Re: Setting up Frame PS to PDF and Acro 3-4 compatibility

["Jason Aiken" <jason.aiken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Viktor writes:

> Except that at least some of us have run into really nasty
> problems with Frame 5.5.6 and AdobePS 4.3 on Win98,
> when printing large documents.

What are these nasty problems? I recall someone having the system crash.
I recall others having Acrobat crash during the Distill process
(distillation?), and have also heard something about a memory leak. Are
we certain these are AdobePS 4.3 problems and not some other variable?

>  I've used 5.5.6, PS4.2.6 and Acrobat 4.0, and haven't
> noticed any problems yet. However, I also don't use TT
> fonts in my docs, so for me the whole Type42
> searchability issue is moot.

If the TT / Type42 searchability is moot, are there any other errors
known in an environment using a mixture of Type 1 PSfonts and True Type
fonts with FM 5.5.6, AdobePS 4.3, and Acro Distiller 3.02? (Given the OS
is Win98 and the latest non-clone PPD is used.)

Let's say we do go ahead and use the Adobe sanctioned FM 5.5.6, AdobePS
4.3, and Acrobat 4 environment instead. What compatibility issues exist
if users (refusing to download and install the free Acro Reader 4) open
a PDF created in Acrobat 4 in a version of Acro Exchange 3.x?

I seem to recall that, for the most part, Acrobat 4's backward
compatibility is okay. However, some errors have been encountered with
color tables. I think other dialogs appeared, but by clicking "OK" the
file was still accessible.

It is far preferable to use the latest software. If we can forecast the
problems, maybe we can have a small island of Acrobat 4 seats until
everyone else is able to move up.

Using FM 5.5.6 and a beta version of Acrobat 4, we were able to create
nice high-end, prepress friendly, full color PDFs. These PDFs kept spot
colors and made our vendors happy. We would like to use FM to PDF for
all color jobs. Can the AdobePS 4.2.6 and Distiller 3.02 accomplish this
without making CMYK separations yourself (as mentioned by Brad in the
past)?

Sorry for carrying this on and snowballing the issue, but I've got to
understand all this if I'm going to eliminate Quark and make a crusade
for Acrobat 4 in my little realm. Long live the Frame Templars!

Thanks again for the helpful replies everyone.

Jason

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