RE: Going nutso with a PDF problem

["Ed" <hamonwry12 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

I've seen this one before. Open the PDF printer properties, and in the
bottom of the dialog is a check box that says "Rely on System fonts only; do
not use system fonts". Apparently it wants you to deselect it.

Hope this helps,
-=Ed.

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> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:57 PM
> To: TechWhirl List; Tammy Van Boening
> Subject: Re: Going nutso with a PDF problem
> 
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > TCS 2 - all components up to date with the latest patches
> >
> >
> >
> > I have successfully distilled this FM document many times
> > before, when all
> > of a sudden poof- I am getting this bizarre message:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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."
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any and all advice is appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > TVB
> >
> >
> >
> > Tammy Van Boening
> >
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