IGITAL

DIGITAL

DIRECT

PRINTING

GUIDE

Created for the Customers of AccuCopy of Greenville, Inc.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction: Digital Direct Printing .............................................................................................. 4

II. Tools of the Trade ........................................................................................................................... 5

1. Recommended software products ............................................................................................ 5

2. Internet: Reference sites

III. Sections

1. Creating a PostScript File on a Macintosh (Generic) .............................................................. 6

2. Setting up a “virtual printer” on a Macintosh using Adobe’s PSPrint Driver......................... 7

3. Creating a PostScript File on a Macintosh using Adobe’s PSPrint Driver (Best Way!) .........8

4. Setting up a “virtual printer” on Windows 95 using Adobe’s AdobePS Driver ...................... 9

5. Creating a PostScript File on Windows 95 using Adobe’s AdobePS Driver (Best Way!) .....11

6. Creating a PDF File with Adobe® Acrobat™ Distiller™ 3.0 (Generic) ................................... 12

7. Creating a PostScript file with Adobe® PageMaker™ ............................................................ 13

8. Creating a PDF File with Adobe® PageMaker™/Adobe® Acrobat™ Distiller™ 3.0................. 15

9. Creating a PostScript File with QuarkXpress® ..................................................................... 17

10. Creating a PostScript File with CorelDraw® ......................................................................... 19

11. Compressing files on the Macintosh...................................................................................... 20

12. Compressng files on a Windows computer............................................................................ 21


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Opportunities and ChallengesThe digital revolution in printing has made it possible foranyone with a computer to create wonderful looking docu-ments that could, only a decade ago, be produced with labori-ous and expensive equipment. Once a document has beencreated on a computer, the next logical step is to print it. If youplan on having your document printed by a commercial printeror service bureau, how you prepare your file can mean thedifference between getting quick, quality output at a reasonableprice OR throwing money away by incurring additional fees byrequiring intervention by a professional to assist you in gettingthe proper results. Its really up to you and requires the use ofprofessional software products and the time and care to makesure that your files are properly created.

Technologies…In this new digital printing world, thankfully, there are twogreat technologies that are currently available to facilitate thisprocess: Adobe System’s PostScript and PDF (PortableDocument Format) technologies. As a commercial printer, wereceive hundreds of files a week for output on imagesetters anddigital printers such as our Xerox DocuTechs and Ricoh colorlaser printers. When there is a problem, it is invariably due tothe customer providing us with unusable files. At AccuCopy,we have taken it upon ourselves to invest in the training of ourcustomers in this new digital world because, in the end,everyone benefits. We spend less time fixing problems andmore time creating great looking output. Our customers getquality output, quick turnaround and reasonable prices.

PostScriptA printing device’s task is to put small dots on paper to createan image. Before PostScript, a computer would typicallyrasterize a document to the specific resolution of the printer itwas attached to and send the printer the information telling itwhere to place the “dots”. This technology did not lend itselfto portability. Adobe System’s PostScript technology took aunique approach to this problem and instead of creating arasterized image from the source document, they created a“program” that the output device could “run”. This allowedthem to describe an artifact and have the output device image itbased on it’s own capabilities.

Below is a sample of some PostScript “code”…

%!PS-Adobe-3.0%%Title: Pricing 5.5 x 8.5%%Creator: PageMaker 6.0%%CreationDate: 11-12-1996, 9:42:40%%BoundingBox: 0 0 396 612%%ALDBoundingBox: 0 0 396 612%%CMYKCustomColor: (atend)%%DocumentCustomColors: (atend)%ADBDocumentMultiInkColors: (atend)%ALDOriginalFile: Macintosh HD:Desktop Folder:AccuLinkBroshure:Pricing 5.5 x 8.5%%EndComments

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%%BeginProlog%%BeginResource: procset P6PS_PS 1.0 1%%Copyright: (C) Copyright 1995 Adobe Systems, Inc. All RightsReserved.%%Version: 1.0 1 %%%/setpacking where{pop currentpacking true setpacking}if userdict/P6PSdup begin userdict/P6PS known{/$MetalHead P6PS def}

…as you can see, it is basically a text file that can be viewedby a simple text processor. Of course, it probably looks like“garbage” to the average person, but to the PostScript inter-preter it describes the text and images to be placed on thepages of your document. In this program, not only what theseartifacts look like, but also the exact locations where theybelong is included. That’s why a PostScript file is like a digitalphotograph of the document as it appears on your computerscreen. You will never have text “reflow” or a graphic itemshift. Also, if saved properly, the actual font information usedto create your document is imbedded in the PostScript file.

One of the primary advantages of PostScript is it’s portability.Almost all laser printers, imagesetters and platemakers supportthe PostScript language. As great as it sounds, however,PostScript has two significant disadvantages: PostScript filescan be very large and a PostScript file cannot be easily viewedon a computer. Compression, using utilities like Stuffit orPKZIP, can be applied to PostScript files with impressiveresults - 80 to 95% reduction in size in many cases. However,there is a better way...

PDF (Portable Document Format)To address these shortcomings, Adobe systems has come upwith the PDF file. A PDF is actually created from a PostScriptfile. In the process of doing this, the commands making up thePostScript program are shortened (tokenized) and the text andimage data are compressed using compression techniques - inmany cases multiple techniques - to insure the smallestpossible file. PDF files can be over 50% smaller than theoriginal compressed PostScript file!

In addition to the smaller file size, PDF’s can be viewed andprinted utilizing a FREE piece of software distributed byAdobe called Acrobat™ Reader.

Note that when we discuss Adobe Acrobat, we are referring toVersion 3.0 or later. Version 2.1 is fine for creating PDFs to beviewed on a computer screen but is missing some key featuresfor use with distributed printing.

In the following sections, we will describe how to createPostScripts and PDFs on Apple© Macintosh™ and Microsoft©Windows™ computers.




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Recommended Software Products & UtilitiesWe have found the following software programs and utilitiesvery helpful in the creation and distribution of digital docu-ments. In particular, Adobe Systems Acrobat 3.0 software andprinter drivers make this process particularly reliable and westrongly recommend the small investment required - about$200 through the software mailorder catalogs.

Adobe System’s Acrobat™ Distiller™Creates a PDF (Portable Document Format) file fromany PostScript file. Shipped with some of Adobe’sproducts such as PageMaker and also available forpurchase in their Adobe Acrobat package. Werecommend upgrading to version 3.0 if you arecurrently running version 2.x.

Adobe System’s Acrobat™ Exchange™This program also comes as part of the Acrobat 3.0package and has two primary capabilites - modifyingPDFs that have been created with Distiller and“capturing” documents from a scanner or graphicsfiles (with the right “plug-ins”). It’s editing capabili-ties include the ability to edit text and pages in a PDFmay be cropped, rotated, inserted, deleted, moved,copied and you can even combine multiple PDFs intoa single PDF file or extract pages from a large PDFinto smaller PDFs or an EPS. With this software, ifyou send us a PDF, we can correct mispelled words -something we can’t easily do with a PostScript file.

Adobe System’s Acrobat™ Reader™This freely distributed software facilitates the viewingor printing of PDF files. As with Distiller, werecommend version 3.0.

Adobe System’s AdobePS™ for WindowsThis freely distributed printer driver replaces theMicrosoft PostScript printer driver. We highlyrecommend that Windows users install this software ifthey you will be creating PostScripts or PDFs for us.Note that there is both a Windows 3.x version and aWindows95 version.

Adobe System’s PSPrint™ for MacintoshThis freely distributed printer driver has the ability tocreate “virtual printers” on your Macintosh to allowyou to easily create PostScript files for most laserprinters, imagesetters and platemakers.

Adobe System’s CheckList™This utility is shipped with some of Adobe’s products.It does a very good job of analyzing a PostScript file

for missing fonts and broken graphics links. Runningthis utility against your PostScript file before sendingit to us should eliminate most problems. Note thatPageMaker 6.5 has incorporated the CheckListfunctionality in it’s Save for Service Provider “plug-in”.

ZipIt for MacintoshThis shareware software will allow you to compressand decompress files in the popular DOS/Windowscompression utility PKZIP format.

PKZIP/WinZip for DOS/WindowsPopular shareware compression software. Note thatthere is both a Windows 3.x and Windows95 versionof WinZip. Available at www.winzip.com.

Alladin’s Stuffit/DropStuff/StuffitExpanderPopular compression software for the Mac and nowavailable for Windows. StuffitExpander is freewarethat can be downloaded from most shareware sites.

(Note: if you are creating PDFs to send to us, compression isnot necessary as this is part of Distiller’s function when aPDF is created.)

Internet Reference Sites that we’ve found helpful…

AccuCopy of Greenville, Inc. - Us!www.accucopy.com

Adobe Systems - PostScript info & Utilitieswww.adobe.com

PrePress Main Street - great site for informationwww.pps.com

Download.Com - sharewarewww.download.com

Windows95.com - sharewarewww.windows95.com

Experts Exchange - computer problem? -go herewww.experts-exchange.com




SECTION 1: CREATING A POSTSCRIPT FILE ON A MACINTOSH (GENERIC)

Using Apple’s LaserWriter driver (preferably v8.1 or later), aPostScript file can be created from any application. If you donot have the LaserWriter driver installed, you will need to doso before continuing.

Step 1: Open the Chooser and click on the LaserWriter 8icon (Note: You do not need to have access to aLaserWriter printer to do this).

LaserWriter 8.x (before 8.4)…

Step 1: Choose Print… from your applications File menu.Click on the File radio button for Destination. ClickSave.

Step 2: In the save file window, give your PostScript file ameaningful name with the .ps extension. ForFormat, select PostScript Job. Also, select ASCII ,Level 2 Only, and All for Font inclusion. Click Saveto write your PostScript file to disk. You are nowready to compress the file (or convert it to a PDF ifyou have Acrobat Distiller) and send the file to us!

LaserWriter 8.4 or later…

Step 1: Choose Print… from your applications File menu.Specify File for the Destination. Make sure that theproper range of pages is indicated. Switch from theGeneral section to the Save as File section…

Step 2: Set Format to PostScript Job, PostScript Level toLevel 2 Only, Data Format to Binary and Fontinclusion to All . (Note: clicking Save Settings willsave these settings for subsequent use - but only forthe currently selected printer.)

Step 3: Click the Save button and give your file a meaningfulname. We suggest that you put an extension of .ps tohelp us recognize this as a PostScript file. You arenow ready to compress the file (or convert it to a PDFif you have Acrobat Distiller) and send the file to us!




SECTION 2: SETTING UP A “VIRTUAL PRINTER” ON A MACINTOSH USING ADOBE’S PSPRINT DRIVER

Adobe System’s PSPrint Driver for the Macintosh allows youto easily set up a “virtual printer”, in effect, faking out yourcomputer to think that you actually have access to a printer thatdoesn’t really exist on your network. Adobe distributes thisdriver for free on their Web site at “http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/download.html”. In addition tothe driver, you can also find PPDs (printer definition files) formost PostScript printers, image setters and plate makers. Youmay download our PPDs from ftp.accucopy.com.

After downloading PSPrint and installing the driver, set up avirtual printer as follows...

Step 1: Open the Chooser and click on the PSPrint icon.Select Virtual Printer from the Type pop-up menuand then click the Setup… button.

Step 2: Find the PPD for the particular printer, image setteror plate maker you will be creating the PostScript filefor (remember, you can download these from theAdobe site or from our FTP server) and then clickthe Select button…

Step 3: Click OK and close the Chooser window.

Follow the instructions in Section 3 to create a PostScript filewith the virtual printer…




SECTION 3: CREATING A POSTSCRIPT FILE ON A MACINTOSH USING ADOBE’S PSPRINT DRIVER

Once you have installed Adobe’s PSPrint driver and set up a“virtual printer” , this procedure should work for mostMacintosh applications. For PageMaker and QuarkExpress,you should use the Section written specifically for theseproducts.

Step 1: Choose Page Setup… from your application’s Filemenu. Choose the proper Paper size and Orienta-tion. Click on the Options button…

Step 2: In the Options dialog, deselect the Substitute Fontsoption and click OK and then again to close the PageSetup dialog…

Step 3: Choose Print from your applications File menu. Inthe Destination section, the Printer option will begrayed out since this is a virtual printer. The PDFoption will only appear if you have installed theAcrobat 3.0 software. To create a PostScript file, theFile radio button should be selected. Click on theOptions button…

Step 4: Make sure the proper Print option is selected.Generally, you should leave the the other options setto their default values. Click OK.

Step 5: Click the Save button. In the resulting dialog, setFormat to PostScript Job, choose Binary and Level2 Only, and, most importantly, set Font inclusion toALL .

The resulting file is ready to compress and send to us viaelectronic media or the Internet!




SECTION 4: SETTING UP A VIRTUAL PRINTER ON WINDOWS 95 FOR CREATING POSTSCRIPT FILES

Microsoft’s printing architecture leaves much to be desired.For that reason, we highly recommend that you install AdobeSystem’s AdobePS driver for Windows 95. It can be down-loaded for FREE at their web site: http://www.adobe.com (thelast time we checked, it was at “http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/LIBRARY/pdrvwin.htm”). Inaddition to the driver, they provide PPD files for mostPostScript printers, imagesetters and platemakers. You willwant to download the specific PPD you will be generatingoutput for - check with your printer. After installing AdobePS,follow the directions below to set up a “virtual” printer forcreating PostScript files.

Step 1: Run the AdobePS driver setup program (note: wheninstalling the software, be sure to say yes to copyingthe “setup program” to your system for future use).Click Next.

Step 2: Choose Local Printer and click Next...

Step 3: Choose the PPD file for the printer, imagesetter, orplatemaker you will be creating output for…

Step 4: Select FILE: as the “port” for this printer. Thisoption is what tells the driver to write the PostScriptto a file instead of sending it to a printer.

Step 5: Give the printer a meaningful name. You willprobably want to leave the other two options set toNo. Click Next…

Step 6: Click on the PostScript tab in the Properties win-dow...

Step 7: Under PostScript output format, select PostScript(optimize for portability…) . Click on the Ad-vanced… button




Step 8: Select the following options: Use PostScript Level2 features, Compress bitmap images, and ASCIIdata. Make sure that both of the CTRL+D optionsare NOT CHECKED . Click OK in this window andthen click on the Fonts tab.

Step 9: Select the Always use TrueType fonts option. ClickOK to save the defaults - the “virtual printer” is nowready to use.

If you look in your Printers window (Start/Settings/Printers), you will now see an icon for your “virtualprinter”. Notice the diskette icon indicating that thePostScript will be written to disk…

You are now ready to move on to Section 3 whichdescribes how to create a PostScript file using thevirtual printer you have just created…




SECTION 5: CREATING A POSTSCRIPT FILE ON WINDOWS 95 USING ADOBE’S ADOBEPS DRIVER

This section assumes that you have already completed Section2 on setting up a “virtual printer” using Adobe System’sAdobePS driver. If not, please go back to Section 2 andcomplete it.

Step 1: Select your applications Print… menu option.Override the default printer and indicate that youwant to use your “virtual printer”, in this case theDocuTech to PostScript entry. Click on the Proper-ties… button...

Step 2: Indicate the proper paper size and orientation foryour document. Click on the PostScript tab…

Step 3: Make sure you have the output format set toPostScript (optimize for portability...). Click OK .

Step 4: At this point, you will be prompted to save your file.We recommend that you fully qualify your file nameto make it easier to find. It is also best to write thefile to your hard disk drive as opposed to a diskette.PostScript files will usually be too large for a disketteand writing to a diskette lengthens the time it takes tocreate the file. Lastly, use a .ps or .prn file extensionto make your file recognizable as a PostScript file…

At this point, you will probably want to compress your filewith a compression utility. See Section 10.




SECTION 6: CREATING A PDF FILE WITH ADOBE® ACROBAT™ DISTILLER™ (GENERIC)

Acrobat Distiller can take any properly formatted PostScriptfile and convert it into a PDF file. It is available from AdobeSystems and is included with some of their publishing pro-grams such as PageMaker. It may also be obtained separatelyby purchasing the Adobe Acrobat software package forMacintosh, Windows or UNIX. We highly recommend thatyou upgrade to version 3.0 if you are currently using version2.1 or earlier.

As shipped, Distiller’s default settings are geared more towardscreating PDFs that will be viewed on a computer screen. Youwill need to change these settings to create PDFs that will becreated for printed output. Steps 1 through 3 show the propersettings...

Step 1: Launch Distiller and select Job Options… under theDistiller menu. In the General section, set Compat-ibility to Acrobat 3.0 ...

Step 2: In the Compression section, deselect allDownsample to items and set the Manual Compres-sion settings as shown.

Step 3: In the Font Embedding section, select Embed AllFonts. Leave the Subset Fonts below… settingselected as well. Click OK to dismiss the setupwindow.

Step 4: With your PostScript file already saved, launchAcrobat Distiller...

Step 5: Select Open… from the File menu and select yourPostScript file. Give the PDF file a name, usuallywith a .pdf extension, and Save. Distiller willdisplay its progress. If an error is encountered it willbe displayed in the Messages box.

When Distiller completes, open the resulting filewith Adobe® Acrobat™ Reader™. Check to make surethat the proper page size is showing and that yourgraphics look ok. If everything looks good to you,the resulting PDF file can now be copied to aremovable storage device or transmitted electroni-cally.




SECTION 7: CREATING A POSTSCRIPT FILE WITH ADOBE® PAGEMAKER™

Step 1: Insure that all of the fonts that you have used areinstalled in your system and that all graphics “links”are valid. In PageMaker 6.5 and later, this should bedone with the Save for Service Provider plug-in.With earlier versions, use either the CheckListutility or the Pub info… plug-in.

PageMaker 6.5’s Save for Service Provider plug-in:Click the Preflight pub button. After the publicationhas been scanned, use the tabs to identify and correctthe specific errors reported.

Pub info plug-in:The Pub info... “plug-in” under the Utilities/Plug-ins menu displays the following window. If a fonthas a “Y” under the In Pub column, it should alsohave a “Y” under the In System column. If not,PageMaker can not save the font in the PostScriptfile you generate and, usually, the Courier font willreplace this font anywhere it is used in yourdocument.

Insure that all of PageMaker’s “links” to yourgraphics are valid. The Links Manager… option inthe File menu displays the status of all links in yourdocument. If there is a “?” beside an image, it meansthat PageMaker doesn’t know where the actual

graphic is located and it will probably not print outproperly. Why does the graphic look OK in my file?PageMaker saves a “bitmap” of the graphic withyour document not the actual high-res information(usually a TIFF or EPS).

Step 3: When you are certain that all of your fonts areproperly installed and that all graphics links arevalid, select Print... from the File menu. Select aPPD - either the PPD for the particular printer youwill be outputting to or the Acrobat Distiller PPD ifyou will be creating a PDF file (as will be describedlater). Make sure that you have specified the properrange of pages to image or All and that the properOrientation is selected.

Step 4: Click on the Paper button. Set the Size to the properpaper size you want to output your document on.You may select a paper size that is larger than yourdocument size, in which case you will probably wantto select Printer’s marks . This is often done if youwill have a full bleed. Forgetting to select the properPaper Size is one of the most common errors ourcustomers make!




Step 7: Click on the Options button. Set Send image data to“Normal”, Data encoding to “Send binary imagedata”, and Download fonts to “PostScript andTrueType”. Click on the Normal radio button - donot select EPS. Click on the Save as… button andgive your file a meaningful name, preferably with a.ps extension.

Step 8: Click on the color button and make sure the propercolor options are selected. Is this a composite orseparation?

Step 9: Click the Save button. You should now have aPostScript file that, if you have followed each ofthese steps, should print hassle free on any PostScriptoutput device.




SECTION 8: CREATING A PDF FILE WITH ADOBE® PAGEMAKER™/ADOBE® ACROBAT™ DISTILLER™

Step 1: Insure that all of the fonts that you have used areinstalled in your system and that all graphics “links”are valid. See Step 1 of Section 5 for the best way toaccomplish this.

Step 4: Choose Create Adobe PDF… (or Export/AdobePDF… in v6.5) from PageMaker’s File menu.Be sure the Include downloadable fonts options ischecked.

Check the Override Distiller’s options checkboxand then click on the Edit… button. Check Embedall Fonts and deselect all Downsample to options.Set the Automatic compression options as shownbelow - do not use JPEG as this is a “lossy”compression technique. ZIP and LZW are “lossless”techniques which means there is no information lostduring compression. Click OK.

Click on the PDF Options… button. The PDFOptions dialog really only has one item of interest.If you would like to assign a Title, Subject andAuthor to this document, click on the Edit Info…button and fill out the Document Information dialog.Click OK.

Click on the Control… button and select the CMYKoption under Output color model. Click OK.

Click the Save Settings button to save the optionsyou have set. (Note: this seems to save all of thesettings except the Include downloadable fontsoption so be careful check this option each time.)

Click the Export… button, give your file a name andyou’re done!

The following window demonstrates one of theprimary advantages of a PDF…




Notice the different file sizes. The original PostScript file(Lesson.ps) is 6.5 megabytes. The Stuffit compression utilitywas able to compress it considerably to 156K bytes (Lesson1.ps.sit), but the final PDF file (Lesson 1.pdf) is only 59Kbytes! And, not only should this file print worry free, but wecan easily look at the file on a computer before sending it to theprinter - not as easily done with a PostScript file.




SECTION 9: CREATING A POSTSCRIPT FILE WITH QUARKXPRESS

Step 1: Check to make sure that all of your graphics areproperty linked. Select the Picture Usage… itemfrom the Utilities menu. If an image is improperlylinked, it will be marked as “Missing” as in theexample below. You will need to relink any graphicsbefore continuing.

Step 2: Unfortunately, there is no good method to insure thatyou have all of the fonts used in the documentproperly installed in your system. You will have todo this to the best of your ability.

Step 3: You will be using the Print Job… command to createthe PostScript file, however, you will need to takecare of one requirement using the Print… commandfirst. Print Job does not let you indicate that AllFonts should be downloaded to the PostScript file - amust for reliable output. Choose Print… from theFile menu, and depending on which printer driveryou are using, do the following…

LaserWriter 8.4 or later: Choose the Save as Filepop-up option and set Format to PostScript Job,PostScript Level to Level 2 Only, Data Format toBinary and Font inclusion to All. Click the SaveSettings option to save these options. Notice that theoptions are saved for the particular printer selected!

Earlier versions of LaserWriter 8: Set Format toPostScript Job, PostScript Level to Level 2 Only,Data Format to Binary and Font inclusion to All. Itmay be necessary to actually save an initialPostScript file (do something small!) before theoptions are actually saved.

…Print Job will now use these new defaults.

Step 4: Select Print Job… from the File menu. Choose thePostScript® File option. Click the Page Setupbutton…

Step 5: Make sure that the proper page Orientation andPaper Size are selected. The Printer Type optionallows you to select a particular PPD file. Theexample below shows the Acrobat Distiller option sothat the PostScript file can be “Distilled” into a PDFfile, but you could choose the particular outputdevice that the document will be printed on (useApple LaserWriter IINT if you’re not sure).

Step 6: Click on the Print Setup… button. Indicate color orblack & white printing and separation options…




Step 7: Click the Save button and give the file a meaningfulname with a .ps extension to indicate to us that this isa PostScript file.

The file will now be written to disk.




SECTION 10: CREATING A POSTSCRIPT FILE WITH CORELDRAW

Step 1: Select Print from the File Menu. Select the Print toFile** option and the For Mac option. Click on theSetup… button.

Step 2: In the Setup window, click on the Paper “tab” toinsure that the proper paper size and orientation areselected. Click on the PostScript “tab” …

Step 3: Select the PostScript (optimize for portability)option. Click OK to return to the Print window andthen click on the Options… button.

Step 4: Under the Options “tab”, make sure that DownloadType 1 fonts and Convert TrueType to Type 1options are selected. Click the OK button.

Step 5: You are now ready to create the PostScript file.Click OK . You will now be prompted to give yourPostScript file a name. Save it to your hard disk anduse an extension of .ps or .prn to indicate to us that itis a PostScript file.

** Note: The “Print to File” option in most Windows applica-tions results in an Encapsulated PostScript file (EPS)and not a true PostScript file. In Corel, this optiondoes create a PostScript file.




SECTION 11: COMPRESSING FILES ON MAC WITH ZIPIT AND STUFFIT

Stuffit (DropStuff)…

Step 1: Before compressing any PostScript files withDropStuff, launch it and configure it’s preferences.If you will be sending us files via the Internet, turnon BinHexing as indicated in the second window…

Step 2: Once the preferences are properly set, compressingfiles is accomplished by simply dragging your fileson top of the DropStuff icon (or an alias to it). If youwill be sending multiple files, please place them allin a single folder and drop the folder onto DropStuff.This makes it easier to keep your files together.

ZipIt…

Step 1: Before compressing any PostScript files with ZipIt,launch it and configure it’s preferences.

Compression Prefs…

Miscellaneous Prefs - be sure “By default, smart-strip linefeeds from text files” is not checked.

Step 2: If there is not already an new “Untitled” windowshowing, select New from the File menu. Next,select Add from the Zip menu and add the file(s) tothe archive. The Add All button will add all files in aparticular folder.

Step 3: Select Save… from the File menu. Each of the fileswill be compressed and saved to the archive. Whenfinished, the window will show how much each filewas compressed. You may close the window and theresulting .zip file is ready to send to us!




SECTION 12: COMPRESSING FILES ON WINDOWS WITH WINZIP

Step 1: Open the WinZip application and select NewArchive from the File menu. The archive nameshould have an extension of .zip to indicate to us thatit is a compressed file.

Step 2: The Add window will appear. Select the file(s) youwant to include in the archive. The Shift key willallow you to select a range of files and the Ctrl keywill allow you to select/deselect individual files.Click the Add button to add the selected files…

Step 3: The files are compressed and added to the archive.When you are finished adding files, close thewindow. The resulting file is ready to send to us!

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