Halftones in PDF files

[Michael Cudmore <mcudmore@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not really a FrameMaker specific question, but here goes:

The problem:

Some of our documents are distibuted as paper copies with a photocopying
license. We send PDFs to the printer who prints them on a docutech. I
want to include a coarse halftone screen in these PDF files so that they
can be printed with coarse but photocopy-friendly shadings whether from
PDF -> docutech or PDF -> our office laser printer. Printing from
FrameMaker to PDF via the AdobePS driver and distiller does not seem to
include halftone info regardless of the Distiller driver resolution
setting or Distiller resolution- and halftone-related job options. 

I have worked out how to save halftone info in Illustrator artwork using
the EPSF Riders as documented. But then only the Illustrator artwork has
the desired halftones; images and FM-drawn artwork does not.

Does anyone know a straightforward way to specify a halftone screen when
printing from FrameMaker that allows it to be preserved in the PDF?


FM 5.5.6, Acrobat 5.0.5, Illustrator 9.0.2, AdobePS 4.5.2, Win 98 SE.


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Michael Cudmore

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