Thanks Fred & Mike, The problem was that the printer metrics used by the OKI color printer used to print direct from Frame are *very* different from the Adobe PDF/Distiller metrics.
Once I loaded up SetPrint, Frame selected only the Adobe PDF/Distiller metrics for onscreen display. What I still don't understand is why I haven't come across this before in 14 very intensive Frame years :) But I'll leave that for another day. Thanks again fellas. jjj -- John Pitt, technical writer Sydney