RE: Wrong Printer Error

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Debra,

Unfortunately, those instructions are appropriate if and only if
you are creating EPS that will be placed inside a document (most
likely a Quark XPress file) that will be printed to PostScript
for separations directly as opposed to creating PDF that will later
be separated.

One of the cardinal rules of PDF workflow is to keep content at the
highest level of abstraction as long as possible. For many situations,
PostScript language levels less than 3 will degrade quality and/or
performance. This is especially true of language level 1.

Thus, if you are "stuck" sending printed output to old, PostScript Level 2
devices directly from FrameMaker, you should import EPS created with no
more than language level 2. If you always creating PDF from FrameMaker
and subsequently printing either composite and/or separations via Acrobat,
you should import EPS into FrameMaker (or any other application) created
at language level 3. Acrobat or Acrobat Reader can "dumb down" any and
all PDF constructs at print time as necessary for the "legacy" PostScript
Level 1 or 2 devices.

        - Dov


At 1/30/2003 09:08 AM, Debra Sullivan wrote:
>Dov,
>
>Copied from Acrobat 5 Help files"
>
>"Choose a PostScript language level for file formatting. Choose LanguageLevel 1 for an EPS file that will be placed in another document and color separated as part of that other document.
>To save a PDF file in PostScript or EPS format:
>1 Choose File > Save As.
>2 For Save as Type, choose PostScript File (*.ps) or Encapsulated PostScript (*.eps), and click Settings.
>Note: You cannot color separate an EPS file created from a PDF file that contains smooth shading or masked images (LanguageLevel 3 PostScript operators)."
>
>your instructions below differ on the Language Level 1 and 2:
>
>
>You should try the following workaround and let us know if it works. From
>Acrobat, export or save EPS (language level 2, fonts embedded, and TIFF
>preview header) from the PDF page in question and import the resultant EPS
>file into FrameMaker.
>
>        - Dov
>
>Which is correct or does it matter? or does it depend on the "color separation" aspect of the workflow which you use? 
>
>Thanks
>Debra Sullivan


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