What is this? 

When working from Photoshop, we recommend that you actually export to PDF, then print from Adobe Acrobat. 

Why we do it?

Photoshop files are very large. Saving it as a PDF will compress your images and preserve crisp text.

How often we do it?

Perform as needed

How we do it?

Step 1:

In the File menu, select "Save As"

Format to Photoshop PDF

Step 2:

Set Adobe PDF Preset to [High Quality Print] (Modified)

Set Compatibility to Acrobat 9/10 (PDF 1.7+)

Uncheck Preserve Photoshop Editing Capabilities

Step 3

Under Compression

Set Options to Bicubic Downsampling to 300ppi for images above 450ppi

Set Compression to JPEG

Set Image Quality to Maximum

Click "Save PDF"

Finally, see the Creating an Optimized PDF guide for final print output.