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RE: eps problems

Dov:
This raises a question. I was working on a client site where they
standardized on PDF as the graphic format for import into FrameMaker. I had
never run into this, and argued against it, though truthfully speaking,
other than the fact that the guy that decided it was a good idea was a
butthead, I don't really know any reason not to do it. 

The files displayed fine, and printed fine, though the distilling was VERY
slow.

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks,

Karl 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:isaacs@Adobe.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:06 PM
To: Matt Sullivan
Cc: framers@frameusers.com; framers@omsys.com
Subject: RE: eps problems


ABSOLUTELY! There are indeed drawbacks! I would strongly recommend AGAINST
it!

Officially, FrameMaker really doesn't support "native" .AI files.
What it does recognize are PDF files. Thus, if you save your .AI file
with the option of including PDF content and embedded fonts, FrameMaker 7
might recognize it. If you miss either of these, you can easily get
messed up. Also, there is no guarantee of future compatibility.
In other words, FrameMaker 7's recognition of Illustrator 10 .AI files
is more by accident than by plan.

Better to save Illustrator artwork as EPS and import that into FrameMaker.
The EPS workflow is standard and for purposes of FrameMaker graphic
placement,
is not at all lossy compared to placing .PDF or .AI.

        - Dov


At 2/5/2003 03:59 PM, Matt Sullivan wrote:
>I'm actually surprised Dov didn't extoll the virtues of placing a native
>Illustrator 10 .ai file into the Frame doc. It not only prints well, but
>previews faster in Frame, eliminating the delayed scrolling effect.
>
>To Dov, any drawbacks to the native .ai approach?
>
>-Matt


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