Frame Postscript Output Problem

Mon Oct 5 10:25:47 PDT 2009

Ok. I do not have any problems with Save as PDF UNTIL you enter color  
output into the equation. Then all bets are off.
We do spot color and tints and this way will not work reliably, nor  
has it ever. Nor will printing to .ps and distilling with acrobat.

We just except that the PDFs will have to be run through pitstop or  
some other software and all is well.

The only time this ever worked for us, is when we had 7.0 running on  
the mac. This is the reason I still keep my old iMac which can run  
classic.

Scott White
Media Production & EBC Manager
Implementation Coordinator
210-704-8239
swhite at alamark.com

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On Oct 5, 2009, at 12:03 PM, <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net> wrote:

> Hi, Janice.
>
> There are lots of people here who have, over the years, experienced
> problems with the "Save As PDF ..." method. So, it has become the
> "normal" recommendation over time to avoid that.
>
> However, there are some of us who have *not* had problems. In fact,  
> I am
> one of those who believes that the "Save As" capability works better  
> and
> more reliably for me ... and I have heard from others in the same vein
> too!
>
> FWIW, here is an old post from me to this list on the issue:
>
>>> To be as clear as possible, the "save as PDF" feature of FrameMaker
> 7 is not at all compatible with Acrobat 7, 8, or 9!
>>>
>> 	- Dov
>
>> Folks, I have to ask if this is categorically true for everybody ...
> because, my experience with "Save as PDF" to Acrobat has been just  
> fine
> over the years.
>
>> I have used all versions of FM 6, 7, and 8 (for FM 9, evaluation only
> for a few weeks) with the various *similar* Acrobat generations
> available at those times (including FM 7.2 with Acrobat 8) and have  
> not
> had any major difficulties with the "Save as PDF" from within FM.
>
>> (Other than the issue with having to change the paragraph tag  
>> settings
> - one time for any given document - for the PDF generation back and
> forth a few times till I get the sequence right and prevent the
> now-expected FM crash. But that is a one-time frustration - albeit  
> silly
> and aggravating and I wish Adobe would fix it - with any given  
> document
> and any given version change of FM or Acrobat. After making the  
> changes
> to the settings for a document, when using a new version of FM, the
> "Save as PDF" works perfectly for me from then on.)
>
>> In fact, having tried both "Save as PDF" and "Print to PDF" (only a
> few times though), with "Save as PDF" I'd say I get better results,
> since it gives me the heading markers and window automatically ...  
> which
> I was not able to figure out afterwards with "Print to PDF", so I gave
> up on that fairly quickly.
>
>> Is this perhaps a case of "YMMV" rather than a clear problem for
> *everybody*?
>
>> Z
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Janice
> Swanson
> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 8:24 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: FW: Frame Postscript Output Problem
>
> Scott:
>
> I tried to send this message last week, but it did not seem to get
> through.
> I have just joined frameusers.com and have never posted before, but  
> have
> been lurking and learning.
>
>
>
> In your original post you indicated that your client could create a  
> pdf
> successfully by using Save As. Are there any problems with that  
> method?
> I
> ask because I went through this issue when I first learned that it is
> "best
> practice" to set your default printer and print to Adobe PDF (which I
> did
> using the Sundorne utility). As with your client, printing to Adobe  
> PDF,
> however, would produce no output. I tried all of the things that have
> been
> suggested to you on this forum. I've seen nothing new here that I had
> not
> tried. Nothing changed - I still could never get any output. I did
> discover
> though that using the Save As method produces PDFs quickly with no
> missing
> text or similar issues that used to be reported when using Save As,  
> so I
> have been using the Save As PDF method successfully ever since.
>
>
>
> (This is me touching wood...) I'm not sure what I'll do if Save As PDF
> stops
> working for me, but hopefully I never have to cross that bridge.
>
>
>
> Janice Swanson,
>
> Technical Writer
>
>
>
> ********************************
>
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>
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