[Framers] Quality of vector graphics created in FrameMaker is bad in CMYK PDF output

Lin Sims ljsims.ml at gmail.com
Thu Aug 19 05:10:47 PDT 2021


Link for 10674 is: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-10674

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 3:18 AM Klaus Daube <klaus at daube.ch> wrote:

> Dear all,
> In the German FM forum (
> https://groups.google.com/g/frameusers-de/c/r52QypX3oQs) a
> severe bug is reported. It appears not only in FM-15 (2019), but also in
> FM-16
> (2020):
>
> Graphical elements containing curves or circles, created with the
> corresponding
> FrameMaker tools, are not output to PDF as bezier curves. Instead there
> are very
> rough and segmented lines only approximating the original curves or
> circles. This
> function has been working perfectly in FrameMaker 2015 (all curves ended
> up as bezier
> curves in CMYK PDFs), but is broken/bad since FrameMaker 2019. This
> quality is
> unusable for printable PDF output.
>
> Please vote on the two bug-reports
> https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-10670 and
> 10674
>
> There is still need for CMYK support even in the time of 'responsive
> HTML5'. New
> legal regulations in the medical field (e.g. IVDR) even lead to more
> rather than
> fewer printed manuals in some places.
>
> Klaus
>
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