Face should/could be red (Was: color is grey in pdf)

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,

What "printer" are you "printing" to for creation of a PostScript
file for distillation? If it is a "generic" PostScript printer driver
instance, you are getting exactly what you asked for, a monochrome
PostScript file. Creating PDF should ALWAYS be done via the Acrobat
Distiller printer instance (eliminates the need to manually distill
PostScript) or in the case of FrameMaker 6 (and earlier) book printing,
via a PostScript printer driver instance based upon the Acrobat
Distiller PPD. Your HP G55 printer (non-PostScript) and DSL are
irrelevant to this.

        - Dov


At 5/24/2002 01:59 PM, Gary Zimmerman wrote:

>Sorry this isn't directly Frame-related, but it is Adobe-related, and related to this "color is gray" issue.  I'm running into a similar thing.
>
>My office setup:  I have a desktop computer (Win95 OSR2) attached to my HP G55 printer, and a laptop computer (XP Pro) that's not directly connected to the printer.  I have a wireless setup so my computers can share files and my DSL line.  If I turn on printer sharing on the desktop machine, it won't boot - I don't know why, but I've learned to live with it.
>
>What I do:  I'll either transfer files I want to print to the desktop to print them or, if I don't have the right application on the desktop machine, I'll "print" to a postscript file on my laptop.    (I've "installed" Acrobat's "Generic Postscript Printer" on the laptop.)  Then use Distiller on the ps file to turn it to PDF, which I then transfer to the desktop to print.
>
>The problem is that the PDF thus created is shades of gray, not color.  I've looked at the printer driver settings, but none of them - not even the advanced ones - deal with color.  I've tried Distiller's job options of Leave Color Unchanged, and Tag Everything for Color Management with no change in results.  No error messages appear in the Distiller log.
>
>Any idea of where I need to change things?  Maybe I need to install the PS printer differently or a different PS printer?
>
>-- garyZ
>
>
>Sean Brierley wrote:
>>I'm betting that the Distiller printer is not being
>>used to create the final PDF or that the Generic.ppd
>>was used to create the Distiller printer instance that
>>is installed (this can be verified by rooting around
>>in the printer properties).
>>
>>In fact, I'll bet you a pint of your favorite,
>>commonly-available beer.
>>
>>FWIW, after 10 years of Acrobat, I think it's about
>>time Adobe got that printer installation down. Thank
>>the stars for people like Dov donating their time to
>>repeatedly lead us through the steps of manually
>>fixing the thang.
>>
>>Sean
>>
>>--- Bill Swallow <bill_swallow@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I suggest checking your Distiller Printer properties
>>> and make sure it's set to color and not monochrome.
>>> As
>>> for color inconsistencies, you can import color
>>> definitions from one file to another, or to all
>>> files
>>> in a book using Import > Formats.
>>>
>>> =====
>>> Bill Swallow


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