Brad, Since you mention that you're on XP, have you installed the PostScript printer Hotfix from Microsoft?
That would be my starting point for trouble-shooting, I think. http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952909/en-us 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 Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Brad Simmons <bsimmons at agleader.com>wrote: > Dear Frame Users, > > I am a long-time user of FrameMaker who has recently been plagued with a > problem that I've never encountered before: When I make .PDFs, I usually > have swaths of pages with some headers and some page numbers missing. > > I am using unstructured FrameMaker 8 on a Windows XP platform to create > books that are usually more than 300 pages. When I go to print a book, I > first open up all of my chapters. Then I choose "File_Print Book" (I never > do "Save As PDF"). I print directly to .PDF, without making a separate > Distiller (.prn) file. > > Beginning a few weeks ago, the .PDFs that were created had some headers and > page numbers missing. Usually, these missing headers and page numbers were > on consecutive pages - as an example, pages 20-40 would have missing page > numbers. I would then reattempt the creation of a .PDF oh, two, three or > sometimes four times, with the result that the exact same headers or page > numbers would be missing. The ironic thing is that these headers and page > numbers would appear as normal in the original FM files. > > Fortunately, I have managed to get a successful .PDF created with all > headers and page numbers after my fourth, fifth or sixth try. But this has > changed a relatively quick process into an irritating process that takes > much, much longer. > > Worse, the missing page numbers and header problem is appearing across > numerous files, in numerous books. And this problem has appeared out of > nowhere - It's as if one day I did not have disappearing headers and page > numbers, and the next day I did. > > Hence I'm wondering: Why is this happening? And does anyone know how I > could fix this problem? > > I described this problem one friend of mine who told me to re-create and > reassemble my book file from scratch. I did that, to no effect. This same > friend suggested that I first make a .prn file, but I have never seen the > value in taking this extra step - and when I tried this longer route to PDF > creation, it too didn't solve the problem. I also went to Adobe's website > and found several patches for FM 8. I downloaded those, and these did not > help either. > > So now I'm grasping at straws - I'm increasing the amount of RAM in my PC > from 2 GB to 4 GB, just in case this .PDF creation woes have been caused by > a lack of memory. About the only other thing I could do would be to upgrade > from FM 8 to FM 9 but I don't know if that would solve the problem either. > Since I don't know the cause, of the problem I cannot guess at the solution. > > Does anyone else have other ideas to fix this? > > Brad Simmons > Technical Writer > Ag-Leader Technology > Ames, Iowa > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
