embedded images in pdf print file

[btride]

hello,

 i’ve being asked by a printing house to send a large PDF file when the images in it opt to be embedded. how to i do it properly before closing file (or during working on it)?

i design it in illustrator.

[jane-e]

@btride 

I've moved your post from Creative Cloud Desktop to the Adobe Illustrator forum.

What joboptions are you using when you create the PDF from Illustrator?

Jane

[btride]

@jane-e  what do you mean in job option?

[jane-e]

@btride 

This is from Adobe Help. The presets for saving PDFs have the extension of .joboptions.

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf-conversion-settings.html

Adobe PDF presets

"A PDF preset is a group of settings that affect the process of creating a PDF. These settings are designed to balance file size with quality, depending on how the PDF is used. Most predefined presets are shared across Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat. You can also create and share custom presets for your unique output requirements. A saved PDF preset file has the suffix .joboptions."

Jane

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

In a PDF images will always be embedded.

[btride]

what do you mean? there are no different preset that i need to change for it: 

[jane-e]

what do you mean? there are no different preset that i need to change for it: 

By @btride

See the top of your screenshot where it says the Adobe PDF Preset you are using currently is Press Quality, which answers my question.

Note also that there is a dropdown menu to the right where you can select other .joboptions.

Jane

[Monika Gause]

No matter what you set up or if you set up anything, images will always be embedded.

That does not mean you shouldn't care about the settings - quite the contrary. 

[btride]

yes, i have my own jobprint option 🙂

but just to be clear and cover up the print house asking - if i save pdf, in what ever quality and joboption - it will automaticlly embedd images? the can not by accident deasapear them?

(by the way, i didnt heard the ask seens freehand-  that is why i surprized and wanted to double check :-))

[Monika Gause]

Images will always be embedded.

You need to select appropriate options for image quality, compression and color handling.

That only thing that *can* happen: if you save the file with "preserve Illustrator editing options" and then that company open the PDF in Illustrator, then the images are probably not embedded in the Illustrator part of the file. They are still in the PDF though. If they are actually doing that, then it would be better to send them a packaged AI file. I mean, you never know how much the person at the other end knows about workflows ...

[btride]

thank you 🙂