Saving .psd as .pdf....

[TheWart]

Hi all,

I am working on making some business cards for my gf, and even though I have the design in .psd and can convert it to jpg with it looking fine, apparently Kinko's wants it as a pdf. The problem is that when I save as pdf in Photoshop, the quality at 100% looks like the jpg at 125%. If I zoom the pdf out to 75%, it looks fine, but at 100% it is much more jagged and the text is blurry.

I have tried virtually all of the photoshop pdf 'save as' options, including no compression, high print quality, etc.


Anyone run into this problem and know a workaround?

 

[QueBert]

I've had bad luck exporting PDF from PS myself, I know this isn't what you asked. But have you thought about another place for having the cards made? Overnightprints.com is much cheaper and you can upload just about any format.

 

[littleprince]

Usually somewhere like Kinko's will also accept a high res Tiff.

The reason for a PDF, AI, EPS file is that it's a vector, can scale, and is easy to make changes last minute if need be.

When exporting as a PDF, make sure you select press quality. You shouldn't really have a problem if your document is done properly for something so small.