How to convert either NEF, JPG or TIFF to PDF?
Nov 17, 2017 09:18:08 #
Dngallagher wrote:
FWIW Any software package running on a Mac can print to a PDF file - the converter is part of OS X. I think it is built into LINUX as well, if you are running Windows, well, you need a pdf printer driver like Cute PDF installed, unless W10 finally included a PDF printer in the OS.
Windows 10 does indeed now have "Microsoft Print to PDF" as a choice when printing. If you don't happen to have W10, I've used CutePDF for years.
Nov 17, 2017 09:38:35 #
Was going to mention Cutepdf (mentioned above), also Bullzip PDF printer. Also have a look at ZAN printer. It installs, and you print to, as any other printer. It has all the options on colour, resolution , margins etc that you would typically get on a normal good inkjet.
I got it for a similar reason to you - not overly cheap BUT it works. Bullzip is free, also very good but lacking the options of ZAN which is particularly aimed at photo/ imagery and can print in almost any format. As an aside, I found ZAN and Bullzip great for printing PDF albums from my album software. A PDF photo album has the digital advantage of a paper album - photos are in the size, orientation, annotation and paging that you decide.
All have a free download and try
I got it for a similar reason to you - not overly cheap BUT it works. Bullzip is free, also very good but lacking the options of ZAN which is particularly aimed at photo/ imagery and can print in almost any format. As an aside, I found ZAN and Bullzip great for printing PDF albums from my album software. A PDF photo album has the digital advantage of a paper album - photos are in the size, orientation, annotation and paging that you decide.
All have a free download and try
Nov 17, 2017 09:38:52 #
sodapop wrote:
So does gimp, which is free.Lightroom also has a PDF option in the print module
Nov 17, 2017 09:58:21 #
Tried the Win10 Print to PDF and it was not great. Quality was not so good and it cut off part of the photo instead of making it fit on a page...
Nov 17, 2017 10:49:43 #
CPR wrote:
Tried the Win10 Print to PDF and it was not great. Quality was not so good and it cut off part of the photo instead of making it fit on a page...
I don't know if you can do this in Windows but
http://thebackpackr.com/borderless-pdf-printing-mac/
basically you set up a fake printer that can do borderless and then you switch the output to pdf which gives you a pdf file with no margins. If you are using a tablet you don't need part of your screen just showing white margins there is a bezel for that.
Nov 17, 2017 11:07:54 #
I learn something new here everyday, sometimes from the questions.
1. Right-click on an image.
2. Select Print.
3. In the menu box on the left, select Microsoft Print to PDF.
4. Click Print.
1. Right-click on an image.
2. Select Print.
3. In the menu box on the left, select Microsoft Print to PDF.
4. Click Print.
Nov 17, 2017 11:31:01 #
dsnoke wrote:
I want to create a PDF file of one of my photos without losing any resolution. There are quite a few free ways to do this, but none retain the full resolution of the original file. Any pointers. A google search turned up nothing useful.
My reason for the question is that I want to use a printer significantly closer to home, but they require PDF files as input rather than any other format. I have no idea why, but I have not asked yet.
Thanks,
Dick
My reason for the question is that I want to use a printer significantly closer to home, but they require PDF files as input rather than any other format. I have no idea why, but I have not asked yet.
Thanks,
Dick
Maybe this is been said already, but just in case, if you are on an Apple computer go to Print. You will see a drop-down menu choice called PDF. Select Save As PDF and tell it where to save it.
Nov 17, 2017 11:55:47 #
Agree! However, Adobe Acrobat (NOT Reader) will open a JPG as a PDF and then you save as a PDF. I wouldn't vouch for the quality of the PDF for printing.
Strange request!
Strange request!
Nov 17, 2017 12:13:20 #
Not sure why it would have to be PDF, I work with two professional labs, they only print in TIFF 300 dpi format and if I sent them a PDF they would convert to TIFF. The new technology is geared to high end ink jet and laser printers. PDF stands for portable document file, which it's primary use is emailing clients as proof sheets or documents, because it is a safe format for the internet.
Nov 17, 2017 13:59:28 #
Personally .pdf files are just useful for sending documents in smaller file sizes. My printer, for instance, will scan multiple pages and generate a .pdf file to use for sending over the internet.
The quality is just not good enough for any quality printing of photos.
The quality is just not good enough for any quality printing of photos.
Nov 17, 2017 14:19:39 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm surprised that LR can't do that.
I didn’t even know Elements did it (had no use for it), until this thread was started
Nov 17, 2017 17:35:37 #
PDF files will print fine but ask the printer if they can supply you with their printers profile. You will need to convert your images to this profile in PS or other before exporting to PDF. This will give you a better match from screen to print.
Nov 17, 2017 20:42:12 #
OddJobber wrote:
They may want PSD format instead of PDF.
I doubt that very much. Most CMYK process printers have raster image processors feeding their plate makers or electronic presses. Those RIPs read PostScript or .PDF files best. They probably want a .PDF with trim marks and registration marks and color bars.
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, Photoshop CC 2018, and In Design CC can create .PDF files to specifications. Both Mac OS and Windows printer drivers can create PostScript or .PDF output, but with fewer options.
Nov 18, 2017 07:25:33 #
Aaaaghhhhhhh ! All this talk of compression loss comparison. My worry is do you really want to print PHOTOGRAPHS from PDF files? I make PDF documents to accompany instruction talks. The images print very well for those handout sheets but I would not want to print my images to be framed and displayed from the same files. Any conversion to an eight bit file throws away some of the information recorded by the camera. Modern cameras record images in fourteen bit. Setting the camera to record in JPEG instead of RAW instantly compromises the recorded image as a JPEG is an eight bit format. Capturing in RAW and then printing from PDF will also throw away some of the recorded information. Who wants to buy a Rolls Royce or a Cadillac and then drive around in the delivery truck?
Nov 18, 2017 07:42:50 #
burkphoto You are describing printing such as is used in packaging and books etc. I have worked with/supplied data to printing firms catering for that type of 'industrial printing' when getting books printed. My wife worked in packaging printing for some years where the production of plates and multi colour presses printing onto plastic packaging was the core business. That would not be the way to print a few photographs. In fact it is most unlikely the prints would be able to show all the subtle tones of a photograph. The superb prints of Ansel Adams original fabulous photographs still fall short of the actual photograph. I have had both versions in my hand to view.
The OP says he wants to get prints of a photograph.
The OP says he wants to get prints of a photograph.
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