Re: [LegacyUG] PDF files (Yes, Sharon, they are broken)

[Sharon Perdue]

I do have lots of photos attached to people and events.  Also, loading paper 
into printers in 2 different rooms took extra time, as well as putting in 
new ink cartridges and the "test page" process associated with that. 
Luckily I had the paper and the ink cartridges!  They called me about 5pm 
and I left home with the pages around 11:30pm.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank L. Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PDF files (Yes, Sharon, they are broken)


Sharon,
5 hours???  The sounds a bit excessive unless there were many pages of
graphics (photos, etc.).  Approximately 400 pages of mostly text should 
have
not taken more than a hour.  Possibly as little as a half an hour 
depending
on the printer being used.

Curiouser and curiouser, said Alice.
FL Rose
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Perdue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PDF files (Yes, Sharon, they are broken)


>I created a PDF file for a Descendant Narrative, copied it to a CD and
took
>it to Kinko's to be printed and bound.  They couldn't print it because 
>of
>Postscript errors.  They could see the file on their computer screen
fine,
>but when it starts to print it skips the top part of the page, prints 
>the
>middle of the page and then prints the postscript errors and stops.
<snip>
>Kinko's said that there is probably some setting in the creation that
>doesn't work with Postscript. <snip>
I ended up having to print it at home (took almost 5 hours using 2
computers/printers) and get Kinko's to make duplex copies from this
"master."  It also used 2 ink cartridges on one printer and finished up
one
on the other printer.  There are 3 reports - one Descendant Narrative 
Book
(273 pages), and two Ancestor Reports (66 pages & 68 pages).  I hope I
don't
have to do that again - ever!!  It was all in black and white.
I have no idea what Kinko's uses, except for Postscript.
Sharon Perdue
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E.Rodier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PDF files (Yes, Sharon, they are broken)

> Sharon,
> Is the recipient of your Legacy PDF file trying to edit with the full
> version of Acrobat? That is a totally different issue than using free
> Acrobat Reader to print a family report saved as PDF by Legacy. If a
book
> printing service cannot produce multiple copies of a family book that
> would match a home-printed PDF file, that would be a major concern.
>
> One other option is to print a "master" copy of a family book at home
and
> ask a printing service to make two-sided photocopies. Black and white
> copies are much more affordable than color copies on a more expensive
> machine.
>
> I used a free download of PDF 995 for one family book with the PDF
product
> set as default printer. My preference is to plan data entry carefully 
> so
> that a genealogy program like Legacy will print a useful book report
with
> no editing required.
>
> Editing an RTF report in a word processor and adding pictures one by 
> one
> is too much work when the family data changes frequently. Some living
> people want an ex-spouse left out etc.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sharon Perdue"
> I only got 5 copies made the first time (which were sold for cost to
> distant cousins), and now 3 more people want one (with additional
updates
> of course).  I was about to try the company you said you used, but I
also
> know a local person whose family has a printing company and figured I
> would try them first.
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