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Color

2007-03-22 11:24:34

Sierra

Registered: Mar 21 2007

Posts: 8

Thanks, Ted, re 16 bit color and Acrobat Reader, etc. So, since an image (converted to pdf from Photoshop) cannot be exported from Reader 8, I guess my question would be even though viewing in reader would probably? be at 8 bit color, if the pdf created from Photoshop is 16 bit, will it print at 16 bit from Reader? If it will not, there is no point in creating the larger pdf, right?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 6.0.0, Windows

2007-03-22 11:41:34

tedpadova

Registered: Dec 31 2005

Posts: 848

Well, if you print a 16-bit color file, it really only prints at 8-bit. No printer can take advantage of all the extra levels of gray that are contained in 16-bit images. A maximum of 256 levels of gray (8-bit images) is all you can expect from any printer.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.