PDF text is screened (halftoned)

[barb]

Well it's not Multi-Ad Creator. It can place a PDF on a document page.  
My guess is that the particular newspaper you are sending the ads to  
don't know Creator's capabilities and are converting your PDF to a JPG.

Barb


On Aug 13, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Jonathan Kreider wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've searched the archives and couldn't find anything related to  
> "pdf" and
> either "halftone" or "screened" that relates to my problem which is...
>
> My local newspaper uses "multi-ad" to do their layouts.  I'm  
> assuming this
> is the right mailing list for this, but I'm not sure.
>
> The problem is that when I send them (and when other business send  
> them) pdf
> documents, they routinely treat the whole thing as an image and as a  
> result
> the text is "halftoned" or "screened".  I have tried to get them to  
> fix this
> problem, but they seem either not to be bothered by it or simply  
> incapable
> of solving it or both.
>
> Not being familiar with either their production system or Multi-ad,  
> I'm
> hoping for a general troubleshooting outline that I can give them, or
> perhaps even use to help them troubleshoot the problem.  I know that  
> they
> use a typesetter with at least 2400 dpi and their news text is  
> crisp, so my
> text should be also.  I'm guessing that "multi-ad" might have  
> different
> importing options and that they are importing it as an "image"  
> rather than
> postscript.  It's possible that my pdf might have problems, but I  
> don't have
> problems with other newspapers and "screened text" is a problem on  
> most of
> the ads that they print - it ain't just me.
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Jonathan Kreider
>
> Kreider Machine Shop Inc.
> 1886 Mt. Clinton Pike
> Harrisonburg, VA 22802
> 540-434-5351
>
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