7.67.52015-05-06

Adjust the Image Quality Options

To set the default image quality and the photo quality compression level:

  1. Double-click on the Document node.

  2. In the Document properties dialog box, click Resource options and adjust the compression options.

    Image quality: Select the image quality for this image resource.

    Photo quality compression level: Set the compression level you want PlanetPress Design to use for image resources of Photo image quality. Legal values are 1 to 100. Compression may affect print speed because each image on the printer must be uncompressed at print time, which may affect print quality. Some formats such as JPEG compression may cause image degradation, whereas LZW compression does not. The user can select the type and degree of depression PlanetPress Design uses to send to the printer.

    A. Force PostScript mode option; B. Refresh List button; C. Save to File button

    Force PostScript mode: Select this option when the destination printer is used for printing jobs in other formats such as PJL, and when PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools is not sending the output to the printer’s hard disk. When this option is selected, PlanetPress Design inserts the following command statement [Esc]%-12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = POSTSCRIPT to precede the document as well as any other command statement.

    Refresh List: Click this button to refresh the list of available hosts to which the images may be downloaded.

    Save to File: Click this button to save all the image files in the Files to download list to the filename you specify with a PS file extension. The Image Downloader makes a copy of each image, applies the image settings to the copy, and then converts the copy to PostScript.

  3. Click OK.

  4. When you add an image resource to the document, PlanetPress Design associates the specified image quality with that image resource. If you selected Photo as the image quality, it uses the specified compression to compress the image resource when it converts the document.

To adjust the compression algorithm for an individual image resource in the document: