDF PPD (ADPDF6.PPD or ADBPDF7.PPD) to [Macintosh HD]/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj. The PPD provides Acrobat Distiller options (for example, supported page sizes) to other applications.

To configure the Adobe PDF Printer to use the Adobe PDF PPD:

1. In QuarkXPress, choose File > Print.

2. Click the Setup tab.

3. Choose Adobe PDF 6.0 or Adobe PDF 7.0 from the Printer Description dropdown menu.

Note: If Adobe PDF doesn't appear in the menu, click Cancel to close the Print dialog box, choose Utilities > PPD Manager, click Update and OK, and then repeat steps 1-3.

4. Click Printer.

5. From the Printer dropdown menu, choose Adobe PDF 6.0 or Adobe PDF 7.0.

6. Click Print. If you aren't ready to print, click Cancel to retain the selections.

Create the PDF document

After you have configured the Adobe PDF Printer, do one of the following procedures to create the PDF document.

Disclaimer: These guidelines contain information about options in QuarkXPress. Adobe does not provide support for QuarkXPress, but provides this information as a courtesy. For detailed information about QuarkXPress, refer to QuarkXPress Help or contact Quark.

Create a PostScript file from within QuarkXPress and then distill the file.

To create a PostScript file:

1. Choose File > Print.

2. In the Print dialog box, select the Setup tab.

3. From the Printer Description menu, choose Adobe PDF 6.0 or Adobe PDF 7.0.

4. Select the options you want on the Layout, Output, Options, Layers, Bleed, OPI and Preview tabs. (For more information about these options, see QuarkXPress Help.)

5. Click Printer and then click OK.

6. Select Adobe PDF 6.0 or Adobe PDF 7.0 in the Printer dropdown menu, and then continue with one of the following procedures:

-- In Mac OS X v10.2.x - v10.3.x, do the following:

7. From the Copies & Pages menu, choose Output Options.

8. Select Save As File.

9. From the Format dropdown menu, choose Postscript.

10. Click Save.

11. Specify a filename and location, and then click Save.

12. Click Print.

-- In Mac OS X v10.4.x, do the following:

7. Click the down arrow on the PDF button.

8. Select Save PDF as PostScript.

9. Specify a filename and location, and then click Save.

10. Click Print.

To distill the PostScript file:

1. Start Acrobat Distiller.

2. Choose File > Open.

3. Locate the PostScript file you created in the above steps, and then click Open.

4. Specify a PDF filename and then click Save.

Note: You can use the Acrobat Distiller Job Option settings to specify how Acrobat Distiller handles information in the PostScript file (for example, font embedding). For more information on the Acrobat Distiller Job Option settings, see Related Records or Acrobat Help.

Print to Adobe PDF from within QuarkXPress.

1. Open the document you want to covert to PDF in QuarkXPress.

2. Choose File > Print.

3. In the Setup menu, choose Adobe PDF 6.0 or Adobe PDF 7.0 from the Printer Description dropdown menu.

4. Click Printer, and then click OK.

5. Choose Adobe PDF 6.0 or Adobe PDF 7.0 from the Printer dropdown menu and then click Print.

6. Specify a filename and location. (The .PDF file extension automatically appends to the filename.)

7. Click Save.

8. Click Print in the Quark XPress print dialog box.

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