[Framers] Basic Questions on Installing FrameMaker

[Reng Winfried]

Hi Alison,

FrameMaker creates PDF files via Save As PDF with its own engine.
The printer is not involved. This works very well.

There can be requirements that you create the PDF via Distiller,
but this is also automated. You can still use Save As PDF.

You do not need to print to a PostScript file.
SetPrint cannot be installed (FM 2020 is 64 bit) and is not needed.
There isn't any headless Distiller in FM 2020.

Best regards

Winfried

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From: Framers <framers-bounces+w.reng=carecom-solutions.com at lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of A Craig
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Thanks 

And I take it from your reply that the SetPrint issue still exists but SetPrint hasn't (yet?) been updated to handle Frame 2020...


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In that case, you don't need to worry - there's an entirely new PDF generator in FM2020 & SetPrint won't work with FM2020 anymore.

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It's the latest version.

I'm sure I saw "2020" in the download title although I wasn't aware that a
2020 version was available (it's a subscription through an affiliated office in Austria).

Alison

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What version of FM?

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Subject: [Framers] Basic Questions on Installing FrameMaker

I haven't used Frame since mid-2017 but I'm about to install it for my current job.

I seem to remember that there were some issues using unstructured FrameMaker with the built-in (headless distiller?) PDF tool such that a certain checkbox had to be selected at install and Frame and Acrobat had to be installed in a particular order (I've had Acrobat installed for the last 3 years so I need to know if that will cause issues).

I also remember a tiny (free?) tool called something like "Set_Print". Does that still exist and is it still necessary?

It feels weird to be a Frame newby after using it for 9 years in my last job.

Thanks in advance for any advice,

Alison