Yakuts again
Friday, January 22, 2010Formatting a book can be a straight-forward deal. The Lamb in Yakut was that at first. First we receive the translated files, I simply copy / paste the information into the book, save a PDF and send that to be checked. Any changes that are needed come back and take care of those and send a file to be checked again. This process usually happens 3-4 times before everyone is happy with how it goes.
Such was the case here, until we went to print. The printer said he couldn’t use the file I sent (which was the same as what I send to every print job I’ve done to date), oh, and the page size needed to change. This is a little more work because now all the design needs to be tweaked to accommodate the new size. This wasn’t too big of a job (only a day’s work) and progressed rather methodically. But the file type was still a problem.
The solution, as first thought, was to send PostScript files instead of PDF. That’s all find and good, except they are at least 10x the size. So instead of 300mb of files, we are looking at 3gb of data. While it is possible, it’s difficult finding a service that you can use to send so much data. After a bit, they got back to me and said if I use Distiller on the PS files, that should work just fine.
So, that’s what I did today. Created PostScript files, transcoded w/ Distiller and sent via http://www.transferbigfiles.com. I’ll find out later if all is well, or if changes are needed yet. It is my hope / prayer that all is well, as it’s a project that has been in the works for (as far as my involvement) for over 7 months. It is neat to see things come together.
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