Spacing in PostScript Files - HELP!

[smurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

HELP!

We're encountering a problem when generating PostScript
files (for PDF or, more importantly, for DocuTech).
We'd be grateful for any suggestions:

Problem
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I am printing a FrameMaker book to PostScript for subsequent
processing by a Docutech. A strange error appears only in
headers and footers. I suspect that the error has little to do
with the fact that it is in a header or footer, and much to do
with the fact that it is in a variable (Running H/F 2)
(which places the text of the last Heading1 paragraph in the footer).

For some reason, the textual output of the PS file inserts extra space
between the first letter of the text of the variable and the rest of the
variable. For example in the following footer (a real example):

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C-8 J   obstream Desriptions                           Blah blah blah...

This footer is from an appendix. The page number variable (C-8)
prints okay, but "Jobstream Descriptions" prints oddly. Note the spaces
between the "J" in Jobstream and the subsequent text. This error is
not consistent, i.e., it doesn't occur all the time (I haven't   
established
a pattern) but it is very frequent.

Other Notes
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 - The document prints fine in hard copy to our PCL printer.
 - I recently (within the past few weeks) downloaded the latest Adobe PS   
driver.
 - I downloaded the Xerox Docutech 135 PPD from Xerox's site.
 - Am using a Windows 95 system, Frame 5.5.6
 - This is not going to Acrobat. No, Acrobat is irrelevant. No, I am not
Distilling (however, when I do distill the PS file I use Distiller 3.02,
yes, the latest version, yada yada.... someone is going to forget that
I am talking about preparing PS files for the Docutech....)

Many thanks for any suggestions you may have.

Steve Murphy
Senior Documentation Specialist
Adobe Certified Expert/FrameMaker, Acrobat
SOFTWORKS, Inc.
5845 Richmond Highway
Alexandria, VA  22303 USA
(703) 317-8879
smurphy@softworkscc.com  

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