PDF question

[Dov Isaacs]

Jim,

It is certainly no setting in the PostScript driver or Distiller.
Without knowing your entire workflow and seeing the full contents
of your template, it would be very difficult to know what is going
on and how you are actually getting your desired effect.

The "color" versus "black and white" setting in the driver only
controls part of the PostScript generation, not all of it (and
certainly NOT any passthrough EPS). Conceivably, one could have
a Distiller "prologue.ps" file that redefines all color setting
PostScript definitions to cause black and white / grayscale, but
that certainly isn't anything we ship with any product.

	- Dov

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pinkham, Jim [mailto:Jim.Pinkham at voith.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 5:52 AM
> To: Dov Isaacs; Miriam Lezak; Framers
> Subject: RE: PDF question
> 
> I've never had time or need yet to delve into the how, but I have a
> template book file in FM 7.1 that does exactly this. When I distill a
> book (in Acrobat 6 Pro) created with this template, everything comes
out
> black, as desired. When I use a different book template, the colors
> emerge. Has something changed since my configuration?
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
> Behalf Of Dov Isaacs
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:09 PM
> To: Miriam Lezak; Framers
> Subject: RE: PDF question
> 
> No, there is no "simple" way to do that via either driver or
joboptions.
> However, you can do what you want in Acrobat 7 Pro or Acrobat 8 Pro
with
> the color conversion options.
> 
> 	- Dov
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-
> > bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Miriam
> Lezak
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 5:17 AM
> > To: Framers
> > Subject: OT: PDF question
> >
> > I know this spills into the wide world of PDF, but my guess is that
> someone else has had this issue.
> >
> > From a book file (Framemaker 8, Acrobat 8 Standard), I need to
> generate a black and white print-ready
> > PDF. I've got graphics and blue (hyperlinks) text. I'd like the blue
> text to come out as black.
> >
> > I think I need to fiddle with the Acrobat joboptions file and
> postscript. But I'm not sure how.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks much,
> >
> > Miriam
> > Ounce Labs, Inc.
> > Waltham, MA