Distiller 6.0 allowed users to customize these presets extensively. Users could specify exactly how images were downsampled (using Bicubic, Subsampling, or Bilinear methods) and determine the compression levels (ZIP or JPEG) for color, grayscale, and monochrome images separately.
Distiller 6.0 was powerful but finicky. Long-time users remember these classic error messages: Adobe Acrobat Distiller 6.0
The most powerful feature was the panel. Users could define settings via four standard profiles, or create custom ones: Distiller 6
: You can create custom "Job Options" (presets) to control image compression, font embedding, and color management. Creating a PDF with Distiller 6.0 To "develop" or create a PDF using this specific version: Long-time users remember these classic error messages: The
Without Distiller, this process would rely on sending PostScript directly to an expensive RIP (Raster Image Processor)—a much riskier and less portable method.
Enter the PDF. The PDF format was designed to encapsulate all the visual elements of a document—the text, the fonts, and the images—into a single, self-contained file.