Adobe has made available an excellent resource that’s now updated for CS6 (and CC) – a free printing handbook in the form of a 149-page downloadable e-book: The Adobe Creative Suite 6 Printing Guide. Earlier editions of this book have been out for previous releases (see the older CS5.x, CS4 and CS3 links below), but now this is fully refreshed and upgraded for the most recent versions of the products.
This very handy tome will tell you everything you ever need or wanted to know about getting great print results with your projects in Photoshop CS6 (including Extended), Illustrator CS6, InDesign CS6, and brand new Acrobat XI Pro. All the different tools, setups, settings, options, functions, and formats – what they mean and how to best use them to achieve your goals.
“The Adobe Creative Suite 6 Printing Guide will tell you everything you need to know to produce files that printers will love and published documents that clients will adore. Learn the best ways of handling and preparing CS6 files for print. Use it as a handy technical reference or as a training tool for new staff.” So anybody who would like a tutorial on how to print effectively and generate the most optimal output from their designs can gain something here…
Because some technologies and concepts – such as PDF creation, transparency, and the Graphics Model – are common across all Adobe products used for print design and production, the first chapter of a dozen pages is devoted solely to explaining common terminology and background resources. And with the groundwork laid, the rest goes into comprehensive detail on things you probably have wanted to know at some point but were afraid to ask or didn’t know where.
So now, whether you print from Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, or Acrobat, this ebook explains all you need to know about successful printing and best practices in output generation.
And luckily, the price is right!
Here is the complete collection of these guides for current and older CS releases:
- Read/download the Adobe CS6 Printing Guide » (PDF, 2013, 149 pages, 22MB)
- Read/download the Adobe CS5/CS5.5 Printing Guide » (PDF, 2011, 140 pages, 20MB)
- Read/download the Adobe CS4 Printing Guide » (PDF, 2008, 139 pages, 18MB)
- Read/download the Adobe CS3 Printing Guide » (PDF, 2007, 120 pages, 25MB)
And to continue learning, don’t miss dozens more free Adobe books for many popular products, covering recent versions of all major applications (CC, CS4–CS6, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Acrobat, Premiere, After Effects, Audition, Lightroom, Elements, and more).
See Also
- Free Adobe Stock! Download 1,000,000+ top images
- What are the differences between Adobe CC vs. CS6?
- What is new Acrobat “DC” – and the Document Cloud?
- Comparison guide: CC for teams vs. individuals
- The 10 most common myths about Creative Cloud
- Don’t need full Cloud? Get PS + LR for $9.99/month
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I really appreciate your printing guide, it really helped me now.
Thank you!
Useful guide. Hope it’ll be beneficial for me and my friends… Thanks for sharing this guide.
Thanks for this guide. Keep up the good work.
Excellent topic. Thanks for the tips.
Shared these Adobe printing guides with some of our clients. We would like to say a big thank you.
Thanks
Thanks!
Hi,
I am looking to either try one of your CS3 or CS4 packages. I understand it’s a 30-day trial. What do I do if I like the product and want to keep it?
I apologize for seeming obvious, but I could not find information on your site about that, and I’m not interested in the CC at this time.
Thanks,
Ken
Hi Ken,
CS3 and CS4 are old and no longer sold… Adobe now offers only last year’s CS6 version (with traditional licensing) and the new CC version (which is subscription-based) – so we suggest going with one of those.
Here are the tryouts for both releases:
All Adobe CS6 Free Trial Downloads
All Adobe CC Free Trial Downloads
Hi students,
I am from Lahore-Pakistan. Assistant Manager Nisar Art Press.
This is the best platform to get information regarding Print and Graphic Arts. You can learn fast and up-to-date theory for your knowledge, which can solve out problems.
Best of luck.
Looks to be pretty good! Will this help with Lightroom as well?
Hey there Phil… Yes, it’s great – and to answer your question, it covers Photoshop and not Lightroom.
@ProDesignTools
I thought maybe they used the same module, thanks!
Sure, that’s completely understandable and a good question. But in fact, Photoshop and Lightroom are separate in this regard, even if they share a large common customer base.
Hi,
I am looking to either try one of your CS3 or CS4 packages. I understand it’s a 30-day trial. What do I do if I like the product and want to keep it?
I apologize for seeming obvious, but I could not find information on your site about that, and I’m not interested in the CC at this time.
Thanks,
rajkumar
Greetings Rajkumar, CS3 and CS4 are both very dated software – Adobe stopped selling the real/full copies in 2007 and 2008. We definitely do not recommend trying to find or buy old Adobe software like that – it is too dangerous:
Why Never to Buy Adobe Software on eBay, Craigslist or Amazon Mkt
If you still want to buy a non-CC version of any Adobe application (like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, a suite, etc), then actually Adobe still offers CS6 for sale direct… It’s the original release from 2012 so it’s not the latest and greatest creative software available, but it is a perpetual license and does not require the Creative Cloud (if that’s what you prefer):
Purchase Creative Suite 6 Products Direct from the Adobe Store
If you want to download a free trial to try it out first then we do also have the direct links for CS6 as well.
Hope that helps!