from Photoshop to PDF without losing quality

[DJ KLIM]

Hello! Please tell me how to save from Photoshop to PDF without losing quality? No matter how I tried, the color is still lost... Attachment settings

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please post meaningful screenshots on the Forum directly. 

And meaningful information like what is the image’s Color Space, which pdf settings did you use, where are you viewing the pdf, …? 

[DJ KLIM]

Viewing in Reader DC Pro

[c.pfaffenbichler]

What is the image’s original Color Space? 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Acrobat will usually use the Simulation Profile to display. 

So if your image is in a (large) RGB Space it may be displayed in a (smaller) CMYK Space, even though the pdf contains the RGB data. 

Please post screenshots from Photoshop (with the Status Bar set to »Document Profile«) and Acrobat (with the Output Panel visible). 

[Test Screen Name]

There is no app "Reader DC". There is "Acrobat Reader DC" and "Acrobat Pro DC" - it cannot be both.

Please describe your steps to create. Do you print to PDF? Save as PDF? Convert in Acrobat? Convert in Windows?

Please show screen shots of what you expect, and the lost colour.

[DJ KLIM]

Acrobat Pro DC for view!

For create I use Save as in the Photoshop. (Save as copy)

First screen shot - view in photoshop, second - in Pro DC

Photoshop original viewDC Pro view after save to PDF

[c.pfaffenbichler]

What is the image’s original Color Space? 

[DJ KLIM]

Adobe RGB (1998)

[c.pfaffenbichler]

That’s fairly big so some clipping is to be expected in separating the image to CMYK. 

What is the Simulation Profile in Acrobat? FOGRA39, US Web Coated, …? 

[DJ KLIM]

I don't know... where can I see it?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please post screenshots from Photoshop (with the Status Bar set to »Document Profile«) and Acrobat (with the Output Preview Panel visible). 

[DJ KLIM]

Can't find Status Bar set to »Document Profile... Where is it?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

The Status Bar is in Photoshop at the lower left corner of image windows. 

Your Simulation Profile is U.S.Web Coated … so the result should look the same as if you converted the RGB to that Space in Photoshop. 

Have you talked to your print provider about theur actual requirements? 

Because »no conversion« and »don’t include profile« make for a dangerous combination.  

[DJ KLIM]

I don't have a print provider. I have my own Konica Minolta C258. I don't know real requirements for it

[Test Screen Name]

Printing to a desktop printer like this, you certainly don't want to convert to CMYK at all. Work in RGB, keep profiles. Experiment with printing settings. This printer is sold as an office copier/printer, not something for quality graphics, but experiment and you may get something acceptable. But don't try to go down the same route that someone would go, if they were going to a print provider.

In fact, consider why are you making a PDF at all... While PDF is often needed with a print provider, but you can just try printing from Photoshop.

[DJ KLIM]

Yes, from Photoshop prints perfectly, but the fact is that my notebooks are printed on both sides of the sheet. So I export all pages to pdf and combine them into one pdf. If photoshop could print on both sides, of course I would do so )

[DJ KLIM]

This is pages of my workbook. How can I send it to printer for print on both sides?

[DJ KLIM]

Please help me with saving as pdf from photohop. What settings should I use for better print quality preservation?