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PLEASE READ THROUGH THE FILE SPECIFICATIONS to review a checklist of requirements before proceeding with the following steps.

3 Distilling a Postscript File with Distiller 6


Select Distiller Settings Check that the "PDF/X-1a" setting is selected.

document setup

Distill Document
Select the PostScript file to be distilled and drag it onto the Distiller window.

document setup

Check Your Work
After the file has been distilled, open it in Adobe Acrobat and check for image quality, word wrap, trim, bleed, etc., to make sure the file has distilled properly.