Re: The Driver or FM? Or both?

[Jay Smith <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

More questions:

1) Will the EPS file Open and Print from the application that created it
(Illustrator if a vector format image; PhotoShop if a raster format
image)?

2) Will the FM file print without the EPS image(s)?

3) If #1 is yes and #2 is yes, then what is in the EPS files.  Where
were they created?  Do they contain "editable" text?  Could the EPS
file(s) have been created on a different platform (i.e. Mac vs PC vs
Unix) and/or if they contain fonts, are the fonts present on your
system?

4) Continuing on #3 (if 1 and 2 are yes) try printing the EPS file(s),
from the application that created them, to a PS file (using the
Distiller PPD)?  Does that work?  Can you distill that PS file
successfully?  If yes, try placing the resulting PDF file into your FM
doc -- will it print okay now?

Jay


Cybercough - John Ivo Wiens wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply, here are my answers, maybe you can give me a
> hand;
> 
> >1) Make sure that you are using the correct "printer definition" (ppd
> >file) for the printer to which you are printing.
> 
> We are certain we are using latest version of the PPD we could find for the
> HP Laserjet 5si MP PS, Xerox Docutech 135 and Acrobat Distiller.
> 
> >1a) I am making the assumption that you have successfully printed SOME
> >files from FM to this printer before.
> 
> Yes, no other problems occur except when printing that file.
> 
> >1b) However, have you successfully printed ANY files CONTAINING EPS
> >IMAGES to THIS printer before?  The next question is how large is the
> >job you are sending?  Would it work if it was only a 1 page job that had
> >an EPS image on it?
> 
> We had experienced no problems printing EPS's with the Adobe PS 4.1 driver.
> Also, when I copy and paste the anchored frame that contains the EPS onto a
> new
> blank document, I have no printing problems. I was suspecting that maybe the
> error
> is related to the unique Id that is assigned to the font , because the
> distiller log displays the " /Unique ID " line. But maybe I am way off on
> this one. I've attached the log file from Distiller, so anyone can take a
> look at it.
> 
> I have also tried the experiment below and during the distilling process I
> still came up  with the same error on the Distiller log file. So, I can't
> even get to the PDF level. As you can tell, it is rather frustating. So any
> help would very much appreciated.
> 
> >2) If the answers to all the above indicate that you should not have a
> >problem, try an experiment:  First create a PS file that you Distill to
> >PDF -- be sure to "print to file", USING THE DISTILLER PPD, not a
> >physical printer's PPD.  Distill the PS file to PDF.  Then print to your
> >printer from inside Acrobat.  Will it work then?
> 
> Ivo Wiens
> Systems Analyst
> PBTSystem Group - Winnipeg
> An IBM Company
> Canada
> Tel  1(204) 694-0970  Ext. 365
> Fax 1(204) 694-2395
> Ivo_Wiens@pbsc.com
> 
> __________ Visit our website at http://www.pbsc.com __________
> 
> > John Ivo Wiens wrote:
> >
> > We are currently running Adobe PS Driver 4.31 and printing one of our
> > files, which contain embedded EPS's we come up with the following
> > problem: (Is this an option inside Framemaker that I should change or
> > is this a PS Driver issue?)
> >
> > %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: get ]%%
> >
> > Stack:
> >
> > /UniqueID
> >
> > -dict-
> >
> >
> >
> > %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> >
> > You help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Ivo
> 
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> Jay Smith
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