Creating PDF Files from Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop:

Adobe makes it very easy to create PDFs. With Creative Suite 2 and later, Illustrator and Photoshop share settings with each other; Indesign and Acrobat Disitiller so you may directly export press-ready PDFs from any program in the Creative Suite. Follow the instructions below for the version you are using. If you have any questions about preparing press-ready PDFs, feel free to email JSM technical support.

Adobe Illustrator CS3 – CS5
This guide contains full workflow information for creating PDFs from Adobe Illustrator CS3 and later. These versions of llustrator will work best with the JSM PDF X4 setting.

Adobe Illustrator CS2
Illustrator CS2 is too old to produce a certified PDF X4 file but it will work to create PDFs with the custom JSM "PDF X4 like" setting.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 – CS5
Photoshop is not a design program and should not be used for layout. However if you have a file created in Photoshop these settings can be used to output a PDF. Different settings are supplied for CS2 and CS3 through CS5.