On 02/07/2012 3:23 PM, Combs, Richard wrote: > There are two places (at least!) where that option can be set:
"At least" is right! > > -- The Adobe PDF Document Properties dialog (where you guys changed > it via File > Print Setup in FM). I believe that setting persists > only during the current FM session. > > -- The Adobe PDF Printing Preferences dialog. This is the place where > you make that setting the default so that it persists (so long as the > setting in Document Properties doesn't override it). > > To change the latter: > > 1) Go to Start > Devices and Printers (Win 7) or Start > Printers and > Faxes (Win XP). 2) Right-click Adobe PDF and select Printing > Preferences. 3) On the Adobe PDF Settings tab of the Printing > Preferences dialog, turn off Rely on system fonts only and click OK. Two more places to (if necessary) clear that checkbox: In step 2 above, right-click and select Printer Properties > General tab > Preferences; then also click the Advanced tab > Printing Defaults. > > A better alternative, IMHO, is to install Sundorne's free SetPrint > plugin (http://www.sundorne.com/FrameMaker/Freeware/setPrint.htm). It > automatically makes Adobe PDF your printer in FM without requiring > you to change your system default printer. Highly recommended -- and > the price is right. :-) I second this recommendation, and also that of another poster who advised printing everything to PDF first, then printing the PDF to your physical printer. A lot of problems go away if you just follow that practice. Best regards, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
