Troubleshoot preparing files for commercial printing

My file is too big to fit on a disk

If you're handing off your files in Publisher format to a commercial printing service, you can do one of the following:

My commercial printing service won't accept Publisher files

If your commercial printing service doesn't accept Publisher files, hand off your publication as a PostScript file. Do all of the following:

Save your publication as a PostScript file

  1. Open the publication you want to save as a PostScript file.
  2. On the File menu, click Save As.
  3. In the File name box, type a name for the file. You don’t need to type a file name extension–Publisher automatically adds .ps to the end of the file name you type.
  4. In the Save as type box, click PostScript.
  5. Click Save.

Set up your publication for process- or spot-color printing

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, and then click Color Printing.
  2. In the Color Printing dialog box, click Process colors (CMYK) plus Spot color(s) to select it
  3. In the Name list, click the PostScript printer or the output device you want. If necessary, install a PostScript printer.

    How?

    Consult your commercial printing service about which PostScript printer you should install, and where you should install it from.

    1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
    2. Double-click Add Printer.
    3. Complete the steps in the Add Printer Wizard.

Print color separations or a composite file

  1. On the File menu, click click Print, and then do one of the following:
  2. Do one or all of the following:
  3. Click Save.

Note   Publisher does not provide composite CMYK PostScript output. Publisher is outputs as composite RGB PostScript output. Contact your commercial print service to determine if they accept RGB composite.

The Print Separations option is not available

To print separations, you first must set up your publication for process-color (CMYK) or spot-color printing, (Tools menu, Commercial Printing Tools, Color Printing). Then you can choose to print separations (File menu, Print, Print separations).