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Choosing Adobe Acrobat Distiller settings for PS to PDF conversion

In Windows, select Edit > Preferences > General to choose Adobe Acrobat Distiller settings for converting PostScript files to PDF. On macOS, preferences are under the Fiery Command WorkStation menu within the Fiery Impose Plus window.

Select Use server conversion, if supported to allow the Fiery server to convert the jobs on the server rather than on the user computer, and to select the PDF setting that you want to use. Select Use default server settings to allow the Fiery server to use its own default profile.

Select Use selected job options file to allow users to browse and upload their own profile. Server conversion is often faster than downloading the file to the client computer for conversion, and then re-uploading it to the Fiery server afterward. However, this option is not recommended in the following scenarios:

  • Licensed fonts, which are installed only on the user's computer, are required for conversion.
  • If a newer Adobe Acrobat version is available, the conversion must be done with the newer version to support the new Acrobat features.
  • You want to ensure that the Fiery server resources are allocated for processing only, not for file conversion.
  • Users may be connected to a previous version of the Fiery server, which does not support server side conversion.