RE: fmbatch post script print problem

["Ede, Craig" <craig.ede@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In agreement with Thomas Michenek's post about this over on free-framers, I am baffled as to why you want to do this. If the idea is to use the .ps to make a PDF, then why not just use the PDF? Two questions:

Q: What is the .ps file for?

Q: What happens if you print the PDF to a .ps file?

Craig
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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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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Luke [mailto:ken_luke@mentorg.com]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:27 AM
To: Framers List
Subject: Re: fmbatch post script print problem


Setting "Generate Acrobat Data" disables the printing of a PS file. If you 
find out otherwise, please let me know because this has been a thorn in our 
side for several years.

If you need an Acrobat-enhanced PS file, we have found that the only way to 
do this is to print a PDF file and grab the temporary PS file (via a second 
shell script) before Frame deletes it.


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