RE: UNIX PostScript (Was: Distiller Trivia)

[Lee Richardson <lhr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dov is the recognized internal expert on printing and FrameMaker. For another perspective, some FrameMaker users have better luck with a Unix PosScript workflow because it's simpler- FM generates PostScript Level 1 directly on Unix, with fewer bells and whistles. Sometimes simpler is better.

Print and PDF workflows are varied and personalized for particular environments. If your current FM Unix setup is working, you won't necessarily gain anything by switching to Windows.

...Lee

At 9:54 AM -0800 3/22/02, Dov Isaacs wrote:
>With FrameMaker, the advantages of keeping PDF creation entirely on
>Windows as opposed to UNIX are several:
>
>(1) Full support for TrueType and OpenType fonts.
>
>(2) An integrated environment, including support for OLE links
>(if used) to data in other applications, etc.
>
>(3) Print subsystem support for arbitrary page sizes, multiple
>resolutions, etc. in the generated PostScript.
>
>(4) PostScript is optimized for PostScript 3 as opposed to
>PostScript Level 1.
>
>Having said that, I will point that I am NOT trying to convince
>anyone that is currently using any of the UNIX platforms on which
>FrameMaker is still supported to abandon that for Windows. If you
>have a workflow under UNIX that meets your needs, great. Ultimately,
>the real issue is whether you are getting your work done with the
>desired quality in the necessary timeframe at an acceptable cost.
>
>HOWEVER, that is very different from encouraging someone using
>FrameMaker under Windows to shell out (pun intended) many, many,
>many, many dollars (euros / pesos / shekels / whatever) to buy
>a proprietary UNIX workstation, a UNIX FrameMaker license, a
>UNIX Acrobat license, etc. simply for the privilege of producing
>FrameMaker PostScript. I see no advantage to this whatsoever for
>99.999+% of users of FrameMaker under Windows and for many users
>and workflows, it doesn't work at all!!
>
>        - Dov

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