Re: W98: Setting up for Postscript to PDF

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Some comments:

(1) Your "PStype = PostScript font type 1 compatible or not" in the
table has values of "1" and "2+". That doesn't make too much sense.
ALL Adobe drivers are compatible with Type 1 fonts. If you really
meant "PStype = PostScript language level compatibility" then all
your entries should be "2 and 3". None of the drivers mentioned
support PostScript languagelevel 1.

(2) In terms of TrueType support, I assume that you mean "support
for searchability in PDF" of Type 42 TrueType fonts. All the four
combinations you provide support TrueType fonts in PDF as Type 42.
Only the combinations that include AdobePS 4.3 and Acrobat 4
support searchability of text in TrueType fonts.

(3) If you are making a switch from Mac to Windows'98, I would
most strongly recommend the combination of FrameMaker 5.5.6,
AdobePS 4.3, and Acrobat 4. If you must stay with Acrobat 3.02
for the time being, you should use AdobePS 4.2.6 (or 4.2.4 or 4.2.5).

	- Dov


At 6/23/99 09:50 AM , Jason Aiken wrote:
>Framers friends and allies,
>
>For those of us imprisoned on the W98 operating system, it seems there
>is a bit of confusion about which Adobe PS driver to use. I call upon
>the collective brainpower of hundreds of Framers to answer me these
>questions three:
>
>1. If you're using Frame 5.1.2, Distiller 3.02, and Win98, which Adobe
>PS driver is best?
>
>2. Are there any workarounds, maker.ini edits, or other fixes necessary
>(such as the virmem.ps fix)?
>
>3. Can we work together to complete a table outlining the preferred
>setups?
>
>Here's my best guess at the table, I hope it's intelligible. Please
>correct or madly edit as you see fit. The goal is to find error free
>combinations. I'm only considering Windows environments right now,
>although I'd be happy to provide my experience with the Mac interface as
>well. I hope this is somewhat intelligible after getting slapped around
>by the email and list servers:
>
>FM         PS driver        Acro        TT    PStype
>
>5.1.2      4.2.4                3.02        Y         1
>5.1.2      4.3                   4              N         2+
>5.5.6      4.2.4                3.02        Y         1
>5.5.6      4.3                   4              N         2+
>
>FM = Frame version
>PS driver = Adobe PS driver version
>Acro = Distiller or Exchange version
>TT = True type fonts supported, yes or no
>PStype = PostScript font type 1 compatible or not
>
>Background
>My department is making the switch from Mac to PC (W98), and upgrading
>to 5.5.6. We're a bit confused about which AdobePS driver to use with
>our Distiller 3.02, given the errors discovered with the most recent
>Adobe driver (see Dov's message dated 28 May, 1999).
>
>Thanks for any and all insight.
>
>Jason Aiken
>Medtronic, Inc.


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