Problems with "Save as PDF function"

[John Pilla]

Hi Ariel; 

I was having trouble PDFing a book. 
I could PDF each individual file, 
but not as a whole book. 

Since we do not have the Professional version, we use the 2nd Best method 
that Fred Ridder mentions which is the same as the 1st Best method, except 
more manual.  However, a tip from another Framer provided the method that 
worked for me. 
Using the 2nd method, change the extension to .prn instead of the default 
of .ps - and see if that helps. 
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To:
<framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Subject:
Problems with "Save as function"

Hi there,
 
I have been working on an FM document for over year. I am using FM 7.2 and
Acrobat 7.0 distiller to create PDFs. 
 
As of this morning I am unable to produce PDFs using the "Save as PDF"
option. 

I get the following error message:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: pdfmark; ErrorInfo: StRetrieve
P279585 ]%%
 
Stack:
/StRetrieve
/P279585
/StoreName
-dict-
 

%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
 
At the same time I cannot use Distiller to produce a .ps file from a PDF
 
Fortunately I can still produce PDFs (lower quality though) when printing 
to
PrimoPDF. 
 
Any suggestion or tips?
 
 
Ariel 
(Feeling like a complete schmuck)



----- Message from "Ridder, Fred" <fred.ridder at intel.com> on Mon, 23 Apr 
2007 19:25:13 -0400 -----
To:
"Ariel Kahana" <akahana at dyaptive.com>, <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Subject:
RE: Problems with "Save as function"

First a general rant:

In order of reliability (according to my own experience), 
there are at least five good methods for producing PDFs
from FrameMaker:

Best: If you have Acrobat Professional, set up one or more 
watched folders. Attach an appropriate set of Distiller job options
to each watched folder. Then use the Adobe PDF printer driver
(important point!) to print your document or book to a 
PostScript file in the "In" folder within one of the watched folders. 
If Distiller is running, it scans the watched folders periodically 
and distills whatever PS files it finds and puts the resulting PDF 
in the "Out" folder.

2nd best: Print the document/book to a PostScript file using 
the Adobe PDF printer driver (again, this is an important point).
Then distill the file manually by opening the PS file from Distiller.
This method lets you see for sure what Distiller job options are
currently selected.
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