Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 PDF problem.

[Jay Smith <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Margaret,

(From your hung-over [not really] support staff -- it is I who need
the supporting.)

You SHOULD/MUST use the "Distiller Assistant" "printer" (a virtual
printer; there is no actual device) to generate your PS files.  When
printing to a PS file from FM, from the FM Print dialog 

   Print: Setup: select the Distiller Assistant as the "printer" (and
look at the Setup to make sure that the settings are what you need).  
   Once the "printer" is so defined, check the Print Only to File
clickbox and make sure that you define the full path and desired name
of the resulting PS file.

Then Distiller that PS file.  (On Win95, Distiller is invoked simply
by double clicking the PS file in Explorer.)

HOWEVER, before Distilling the file, I suggest going to the directory
where Distiller (Acrodist.exe) is installed and start it up.  Then,
under Distiller... Job Options... carefully evaluate your needs and
make any necessary changes to the various settings.  Pay particular
attention to General, Compression, and Font Embedding.  If you have
images or sensitive font needs in your document, making the incorrect
settings will significantly affect your result.

-- 
Jay Smith

e-mail: jay@jaysmith.com

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Margaret Gainsley wrote:
> 
> Hello Jay,
> 
> Thank you for your help! I use the "Default PostScript Printer" because
> Adobe recommends it. Are you familiar with it? Sometimes I wonder about its
> worth. I have used Adobe Distiller Assistant or what ever the name. I am
> printing to a postscript printer but since I am only printing to file, I
> don't think my printer has anything to do with it. What Printer driver do
> you use to make your .ps files.
> 
> I have 128 megs of RAM. Since the problem seems to accompany FrameMaker
> 5.5.3 when I have installed the Acrobat 3.01 from the FrameMaker 5.5.6 CD.
> It makes me think that it is a problem with the Acrobat distiller from the
> FrameMaker 5.5.6 Installation disk. Does that make any sense?
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Smiles,
> Margaret
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Smith <jay@jaysmith.com>
> To: Margaret Gainsley <margaret@mgpress.com>
> Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 3:46 PM
> Subject: Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 PDF problem.
> 
> >Margaret,
> >
> >Aren't deadlines fun.  But would we get anything done without them?
> >
> >A couple possible thoughts regarding your Distiller problem.  First of
> >all, I do not use NT, so please excuse.
> >
> >1) How much memory does your NT machine have?  NT is a memory hog
> >itself and Distiller takes significant resources.  If you do not have
> >at least 32 mb, with that combo, you *might* have problems.  On Win95,
> >our "Distiller machines" have a minimum of 128 mb of RAM.
> >
> >2) You said something about "default PS printer".  I am not sure why
> >you mentioned that.  You should be printing to a PS file using the
> >Distiller Assistant "print driver" (distasst or something like that,
> >unless you named it something else) -- as I recall, it installs when
> >you install the Acrobat from the FM CD.  Are you printing using a
> >different driver?
> >
> >Good luck.
> >
> >--
> >Jay Smith
> >
> >e-mail: jay@jaysmith.com
> >
> >The Press for History(tm), The Press for Education(tm),
> >The Press for [Your Industry](tm), The Press for....(tm)
> >  On-demand printing and binding of hardbound books.
> >  Minimum run one copy.
> >
> >P.O. Box 650
> >Snow Camp, NC  27349  USA
> >
> >Phone: Int+US+336-376-9991
> >Toll-Free Phone in US & Canada:
> >        1-800-447-8267
> >Fax: Int+US+336-376-6750
> >
> >
> >
> >Margaret Gainsley wrote:
> >>
> >> (I am on an NT 4.0 system. I have the current Default Postscript
> Printer...I
> >> think it is 5.0? or is 6.0. Anyway. I installed FrameMaker 5.5.6 and
> Acrobat
> >> 3.01 from the Install CD.)
> >>
> >> In great stress with tight deadlines, I could not print a usable .ps file
> to
> >> make a PDF file. (when will I learn...never install new software when
> >> deadline approaches!) While trying to distill the .ps file, the distiller
> >> window displayed a Virtual Memory error. I looked on the Adobe web site
> for
> >> any helpful hints on this error and it said that I needed to make a new
> >> Example file, with different VM allocations, replace the old Example file
> in
> >> the distiller folder. However this did not do the trick.
> >>
> >> Has anyone else experienced this problem? I ended up reinstalling FM
> 5.5.3
> >> and still getting the strange VM error. I reinstalled the Acrobat 3.01
> off
> >> the FM 5.5.3 cd and now I can make usable .ps files. I tried to install
> FM
> >> 5.5.6 in all our NT systems and all the systems did the same thing.
> >>
> >> For now, 5.5.6 sits in the draw uninstalled.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help!
> >>
> >> Margaret Gainsley
> >> EDS/NHIC Publications
> >

-- 
Jay Smith

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