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Sending InDesign die-cut files to the printer

Sending InDesign die-cut files to the printer

From the course: Print Production: Embossing, Foil Stamping, and Die Cutting

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Sending InDesign die-cut files to the printer

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I'm finished with this job and I'm ready to send it to the printer. And what they want is a PDF that they'll use as just sort of a visual reference, sort of the equivalent to the old sending printed lasers. And then of course they want my application files. They want my InDesign file and all the support art that I need to make that InDesign file print. Now some printers will ask you to send a print ready PDF but, even then, they might want to have your application files just in case they need to change anything. So for my printer, I just need a high quality print PDF and, then, my application files. So to create my PDF, I'm just going to go to File > Adobe PDF Presets, choose the High Quality Print. And it's going to go in my folder that I'm creating to gather up all the files I'm sending to the printer. The Optimized for Fast Web View and Create Tag PDF options honestly have no bearing on what it looks like on screen. How fast the PDF is made. I just always un-check those. I do want…

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