RE: Error while printing (Error: syntaxerror; OffendingCommand: --nostringval-- )

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

With all due respect, your "system admin" is not being candid with
you. Installing a PostScript printer driver instance using the 
Adobe Universal PostScript Driver Installer (downloadable from
Adobe's web site) and associating it with the Acrobat Distiller PPD
will not affect any other user. Sounds more like he just doesn't
want to be bothered.

        - Dov


At 11/7/2002 03:01 AM, Catherine Brys wrote:
>Hi Dov,
>
>You wrote:
>"Otherwise, you need to create a 
>PostScript driver printer instance using the Acrobat Distiller PPD 
>(using the latest Adobe Universal Windows PostScript Driver Installer 
>downloadable from Adobe's web site) AND then properly setup the driver
>to print to the "FILE:" port." 
>
>Unfortunately, this problem is still dragging on. I passed your information to our system admin. He says he cannot change the printer driver because that would affect all other users. Is this right? I thought the PostScript driver printer instance you mentioned is 'virtual'. Am I wrong?
>
>PS: Unfortunately, I do not have the full Acrobat. I only have FM 6, Distiller 4.0 and Reader 5.0  (on NT). 
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
>Catherine

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:isaacs@adobe.com]
>Sent: 15 October 2002 18:37
>To: Catherine Brys
>Cc: framers@FrameUsers.com; Dov Isaacs
>Subject: Re: Error while printing (Error: syntaxerror; OffendingCommand:
>--nostringval-- )
>
>
>Windows NT 4 --- My sincere condolences on needing to run under
>the most PostScript and Type 1 font brain dead of the OS's.
>
>An "Epson C70" is not a PostScript printer. How that is somehow
>associated with a PostScript driver using the Acrobat PPD really
>beats me. There is no "Acrobat Distiller Assistant" for Acrobat 4.0.5
>or Distiller 4.0.5, which I assume is what your are running with 
>(it came bundled with FrameMaker 6).
>
>If you had the full Acrobat 4.0.5 product, simply print to the 
>"Acrobat Distiller" printer instance. Otherwise, you need to create a 
>PostScript driver printer instance using the Acrobat Distiller PPD 
>(using the latest Adobe Universal Windows PostScript Driver Installer 
>downloadable from Adobe's web site) AND then properly setup the driver
>to print to the "FILE:" port.
>
>        - Dov

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>At 10/15/2002 12:49 AM, Catherine Brys wrote:
>>Hi Dov, 
>>
>>Thanks for your reply. 
>>
>>Here are the specs of my system :
>>* Windows NT 4.0.1381
>>* FrameMaker 6.0p405
>>
>>Printer used for generating PS: 
>>Name: Epson C70
>>Type: Adobe PS Acrobat Distiller
>>PostScript Options:
>>   PS Output Option: Optimized for Speed
>>   True Type Font Download Option: Automatic
>>   PS Language Level: 3
>>   Send PS Error Handler: Yes
>>   Mirror Output: No
>>
>>I don't know whether any other settings are relevant. 
>>
>>A friend of mine suggested using the Adobe Distiller Assistant. Could this possibly solve the problem?
>>
>>> Any help is much appreciated!
>>> 
>>> Best regards, 
>>> 
>>> Cath
>>> 
>>> Catherine Brys


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