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For print service providers
As a print service provider, you must meet the expectations and demands of your customers to ensure that the best quality output is delivered. The following resources have been gathered to assist you with some of the common issues that come up in day-to-day prepress and print functions.
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Color and color management
Build consistent, high-quality color workflows with freely downloadable Adobe ICC profiles for Macintosh and Windows®.
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Job Definition Format (JDF)
Learn more about how Job Definition Format (JDF) links together and automates the diverse systems and processes required to produce a printed piece.
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Masks and transparency
Designed for prepress professionals, this document describes how the use of transparency will affect your workflow. It also explains how to optimize the Adobe Creative Suite application transparency settings for your production environment.
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PDF file creation
If you use Adobe® Acrobat® to create PDF files, then you've probably made custom Distiller® settings. A little-known feature of Acrobat Distiller will add efficiency and accuracy to your PDF file production.
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PDF/X
Discover how Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium gives you the tools you need to create and verify PDF/X-compliant files.
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Prepress and proofing
This printing guide, designed for print service providers, gives you detailed information about achieving professional results when printing from Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional.
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Scripting
Learn how to batch process image files and automate key workflow steps with this technical guide detailing how to manipulate and extend Adobe Bridge via JavaScipt.
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Trapping
Get an essential overview of registration and trapping issues and how Adobe tools can help.
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Variable Data Publishing (VDP)
The growing number of flexible, reliable Variable Data Publishing (VDP) output systems is making it easier than ever for print service providers to enter the area of one-to-one marketing and personalized print.
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Join the ASN
The Adobe Partner Connection offers a partner program designed specifically for print service providers. Join the Adobe Partner Connection and receive a range of benefits including access to co-marketing tools, monthly newsletters, and a listing in the Adobe Partner Finder.
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Events
Learn how to ensure reliable print output from Adobe Creative Suite 2 and find out what printers need to know to greatly improve their efficiency, workflow, and bottom line. Register now.
Attend this free eSeminar series and learn the essentials for enhancing your workflow efficiency and your customers' creativity. Register now.
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Industry resources
The Printing Industries of America (PIA)/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) is the world's largest graphic arts trade association.
The International Prepress Association (IPA) is a trade association consisting of the world's leading graphic communications and graphic arts supplier companies.
Founded in 1933, the National Association for Printing Leadership is a not-for-profit trade association for commercial printers and related members of the graphic arts industry.
The online authority for PDF and document management professionals.
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