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Subject:Re: FrameMaker file to PDF help From:Paul Branchaud <paul -at- ZKS -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 1 Apr 1999 12:31:51 -0500
Kevin McLauchlan wrote:
> However, when you print, you at least have the opportunity
> to select a printer and adjust settings. When you "Save as..."
> FM makes assumptions and doesn't let you modify them.
Actually, Kevin (and anyone else who is interested), Frame bases it's
assumptions on the printer driver that is set. If (in Windows) you choose
File>Printer Setup, you can configure which printer driver to use when
generating the PDF through the Save As command. If you manually distill a
postscript file, you can pause the job and set the job options and
preferences you want Acrobat to use. Combine that with your newly selected
printer driver, and you have a fair amount of control over how to apply the
Save As PDF command.
It took me a while to figure this out, but once I selected a printer that
used an Adobe PS driver, most of my PDF problems disappeared.
Paul
------------------------Nothing Personal------------------------
Paul "RTFM Guy" Branchaud (paul -at- zks -dot- net)
Lead Technical Writer, Zero-Knowledge Systems, Inc.
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I had a fortune cookie the other day and it said, "Outlook not so good."
I said, "Sure, but Microsoft ships it anyway."
