PDF Setup dialog box

Use this box to process your output in PDF format.

Group by -click the radio button for Single-page or Multi-page grouping.

For each -If you select Multi-page group, select one of these options from the drop-down list: Page, Document,or Batch.

Additional PDF format - select one or more of the following formats: PDF-MRC*, Fast Web View, PDF BookMark, Long PDF or PDF-MRC.

Fast Web View is only available for multi-page documents and may provide faster viewing when downloading large documents from a web site.

  • Select Fast Web View if you want to configure the PDF file for faster viewing if the files are large and downloaded from the web site.

  • Select PDF BookMark when you want to bookmark each document in the PDF file. Group by Multi-Page for each Batch must be selected. Specify the value of each document bookmark using the PDF BookMark tab found on the Index tab. System and/or Index values may be used to produce unique bookmark values.

  • Select Long PDF if you expect your images to be longer than 500 cm (200 inches). This selection will impact performance. Long PDF is not available for PDF-MRC file format.

  • If you select PDF-MRC as one of your additional PDF formats, select the desired Image quality: JBIG2/Group4, Draft, Good or Better.

  • If no selections are made, your PDF format will be PDF.

Image Quality - select JBIG/Group4, Draft, Good or Better when selecting PDF-MRC PDF format.

In general, JBIG2 will produce smaller file sizes at lower quality than Group 4. JBIG2-Better, Group4-Draft, Group4-Good, and Group4-Better are lossless.

PDF Compatibility - select a compatibility option if you require the PDF to be compatible with a specific version of Adobe Reader.

Password - to encrypt the PDF file, enter a password that will be required to open and view the PDF file. Leave the field blank if you do not want to encrypt the PDF file.

OK -closes the dialog box and returns to the Job Setup dialog box.

To return to the Output tab, click here.  To return to the Job Setup dialog box, click here.

See also:

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