CD label design in .pdf or .ai format to publisher?

[Eric]

HI,

We are doing some CD label design with Illustrator. I noticed that we
can print the .ai file to .pdf and greatly reduced the file size (from
22M to 1.5M.) As I know, .pdf is also vertor based so quality will
remain the same for vector based graphics.

So it is good enough to send just the pdf files to print shop? This
will greatly reduce our efforts as we can now just email them the
files.

I have posted this in acrobat forum but got no response. So post here again.

Eric.

[Gene Palmiter]

yes....that is exactly what it was designed for....portable document file
Only problem I have ever had is with fonts having restrictions...just avoid
those fonts.


"Eric" <echi111@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:78ea5398.0405031602.4d0675ff@posting.google.c om...

> HI,
>
> We are doing some CD label design with Illustrator. I noticed that we
> can print the .ai file to .pdf and greatly reduced the file size (from
> 22M to 1.5M.) As I know, .pdf is also vertor based so quality will
> remain the same for vector based graphics.
>
> So it is good enough to send just the pdf files to print shop? This
> will greatly reduce our efforts as we can now just email them the
> files.
>
> I have posted this in acrobat forum but got no response. So post here

again.

>
> Eric.

[Eric]

"Gene Palmiter" <palmiter_gene@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<SiKlc.22909$wY.3162@nwrdny03.gnilink.net>...

> yes....that is exactly what it was designed for....portable document file
> Only problem I have ever had is with fonts having restrictions...just avoid
> those fonts.
>

Thanks very much.

Eric.

>
> "Eric" <echi111@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:78ea5398.0405031602.4d0675ff@posting.google.c om...

> > HI,
> >
> > We are doing some CD label design with Illustrator. I noticed that we
> > can print the .ai file to .pdf and greatly reduced the file size (from
> > 22M to 1.5M.) As I know, .pdf is also vertor based so quality will
> > remain the same for vector based graphics.
> >
> > So it is good enough to send just the pdf files to print shop? This
> > will greatly reduce our efforts as we can now just email them the
> > files.
> >
> > I have posted this in acrobat forum but got no response. So post here

> again.

> >
> > Eric.