RE: Distiller Trivia (WAS RE: Frame 6 files only distilling in Black and White - help!)

["Richard Combs" <richard.combs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Art Campbell [mailto:campbell@sandmail.sandburst.com] wrote:

> Dov, I can't and won't disagree with you because I'm sure all your
> points are well-researched and valid.
> 
> But as a FM user who's building technical books and similar documents
> day in and day out.... the simple formatting and line breaks are more
> critical to me than the issues you raise. 

And aren't an issue when using the proper Distiller printer instance. 

<snip> I have to have 
> accurate electronic copies, and for that I don't think it's 
> practical to use 
> drivers that can't generate identical hard copy. 
<snip> But typographic consistency on 8.5 x 11 pages
> and electronic images of those pages is our goal. 

And isn't an issue when using the proper Distiller printer instance. 
 
> I may certainly be lucky in my choice of printers and drivers... but 
> Adobe PS or a high-quality OEM use of it is always a 
> requirement for any
> printer we buy. And testing the drivers for .pdf-ability is a required
> check-off.
> If it doesn't work well both ways, we buy something else.

And what about those customers to whom you deliver the PDFs? They're probably going to print them, you know. Do you require them to use only your approved printers and drivers so that they'll be lucky, too? ;-) 

Richard

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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Voyant Technologies, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT voyanttechDOTnet
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT freeDASHmarketDOTnet
303-777-0436
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