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

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

Adam Korman [mailto:Adam@cooper.com] wrote: 
<snip> If you use device-dependent input
> (Postscript made with your printer driver), you will get device-dependent
> output. The instructions from Adobe are clear and unequivocal: to create
> device-independent PDFs, use the Distiller driver. There is nothing to be
> gained by using your printer driver.
> 
> Of course, that begs the question -- if this is the case, why allow it at
> all? I'm guessing that it's just an implementation hack rather than of any
> real benefit to users.

Amen! Instead of Dov and others endlessly repeating the same instructions for how to install Acrobat and create PDFs, Acrobat should (without any prompting of or decisions by the user): 

(1) Install a Distiller printer instance built from the correct PPD. It shouldn't even be _possible_ to create a Distiller printer instance with anything else. 

(2) Use that printer instance whenever (and however) you choose PDF output. (This would fix the problematic "Save as PDF" function in FM.)

When you want to create a PDF, the only thing you should _have_ to decide is the file name. 

Why should you have to be taught the right way to do it when the software can simply do it the right way for you? There's nothing to be gained by giving people a choice they should never use, is there? 

Richard

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