That's true, but the OP was comparing PS>Distill to SaveAs. No mention of watched folders. Because SaveAs also wouldn't be used in a watched folder workflow, I assumed that watched folders weren't involved and so didn't go down that path.
Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Stuart Rogers <srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com> wrote: > Art Campbell wrote: > ...> >> >> That said, there's no reason to do a two-step PS-then-distill process >> when you can just Print to the Adobe PDF printer instance, which >> produces the PS file and distills it in one step. >> >> Art Campbell > > For some workflows, there is a reason -- if you set up multiple watched > folders with different job options and 'out' folders associated with them. > ?Printing to a .ps file destined for one of those folders can be a useful > automation in the background while you do other things. > > > -- > Stuart Rogers > Technical Communicator > Phoenix Geophysics Limited > Toronto, ON, Canada > +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 > > srogers phoenix-geophysics com > > "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to > beg in the streets, steal bread, or sleep under a bridge." > > --Anatole France > >