Quark Xpress (general info – both formats)

•Make sure you don’t use hairlines (very thin lines) in your document. All lines must be a minimum of 1 point in width to be printed.
•No picture boxes with a fill of none, unless it is Vector Art or EPS with clipping paths being used in that box.
• When using the colorlist menu in Quark to fill a large box or area with "BLACK", the film will only produce that black color with the BLACK plate. To achieve a rich or deep BLACK, make a new color in your list called "process black" with these values:

CYAN: 40% MAGENTA:40% YELLOW:20% BLACK:100%

This only applies to large fill areas. NEVER use rich black for small type or lines. This could cause blurring in those areas.

To export a file from Quark: (option A)

In the "File" menu, select "Export Page as EPS".
Click "Yes" in the "Download fonts with this EPS file" box that appears.
In the resulting dialog box, choose a location for the file, and make sure the settings are as follows:

Scale: 100%
Format: Color
Data: Binary
OPI: Include Images
Spread: Checked

Click "Save"

If a box appears that says "Some disk files for pictures in this document are missing or have been modified.", click "List Pictures"

Select any files in the list that are marked "missing" or "modified" and click update.
When there are no more files in the list, click "Save as EPS". Click OK in any resulting dialog boxes.
Your file is now saved as an EPS format.

Next, open the EPS file you just created in Photoshop. Click OK in the "Rasterize Generic EPS Format" window.

In the "File" menu, click "Save a copy..."
Save the file as a .JPG file with the following settings:

Quality: Highest setting
Format: Baseline ("Standard")

Congratulations, you have successfully exported a file from Quark XPress!!

To export a file from Quark: (option B)

You will need Adobe Acrobat Distiller and a PostScript Printer Driver to use this method.
• In the "Edit" menu, select "Preferences", then "PDF Export..."
• In the "PDF Export Preferences" box that results, click on the "Job Options" tab and be sure the settings are as follows:

• Override Distiller's Job options: Checked
• Embed all fonts: Checked
• Subset fonts below: Unchecked
• ASCII Format: Unchecked
• Compress text and line art: Unchecked
• Color Images:
Compression: None
Resolution: Keep Resolution
• Grayscale Images:
Compression: None
Resolution: Keep Resolution
•Monochrome Images:
Compression: None
Resolution: Keep Resolution

• Click the "Output" tab and be sure the settings are as follows:

• Printer Description: Select "Acrobat Distiller" from the list
• Separations: Unchecked
• Use OPI: Checked, select "Include images" from list
• Registration: Off
• Bleed: Page Items Only

• Click OK to export the PDF file

• Next, open the PDF file you just created in Photoshop. If it is a multi-page document, select a page in the next window and click OK.

• In the "File" menu, click "Save a copy..."
Save the file as a .JPG file with the following settings:

Quality: Highest setting
Format: Baseline ("Standard")

Congratulations, you have successfully exported a file from Quark XPress!