From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/25253 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henning Hraban Ramm Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Resolution of the images Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:22:43 +0100 Message-ID: <50C14752-6FBF-4759-B207-CA090A06C59C@fiee.net> References: <43CB8209.50904@wapf.ch> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137428680 23460 80.91.229.2 (16 Jan 2006 16:24:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:24:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jan 16 17:24:36 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EyX9m-00063n-G2 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:24:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37279127F0; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:24:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 32321-03; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:24:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44FCF127F1; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:22:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A61FC127F1 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:22:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 32153-05 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:22:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.187]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 6596E127F0 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:22:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [83.76.56.211] (helo=[10.128.9.3]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu10) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML31I-1EyX813OVW-0001WL; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:22:46 +0100 In-Reply-To: <43CB8209.50904@wapf.ch> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:71ece21a21b2fa6ef1812787a4eaee0e X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:25253 Archived-At: Am 2006-01-16 um 12:22 schrieb Andreas Wapf: > How does texexec --pdf file.tex includes the images into the target =20= > pdf file? > Does texexec process modify the images? > What is the target resolution of the pdf? - texexec, i.e. pdftex, just embeds images (also pdf) without =20 changing them, besides scaling - a PDF has no resolution, only some embedded contents may have any > How should I optimize the process for digital or offset printing? - define your colors in cmyk (at least *also*) - prepare your pictures for the right resolution; if you need two =20 versions (say web and print) you'd need to prepare both; you should =20 name highres and lowres the same, only put them in different =20 directories, so you could use mode sections that define the image path. - the right resolution depends from the printing method and the =20 screening. a common rule of thumb for color and greyscale pictures is "twice the =20= screen" (res. in dpi, screen in lpi), but \sqrt{2} would in fact be =20 enough. line art pictures should have the resolution of the printing device, =20 but 800 dpi is mostly enough. - if some elements should touch the paper border, they must "bleed" =20 2-3 mm over to avoid white "flashers" after cutting; that contains =20 that the printing paper sheet is bigger than your final paper size. - you can prepare book(let) ordering of your pages with ConTeXt; =20 that's called "imposition" in prepress and "arranging" in ConTeXt. What else do you need to know? Perhaps you're interested in my formula collection for printing =20 engineers: http://www.fiee.net/texnique/?menu=3D0-2-1&lang=3Dde (source is LaTeX, unfortunately) Gr=FC=DFlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)