Frame 7.1/Acrobat 9: unable to generate PS or save as PDF

[Shmuel Wolfson]

Why can't you just print to any postscript printer (that you can install 
via Windows) and double-click on the PS file to create the PDF? I have 
Frame 9 and Acrobat 7.x and that works for me.

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133

On 20-Sep-12 4:04 PM, Eric-Oluf Svee wrote:
> Many thanks to all of you who responded.
>
> One of the things I always liked about using Frame was the community 
> of users: generous and helpful. After a long absence, it's nice to see 
> that fact has not changed.
>
> In the end, I fear that I will give up on using Frame for this 
> project, as much as it pains me to do so. I use Acrobat much more than 
> I use Frame,  and I can't un-install version 9.5 just to print a PDF. 
> I can't fathom why Frame can't handle "printing" to a newer PS 
> printer, but that's the situation and I can't change it.
>
> Many thanks for your help--best wishes,
>
> EOS
>
>
> Jeremy H. Griffith skrev 2012-09-10 20:54:
>> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:46:47 +0200, Eric-Oluf 
>> Svee<eric-sve at dsv.su.se>  wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings FrameUsers!
>>>
>>> I am using Frame for a project after a long absence (was a member of
>>> this group from 1997-2002)
>>>
>>> I cannot generate a PDF or PS file using Acrobat 9. Frame hard crashes
>>> each time I try to either "Save as PDF" or "Print to file" using 
>>> Acrobat
>>> as the printer.
>> It's unlikely Frame 7.1 will play nicely with Acrobat 9,
>> which was released some years later...
>>
>>> I have patched up to the latest level of Frame 7.1, and am running XP.
>>>
>>> Am a bit stuck because without PDF support I'll be forced to migrate 
>>> the
>>> project over to InDesign or (horror) MS Word......
>> Heavens, don't do *that*!  Uninstall Acrobat 9, and re-install
>> Frame 7.1 so that you get the original version of Distiller
>> it shipped with.  Do *not* reinstall any version of Acrobat
>> on the same machine; it will mess you up again.  Either look
>> for alternatives to Acrobat for whatever you needed it for,
>> or install it on a different machine.  It should be OK to
>> patch Frame 7.1 up again, using the patches you already have.
>>
>> HTH!
>>
>> -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
>>    <jeremy at omsys.com>     http://mif2go.com/
>
>
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