Is it possible to Save As PDF from FrameMaker 9 using Acrobat 7 on Windows7?

[Ursula McCloy]

Thanks, Art :).  

While I thought I was explaining myself clearly, your questions made me
realize that in fact I did not!  Ah, the value of a peer review...
1)	I have a brand-spanking-new machine with Windows7 64-bit on it.

2)	We installed our new FM9 license.  All works well.  
3)	We installed our old Acrobat 7 Pro on it.  All works well,
except that the PDF Printer driver does not appear as a printer in the
Devices & Printers dialog, nor is it available as an option when you
print via any application (including FrameMaker), nor can I Save As PDF
via FrameMaker.  This leads me to believe that the PDF Print driver is
not actually installed. 
4)	I cannot locate the PDF Printer driver (which I believe is
called AdobePDF.dll or AdobePDF.inf) to try and perform a manual
installation.

Is there any way to successfully install Acrobat7 so that in includes
the PDF Printer driver in Windows 7, 64-bit (i.e., a particular sequence
we have to follow using the normal installer, an extra manual step we
could perform)?  I think we could install under XP compatibility mode,
but then the printer driver would not be available to applications
running in Windows7, rendering it useless.  If there is no workaround
for Acrobat 7, is there another printer driver (not from adobe) that is
64-bit compatible and reliable for use as a postscript generator?

Thx

Ursula

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From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:09 AM
To: Ursula McCloy
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Is it possible to Save As PDF from FrameMaker 9 using
Acrobat 7 on Windows7?

A couple of answers, cut in below.

Art Campbell
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On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Ursula McCloy
<Ursula.McCloy at peergroup.com> wrote:
Hi,

We have recently upgraded to Windows7, 64-bit, and were also able to
upgrade to FrameMaker9.  We have not yet committed to upgrading our
Acrobat 7 licenses (bundled with CS2; to upgrade that is ~$700 - a tad
steep for our tastes).

While we are pleased with our FM9 upgrade in general, we are unable to
SaveAsPDF, since the Acrobat PDF print driver does not appear to be
installed. 
The old 7 driver is still installed, unless you somehow modified your
Acrobat installation. There wouldn't have been any reason to disturb it
during the FM 9 installation.

However, that 5- or 6-year old software is installed in a different path
than the current Acrobat r 9 location, so the newer location is used in
FM 9.

 
 Of course, we could print to file using another print
driver, but that is not generally considered kosher, and can produce a
whole slew of other problems (fonts, colours, etc.) that I do not want
to wrangle with.
 
Actually, most people have reported noticabely fewer problems printing
to the printer instance than using the buggier SaveAs route in 9.
If you're having problems printing to the Acrobat 7 printer instance
from 9, it's likely do to your Acrobat 7 set up. For instance, did you
update Acrobat settings to include the new font folders installed with
FM 9?
 
* Has anyone been able to get the Acrobat7 PDF print driver to install
on a Windows7 machine?
* If so, is there a particular install sequence we need to follow? (I am
pretty sure IT  remembered to install Acrobat after FrameMaker, but I
can't tell for sure)

Why would they have needed to? You said it was already on the system,
and its removal isn't required by the FM 9 installation.
 
* Are there any other options for generating reliable PDFs from
FrameMaker9 on Windows7, other than upgrading to Acrobat9?

Yes, printing to the logical printer....
 
* And (though this question is off topic) has anyone experienced any
show stoppers with using CS2 Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign on
Windows7?


Thanks for any insights :).

Ursula McCloy
Information Developer
The PEER Group Inc.
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