Increase Pages PDF quality

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Increase Pages PDF quality

Hi!

I made a really nice Pages document in A3 size. I want to export it to PDF to be able to send it to the printershop. Everytime I save the document to PDF on Best setting, everything looks really pixellated (in the PDF file).

I've read somewhere that the stock Apple PDF filter changes the resolution to just 72dpi, I don't know for sure if this is true, but it does look that way.

Is it possible to manually override this setting and be able to export a pages file to 300dpi?

Thanks in advantage,

Rijk

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Jan 15, 2015 3:03 PM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

Level 10

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Jan 15, 2015 6:23 PM in response to RijkvanZanten

One of the things you won't find in a Pages PDF export panel is the means to control image compression and resolution. The following is a screen shot from a LibreOffice Export as PDF… panel.

Dragging and dropping a PDF onto LibreOffice will open it for editing, including selecting and exporting the original images.

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Answer 2

Jan 15, 2015 5:27 PM in response to RijkvanZanten

The default pdf filter turns all instances of transparency to 72dpi.

Transparency includes, bitmaps less than 100% opacity, reflections, shadows and specialty frames.

You can try and change the pdf filter in ColorSync and see if it changes anything, but it is notoriously unresponsive.

Peter

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Answer 3

Aug 25, 2015 2:01 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Peter, do you have any good links where one could learn about the ColorSync filters? Per my post in another thread, I'm trying to get >72dpi out of Pages. I found my way to the Color Sync filters (and found another commentator who manually edited the profile files to good effect) but can't figure out how to invoke a new filter in Pages output. (The default filter cannot be edited.)

Thanks!

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Answer 4

Walt K

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Aug 25, 2015 4:38 PM in response to r_marshall

can't figure out how to invoke a new filter in Pages output. (The default filter cannot be edited.)

Copy the default filter and edit that.

Walt

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