300 dpi TIFF?

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300 dpi TIFF?

I'm trying to create a 300 DPI tiff from a Pages document, per a printer's spec. I print a PDF, open it in Preview, and export it; but it is only 150 DPI.

How do I change the DPI for tiff export in Preview to 300 dpi from 150? Or, more directly, how can I get a 300 DPI file of any sort (other than PostScript/EPS/pdf) from a Pages document?

Dual Quad Core 3 GHz Intel, 9GB RAM/1Ghz PB 15", Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Nov 27, 2007 9:33 AM

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Answer 1

Network 23

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Nov 27, 2007 10:10 AM in response to Singproinc

I don't see a way to do it i Preview. If you don't have any form of Photoshop, try opening the PDF in GraphicConverter. It was included with some Macs. If it isn't on your Mac, you can easily download it.

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Dina

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Nov 27, 2007 11:22 AM in response to Singproinc

In Pages, try save as PDF from your printer dialog box. Choose PDF-X, which is a common PDF profile used for commercial printing. See if that makes a higher-resolution document from which you could export out of Preview.

I don't have Pages on my computer, but I tried doing a save-as out of Preview. If I start with a 300ppi file, the end result is a 300ppi file, according to Photoshop. So, if the PDF-X thing works, you're in like flynn.

Other than that, I agree, Photoshop is the uber-app for that sort of thing. Good luck!

Jeez, you'd think they'd give Pages the capability to output a high-res file, since they bill at as their answer to Publisher. If you're going to do a lot of commercial printing output, I suggest you invest in the Adobe Creative Suite of applications, or at the very least InDesign and Photoshop. They are full-featured and will make your printers' lives much easier. (Or, you could hire a professional graphic designer, like me. <g>)

It just occurred to me--most commercial printers can take PDF files. See if they can take the PDF file that you generate from Pages using the PDF-X profile.

Good luck!

--Dina

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Answer 3

Singproinc Author

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Nov 27, 2007 12:00 PM in response to Dina

I have Graphic Converter; it doesn't deal with pdf/eps graphics.

I also have Photoshop CS2; but it stopped working, as did Acrobat 7, as did Image Ready. That's another saga, but suffice it to say that Adobe & Apple doesn't know why, and maybe that will be an option in the future.

I have been experimenting with printing a pdf & PDF-X file; even went into Automator and created a new profile. While the pdf's have very nice resolution, the resulting TIFF's still are blocky when exporting from Preview.

For now I was hoping that I could use Pages for... well, Pages. A layout program, that I can print a nice brochure, circular, or full page ad from. Unless the printer/publisher accepts pdf's (which look good, but this publisher doesn't accept those, only bit-map images at 300 dpi), it won't fly.

Thanks for the input, though. I'd like to be able to hand off a TIFF to a printer/publisher if needed in the future. As of now, I can't... at least within Pages/Preview.

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