AboutKen Black Expertise With over 20 years experience in graphic arts as well as working as a preflight and prepress technician for Best Printing Online, I can answer any questions relating to graphic design and printing. This includes but is not limited to Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark Xpress and just about any other graphics related software.
Experience Currently employed by
Best Printing Online, I have been working as a graphic designer and printing professional for over 20 years. My experiences range from original design work including layout, illustration and photography to prepress production and troubleshooting. I have done consulting and training for some of the smallest print shops to the largest design agencies and printers in the industry.
Education/Credentials Occupational Certificate in Darkroom and Printing Technologies from back when light tables and contacting frames were cool. Attended McHenry County College, Columbia College Chicago and Northern Illinois University and strive to attain new knowledge in this field wherever it may be hiding.
Question I'm trying to print only a part of a .pdf doc. I bought printable event tickets on
line. The page is full of intense color graphics and advertising that will waste a
lot of MY expensive ink. I want to print their wasteful color graphics in draft
mode and then the UPC bar to print in high quality.
Answer Hey Dave,
As far as printing different parts in different printing modes, no you can't do that exactly.
Have you considered printing them out in grayscale?
In the print dialogue, select advanced options and change the print output to composite grayscale. This will print the necessary barcode as high quality and render the rest in levels of black and gray. Saves on some ink.
The other way you could do this is, assuming you are using Acrobat Pro, is to use the crop tool, under advanced, editing. Use the tool to select the areas you do not want to print and delete them.
