Re: Going nutso with a PDF problem

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Are you sure this is a legitimate message? Maybe some virus got on there and is spoofing you. I mean, the message to my eyes appears kind of contradictory. 

Until you get this straightened out, can you use a different distiller? If you can use RoboPDF, I've always found that to be even better than the Acrobat distillers.


--- On Thu, 10/8/09, Tammy Van Boening <info -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com> wrote:

> From: Tammy Van Boening <info -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com>
> Subject: Going nutso with a PDF problem
> To: "TechWhirl List" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 4:26 PM
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> TCS 2 - all components up to date with the latest patches
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> 
> I have successfully distilled this FM document many times
> before, when all
> of a sudden poof- I am getting this bizarre message:
> 
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> 
> When you create a postscript file, you must rely on system
> fonts and use
> document fonts. Please go to printer properties "Adobe PDF
> Settings" page
> and turn OFF the option "Rely on system fonts only. Do not
> use document
> fonts." 
> 
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> 
> Uh, the fonts that I was initially using (American Standard
> and Phylliis D)
> are installed on my system and I have successfully made
> PDFs many times
> before with these fonts, but in a desperate time crunch, I
> converted the
> fonts to good old Arial and TNR only and yes, I
> double-checked that, but no
> matter what I do, turn off this blasted setting (which I
> never had to mess
> with before) or turn on this blasted setting for my Adobe
> PDF printer, I get
> the same blasted message and FM hangs when I request to
> distill the document
> and I can't this dam___d document to distill in preparation
> for a PDF.
> 
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> 
> Any and all advice is appreciated.
> 
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> 
> TVB
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> 
> Tammy Van Boening
> 
> Owner/Principal
> 
> Spectrum Writing, LLC
> 
> email: info -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com
> 
> web: www.spectrumwritingllc.com
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