Re: Disappearing FILE: port

[Shlomo Perets <mtype@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Esmond,

You wrote:

>This problem still exists in Frame 7 and what comes with it. Last week I
>installed Frame 6 and its Distiller instance on a W2k box that had never had
>Frame or Acrobat or PS on it in any form, then this week I installed Frame 7
>(without deinstalling Frame 6) and hey presto the FILE: port is gone, can't
>print to distiller, can't save as PDF, nada (from Frame 7, haven't used F6
>since).

The problem is related to the installation of Acrobat Distiller 5.0x
(whether bundled with Acrobat or with FrameMaker).

Recreate the FILE: port for the AdobePS driver as follows:

- Start > Settings > Printers, right-click the Distiller printer icon,
   and choose Properties.

- Click the Ports tab.

- If you don't have one, click Add Port, select Local Port,
   and click New Port. Type FILE: (adding a colon after FILE).
   In the list of ports, you should now see "FILE:", with the description
   saying "Print to File".

- Select this port for the Distiller Printer, and retry printing the PS file
   from FrameMaker.


Shlomo Perets

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