I hesitate to blame Corel only because in all the PDF testing I've done in the past couple of days, I've gotten the same results from InDesign also. I've seen this as a problem when printing from CorelDraw to PDF. From many years of using CorelDraw, I've determined that it is pretty dependent on PPDs with regards to orientation and digital printing. The problem (what I think is the problem I'm having) is determining what information get's buried (?), embedded (?) in the PDF that makes it rotate to portrait when I A) have to upload that file to our vendor, and B) 'preview' it in Illustrator. )Īnyways, the true problem isn't in 'creating' or 'producing' and properly oriented PDF. ) Trust me when I tell you that I'm that person, that only asks for help after I have exhausted every possible option I can think of and only when I am truly at a loss. I've done print-to-file, I've done print-to-postscript, I've done export as and on and on and on. I can produce a landscape PDF several ways. I'm not sure I'm asking the right questions about this anymore. I guess what I'm really trying to understand is at what point orientation is decided. This does write PostScript (behind the scenes) and Distill for you. You could try File > Print to the Adobe PDF Printer (and making sure you have the proper settings selected). Sorry I can't be of much help for creating PDFs from Corel Draw, but I suspect you have the same issue of the PPD (PostScript Printer Description) not writing in the proper page orientation. Choose Paper Size Custom (this will write in the proper dimensions, with Marks & Bleed, if they are included in the settings) Still in the Print dialog, click on Setupģ. In the Print dialog, under PPD, make sure you choose Adobe PDF 9 (the default is Device Independent, which won't write in your custom page size)Ģ. If you have to create a PDF through File > Print to PostScript. Using this method will keep your landscape pages in the proper landscape orientation. At the top you should be able to select the Press Quality (or modified Press Quality settings that your printer provided) When you click Save in that dialog it will bring you to the PDF settings windowĤ. Distiller is recommended for non-Adobe applications. The recommended method to build a PDF out of InDesign is through File > Export and choosing Adobe PDF (not Distiller). The issue is caused by the method you are using to build the PDF (and original PostScript file). You are experiencing a case where the Distiller settings (job options) won't help you correct the orientation problem. I've tried printing to PS files through my rip and then distilling to PDFs. I've tried printing to PS files first and distilling to PDFs. I've tried this from two different applications (CorelDraw and InDesign CS4) with the exact same result. I've sent them several test files, which they returned with a lengthy multiple step process of how they managed to get my files to work, (open in acrobat, save as PS files, open in distiller to create new PDFs.) I've tried this on my files and still have not had success.
They've told me to open my PDFs in illustrator and that is supposed to show me whether a PDF is truly landscape or portrait but no matter what orientation PDF I end up with, in illustrator it opens as a portrait page. I've contacted them about this issue and they are laying the responsibility solely on my shoulders and I am out of ways to make this work.
I've spent hours tweaking job options for Acrobat clicking and unclicking anything I thought might give me a correct PDF and just when I think I have it right and am producing a press quality landscape PDF, their system rotates the artwork and gets bounced. What this means to us now is that, for example, a 2 sided, landscape business card would result in a portrait PDF that when sent to this particular vendor would end up having the second side printed upside down. But when using 'press quality' job options, any landscape jobs would automatically rotate to portrait. Previous to this change, I would create all PDFs with customized Press Quality job options to retain the highest resolution possible. After numerous tests to make this work, I've finally come here to ask for help.Ī vendor that we use for some of our printing is now requiring us to send them PDFs for all 2 sided jobs that, no matter what the orientation, will print head-to-head.
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