Yes , I am looking to do that.. to be honest I have been using illustrator since about 1992 and I think until v9 eps was the only file option, so I never really switched over, I was not aware that it reduced the quality of images. So thanks for the advice never to old to learn something. Andrew Sent from my iPad ... View more

Hi Abambo,Dov I am in Australia, just for reference. Attached is a distiller profile joboptions preset, downloaded from a magazine that wanted their PDFs provided to a particular spec. West Australian News magazine I have worked in magazines as well as freelance now, and alot the headaches come when you receive ad PDFs from alot of different designers, some are fine, but alot are not. And against a newspaper printing deadline that’s a huge issue. Getting them distilled to your exact preset, ensures that they rip first time no issues….that’s the efficiency from a magazines point of view. Andrew ... View more

wow you guys are hard core…..what is distiller for then, why was it created? if not to distill to PDF clearly you think it’s outmoded ... View more

Thanks Abambo, maybe you have not done magazine ad work? they actually provide distiller presets, so they receive the file distilled in the way that rips best. Sent from my iPad ... View more

HI Dov, if working in Illustrator for press printed work( which i like for small artwork jobs). You use the distiller to PDF eps files using certain specs like Pre-press artwork. You drag it on the app. Simply saving to PDF from illustrator even with compression settings can’t do the same quality of job. Am using all the latest versions, ...Adobe are investigating because they can’t figure it out either…. ... View more