Re: FrameMaker-to-PostScript-to-PDF batch processing

[Thomas Neuburger <thomasn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

You don't need Acrobat on Solaris, just Distiller, which comes with Frame. 
Do this via a makefile and fmbatch -- print to the distiller printer and 
put the PDF output in the area of the vobs where you want it.

You may have to tweak a bit for your situation, but it's not hard to do.

The only gotcha is that Catalog, the index maker for Acrobat, is not 
available on UNIX.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Best,

Tom Neuburger

You wrote:

>My new management wants to move our writer-completed
>FrameMaker documents/book files into the firm's software
>source-code control system and automate as much of the
>FrameMaker-to-PostScript-to-PDF process as possible.
>(Including running Catalog to index groups of files!)  I doubt
>that we can automate the entire process, but I would like
>to think that we can automate at least parts of it. I've just gone
>some archives, but all I came across were some old comments
>about batch-processing Word documents with Windows/NT and
>MACs.
>
>We write on UNIX, NT, and MAC, but our source-code control
>system operates on Solaris.  I've done a little bit with fmbatch
>on Solaris in the past, but I'm stymied by the fact that Adobe
>is not providing (and apparently is not going to provide) Acrobat
>for UNIX.
>
>Is anyone out there doing things like this?  Can anyone provide
>me with advice (pros & cons) or aim me at a source of helpful
>information?


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