Printing files at a service bureau used to be a tussle of proprietary formats, with QuarkXPress usually winning. Then more and more publishers began to produce PDF files for their final output. But Acrobat's original mission as a compact vehicle for onscreen viewing didn't exactly endear it to the printing and prepress communities.

With Acrobat 6 Professional, Adobe took a giant leap forward. The application now includes a plethora of professional printing tools, including file preflighting and ink overprinting, among other prepress niceties.

In this chapter from Ted Padova's "Acrobat 6 PDF Bible" you'll get an in-depth tour of the PDF printing and prepress capabilities of Acrobat 6.

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Excerpted from "Adobe Acrobat 6 Bible" by Ted Padova. Copyright © 2003 Wiley Publishing. All rights reserved. Reproduced here by permission of the publisher.