Re: fmbatch post script print problem

["Thomas Michanek" <thomas.michanek@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "gregory" <gregory@systemnews.com>
> i am having some difficulty with printing post script files through
> fmbatch.
> i use print settings files, one for printing as pdf and another for
> printing as post script.
>
> my command line looks something like this (i've omitted the steps of
> opening the files for the sake of brevity):
>
> Print file1.doc pdf_print_settings_file.doc
> Print file2.doc postscript_print_settings_file.doc
>
> the print settings files i use have the proper settings saved.
> (Destination is set to "PDF File" and "PostScript File" for the pdf and
> post script settings files respectively; both files have "Generate Acrobat
> Data" selected).
>
> as i mentioned, the command to print the files as pdf works fine. the
> command to print post script though is not producing a post script file.
> instead, it prints a pdf file.

As you have already found, the Print dialog on UNIX is "smart"...
If you turn on Acrobat Data, FM assumes you want to create a PDF file.
You can print to a PS file with Acrobat Data directly from the Print
dialog, but you cannot save those print settings.

> the workaround of leaving "Generate Acrobat Data" unchecked in my post
> script print settings file, i assume, eliminates such things as hyperlinks
> and bookmarks from my post script file output. my documents must have
> hyperlinks so this doesn't seem an option.

But why do you need to create PS files with Acrobat Data, instead of PDF
files directly? I assume such PS files would be used to create PDF files
anyway, so why not create them directly? There is no reason creating a
PS file for printing purposes containing Acrobat Data.

I don't consider this behavior a bug. The Print dialog in UNIX is for
most purposes a lot more logical than the Windows counterpart.


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Thomas Michanek, FrameMaker/UNIX/MIF expert
Technical Communicator, Uppsala, Sweden
mailto:Thomas.Michanek@telia.com   (Sweden)
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