PDFWriter versus Acrobat Distiller
PDFWriter
is a printer driver that converts files to PDF quickly. It is
most suitable for documents that contain mainly text. Here are
a few guidelines that can help you decide when to use PDFWriter:
- You're
converting simple business documents, such as those
created with Microsoft Word or Excel
- Your
documents do not contain Encapsulated PostScript
(EPS) graphics
- Your
system has a limited amount of RAM. You want to
produce PDF files more quickly than you can with
Distiller
Distiller
creates a PDF file from a PostScript version of a document. A
PDF file created by Distiller maintains all the formatting, graphics,
and photographic images from the original document, and it provides
more precise control over the conversion process than PDFWriter.
Here are a few guidelines that can help you decide when to use
Distiller:
You're
converting documents created with desktop publishing applications
such as Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Framemaker, Adobe Illustrator,
QuarkXPress, or Macromedia Freehand.
- Your
documents contain EPS graphics
- You need
to choose specific resampling and compression methods
for bitmap images in the documents
- The documents
have color management information or use device-independent
color
- You need
to preserve PostScript features, such as document
structuring convention (DSC) comments, in the PDF
files
- You need
to send PDF files to a prepress shop or a service
provider for high-end publishing
- You want
to convert PostScript files to PDF in a batch process
- You're
using the Create PDF File command in Word 97 and
want to include bookmarks and links
- You want
to embed Asian fonts in PDF files
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