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Cheers,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
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Installing the Distiller Printer Instance in Windows 2000.
1) Uninstall the Distiller printer you have installed.
2) Insert your FrameMaker 6 CD. Cancel out of any autostart stuff.
3) Open a browser, go to
<http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/pdrvwin.htm> and download the Adobe
PostScript Printer universal installer 1.0.2.
3) After you download it, run the universal installer.
4) When prompted for a PPD, ***DON'T*** select the generic driver for which
you are prompted. ****Instead****, browse the FrameMaker CD in \Extras\Ppds
and use the Adist4.ppd.
5) When prompted, choose "File" as your printer port (not LPT1, for
example).
6) After you've installed the Distiller printer instance, go to the Pinters
Control panel and right-click on the Distiller printer. Coose Printer
Settings.
8) Click the Advanced... Button.
9) In the Advanced Properties Window, set "TrueType Font:" to "Download as
Softfont".
10) Then click on the "+" beside the "Postscript Options" to expand thelist.
11) For "Postscript Output Option, select "Optimize for Speed."
12) For TrueType Font Download Option, select "Native TrueType."
13) For "Postscript Language Level, select "3."
14) For the error handler, set to "Yes" and the mirrored output to "No".
15) Also make sure that ICM (Image Color Management) is disabled under the
"Graphic" options.
16) Now go to the "Properties" window by right clicking on the Distiller
printer in the Printer Control Panel and selecting the option at the bottom
of the list.
17) Click on the "Device Settings" tab and make sure that "Outpu tProtocol"
is set to "binary" and set the "Ctrl-D" options to "No."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry Vandelinde [SMTP:HenryV -at- milltronics -dot- com]
> We are trying out Acrobat 5 and the PDF graphics are not clear. The
> outlines are jagged on screen but print output is fine. The source doc is
> FM, and we print to a PS file which we distill. We are using the generic
> Win2000 PS driver
>
> Adobe suport is its usual PIA.
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