Hi all, I looked back in the archives and found a post I sent last year about the PDF Optimizer function. I'm including it below.
In essence, the optimizer can be used to alter the PDF background that is then included in your composition (so you can downsample and remove unnecessary objects in the background if you'd like) but there are settings in the optimizer that can actually remove FusionPro frames from the PDF template itself. This may be useful if you want to remove FusionPro info from your PDF (which was the original request I investigated last year). Here's the full post that I sent: ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Hi, everyone A customer recently asked us if it was possible to remove all of the variable frames in their FusionPro PDF template in a simple manner (as opposed to selecting each frame and deleting it). They were doing hybrid printing on shells and wanted to have the static background PDF sent off to a different workflow for conventional printing. Since they had made some changes to the PDF background in their FusionPro template, they needed to use this exact background PDF file (rather than the original file) for the shell printing. There's a great feature in Adobe Acrobat 7 that allows you to remove all FusionPro frames from a PDF (there may be a similar feature in Acro 5 and 6). To remove the FusionPro frames in Acrobat 7, first backup your PDF. Then, select "Advanced->PDF Optimizer" from Acrobat. There are a number of settings in the PDF Optimizer that you can run on your PDF that are worth a look at including image downsampling, transparency flattening, "Audit Space Usage", and font embedding settings. For removing the frames, go to the "Discard Objects" section and select the "Discard all comments and form widgets" option (should be the very first selection). Press the OK button and viola - no more FusionPro frames! Please Note: Be careful on the settings in the "Images" area. The default is to downsample images about a certain resolution so you want to change those settings to what is appropriate to your workflow. Hope this option is useful to other users. --Mark Hilger Product Manager Printable Technologies, Inc. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- FusionPro 5.0 Now Available! Variable text on a curve and soft drop-shadows for variable text LIMITED TIME upgrade offer of $299 per license for current customers: http://fusionpro.printable.com/store/upgrade New licenses available for $599 each at: http://fusionpro.printable.com/store/ All FusionPro 5.0 customers to receive FusionPro 5.1 with Adobe Acrobat 8 and InDesign CS3 support when released for FREE. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -- Users of FusionPro Desktop have unlimited free email support. Contact Printable Support at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- View FusionPro Knowledge Base, FusionPro Samples at www.printable.com/vdp/desktop.htm -- You are currently subscribed to fusionpro as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Note: All e-mail sent to or from this address will be received or otherwise recorded by the e-mail recipients of this forum. It is subject to archival, monitoring or review by, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. Our privacy policy is posted on www.printplanet.com --
