Re: Solved! PDFs not generating correctly from frame 6

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Lauren did send her PPD file to me and the problem was that she
commented out the default font line as well as the line with
the entry for Courier. That is fatal. Fixing that should eliminate
her problem AND fix the Zapf Dingbats problem.

        - Dov


At 5/31/2002 01:50 PM, Dov Isaacs wrote:
>Lauren,
>
>My best guess is that you didn't edit the PPD file correctly. If you
>send me the edited file off-list, I can tell exactly what you did
>wrong.
>
>        - Dov
>
>
>At 5/31/2002 01:39 PM, lauren katzive wrote:
>>Despite the ATM being on my system, the problem truely resided with my
>>acrobat PPD file.
>>
>>I determined this by first distilling the same file on a different PC,
>>then running that PS file using the distiller software on my pc.  This
>>worked okay and eliminated the problem being with the document itself or
>>the distiller software.
>>
>>At one point I edited my PPD to deal with a zapfdingbats issue, so I went
>>back to my preserved copy of the file by renaming the bad PPD and then
>>copying the original untouched PPD.
>>
>>Thanks to those who responded.
>>
>>Dov, 
>>
>>can you think of why my PPD went bad?  All I edited wasthe fonts area at
>>the end to put % by the fonts.
>>
>>Lauren
>>
>>> > I have:
>>> > win 2000
>>> > Frame 6.0p405
>>> > Distiller 5.0.5
>>> > atm lite 4.1
>>> > 
>>> > With this combo I have successfully generated PDFs in the past that look
>>> > correct.
>>> > 
>>> > Now I see my imported graphics, horizontal rules and so on, but no text in
>>> > my PDF.  I do not see any errors in the distiller log, nor when I print.
>>> > 
>>> > 2 things have changed:
>>> > 
>>> > I am now using conditional text.  I generated a PDF from my book with all
>>> > conditional text showing a few weeks ago, no problem.  I set all the files
>>> > in my book to not use condition indicators and to only show the "print
>>> > only" condition.
>>> > 
>>> > I went through Dov's emails on setting up the distiller printer driver
>>> > tried slavishly following the instructions that applied to my setup.
>>> > 
>>> > I am using Helvetica, Slimbach, Courier, and ZapfDingbats postscript
>>> > fonts.  These fonts are all on my PC.
>>> > 
>>> > I am assuming the problem does not lie with the conditional text, but with
>>> > the distiller driver.  I have tested by:
>>> > 
>>> > Changing the conditions back to show all and distilling. result: no text
>>> > Printing to a printer (Xerox 432) which works correctly.
>>> > 
>>> > FYI: I currently am using the embed all fonts choice and I have unchecked
>>> > the do not send fonts option.
>>> > 
>>> > I hope this helps you help me.  Please let me know if you need more
>>> > information.
>>> > 
>>> > Lauren


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