I have a particularly graphic heavy downloadable PDF - I’m trying to find a way of saving it so that when the end user prints, the background image doesn’t. So they only get the text. Bascially it’s 90 page doc that would eat the ink cartridges.
I’m using the latest version of cs5.5 with Acrobat X
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Nathan,
If you haven’t found a better solution, Evernote has a new product named Clearly that runs as a Chrome extension. I just did a quick test one page and:
Doing this for 90 pages would be more than just a little pain however, it should be fairly straightforward if you used automator to do the pdf printing and then combine all the pdfs into one doc.
Bryan
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That would be fine for me Bryan, but most of visitors to my clients site struggle with normal navigation (sorry not trying to be mean - having a hectic friday!).
The PDF is normally downloaded or emailed to the client - then when they open and print, I would prefer not graphics to be printed. If there’s not option then thats fine.
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How about two versions? One that’s only viewed online with heavy graphics, and one that’s only downloadable for printing.
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I have to agree with Chucka on this one - it seems the most sensible way to go.
1 Printer friendly version sans bg images etc
2 Screen friendly - in all its glory.
I am assuming that this doc was originated in InDesign or similar - if so then it should be easy to ‘switch off’ the bg images before printing/exporting to PDF.
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Bit late - but if it helps - can’t speak for InDesign - but in Quark move the bg image to a separate layer and when you output the publication to generate the PDF for the print version select both layers but the web version just select the layer without the bg image. The downside is that this can’t be done on a master page so you will have to change each page in turn.
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Not quite what I’m after - I’m fine creating PDFs with / without images / changing attributes for display etc. etc.
I guess what I want is not possible: 1 PDF only as it’s purchased through a store. With all images viewable on screen once bought and downloaded, but only have the text print and not the images, as it is a recipe book of around 100 A4 pages with heavy ink coverage which will eat the clients cartridges.
Not to worry.
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1 PDF only as it’s purchased through a store.
Obviously this is a different situation. If I was a customer and bought an illustrated book I would expect to get the illustrations. I think you should leave it up to customer whether they want to print it or not, OR include all the text portions as additional pages they can print separately as an added bonus.
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Yes - If the customer chooses a PDF download as opposed to a printed version then they know the limitations and that it does cost to print a hard copy. I don’t think you should worry about this issue.
My 2c
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Yeah - fair enough.
I was only looking, as my client has specifically asked to see if it was possible - they had been asked by the customer.
But I’m not going to worry about it now - you’re right!
Thanks for your replies.
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