TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver

[Robert Lauriston]

FrameMaker has a bundled version of Distiller and the Adobe PDF printer
driver. If they get messed up, and repairing FrameMaker doesn't work, then
you need to reinstall FrameMaker.


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 5:25 PM, VLM TechSubs <
TechSubs at vibrantlivingministries.org> wrote:

> Hmm, good idea, but how? I tried a repair installation, that didn’t solve
> the problem. Is there another way to do just a Distiller installation from
> the Frame install? I’ll have to check this out more carefully, thanks for
> the idea.****
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> Elchanan****
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> *From:* Böðvar Björgvinsson [mailto:bodvar at gmail.com <bodvar at gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* Monday, September 30, 2013 5:13 AM
> *To:* VLM TechSubs
> *Cc:* Syed Zaeem Hosain; info at heiko-haida.de; Framers
> *Subject:* Re: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver****
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> Seems to me you should do a partial reinstallation of your FM, installing
> Distiller. Some other install of another pdf application might have damaged
> it.****
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> HTH,****
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> Bodvar Bjorgvinsson****
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> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:51 AM, VLM TechSubs <
> TechSubs at vibrantlivingministries.org> wrote:****
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> Yes Zaeem, and thank you!****
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>  ****
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> I sometimes get the impression that Adobe Acrobat has a few “undocumented
> features” going on. :)****
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>  ****
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> Acrobat is VERY expensive. Everything from Adobe is very expensive, IMO.
> :):) So I imagine that your work will be welcomed by many people! Will you
> include PDFmarks support? ****
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>  ****
>
> Interesting comment about LaTeX. I am aware of it, but not familiar with
> it. Does it work under Windows, or only Linux?****
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> Thanks !****
>
> Elchanan****
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> *From:* Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) [mailto:
> Syed.Hosain at aeris.net]
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 29, 2013 8:50 PM
> *To:* VLM TechSubs; info at heiko-haida.de; Framers****
>
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> *Subject:* RE: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver****
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> As an FYI:****
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> Some hyperlinks in FrameMaker documents do not seem to output with PDF
> generators like Nitro PDF and a few others that I have tested so far. Most
> are good in general though (of course, I am not sure why Nitro choked on
> your document!).****
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>  ****
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> Anyway, so far, my tests show only Adobe Acrobat doing the “right thing”
> for the links, but I am planning on working with a company who makes a PDF
> writer – they have expressed interest to add this support. So, if you have
> links in your document, stick with Adobe Acrobat for now ...****
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> Z****
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> P.S. Some LaTeX editors can create PDF with links. I particularly like
> TeXstudio (from http://texstudio.sourceforge.net/). All my *new* specs
> are now created as LaTeX files instead of FrameMaker, and this editor is
> generating excellent PDF output for them.****
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> *From:* framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [
> mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com>]
> *On Behalf Of *VLM TechSubs
>
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 29, 2013 8:33 PM
> *To:* info at heiko-haida.de; Framers
> *Subject:* RE: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver
> ****
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> Thanks for this kind response, Tino.****
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> I did not have Acrobat/Distiller on my system, so I had to install
> something.****
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> I did try using Nitro PDF Pro 8, for which I have a full license, but it
> choked when I tried to print the whole book using its PDF printer driver. I
> suppose I could have tried others, but when I received Art’s suggestion, I
> just went with that, and it has worked out fine. ****
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> Best,****
>
> Elchanan****
>
> *From:* Heiko Haida [mailto:info at heiko-haida.de <info at heiko-haida.de>]
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 28, 2013 1:54 PM
> *To:* VLM TechSubs
> *Subject:* Re: TIME URGENT ... Missing Adobe PDF printer driver****
>
>  ****
>
> Hi, ****
>
> the main question is if you still have Acrobat and Distiller installed on
> your computer or not.****
>
> I also have this problem: FM does not recognize the Distiller, but it
> nevertheless does in fact produce a ps-file, a ".tps"-file (which would
> normally handed over automatically to Distiller). ****
>
> I then just take this file and drag it on to the Distiller and have my PDF.
> ****
>
> But if Acrobat has really vanished completely, you could use the FM 8
> distiller plugin which is part of the FM installation DVD (maybe via the
> "repair" option, I am not sure).****
>
> Or: You could install any other PDF printer like Tiny PDF, PDF24 or
> whatever you like... Just check the Internet for something suitable.****
>
> Best regards -****
>
> Tino H. Haida****
>
> VLM TechSubs:****
>
> Aack! I’m at the end of this project, and I went to Save As PDF. Frame 8
> (Win 7 x64) reports that it cannot find the Adobe PDF printer driver. I
> know what happened … I had someone “helping me”, and that person
> “accidentally cleaned it up”. Needless to say, that person is no longer
> helping me! :)****
>
> Meanwhile … how can I get this driver back. Do I download a complete Frame
> 8 installation and install over the one I have? (I do have the S/N, of
> course.) Or is there another, more direct solution?****
>
> Thanks!****
>
> Elchanan****
>
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