PDF Import

2013-04-16 Thread Jacob Schäffer (Grafikhuset)
Hi Arnis Fortunately, properly prepared EPS is not that bad at all. As you very well know I'm pretty happy with PostScript :-) Anyway, in graphics production of year 2013 it's no less than *very* easy - by accident or lack of knowledge - to mix an unsuitable PDF into a FM-workflow, e.g. a perf

PDF Import

2013-04-16 Thread Jacob Schäffer (Grafikhuset)
Hi Arnis, Is it really true that FM makes an internal PDF-> EPS conversion? If "true" that?s very interesting. As to my knowledge Adobe unceasingly discourage the use of EPS when PDF is available because the PostScript imaging model can't render a quite substantial amount of PDF objects correctly

Ventura encoded text files + some extra rubbish

2012-04-26 Thread Jacob Schäffer (Grafikhuset)
Over the years I've had quite a few conversations with Gabor Jahn, Allan Shearer, Abe Hendin and Paul McGee, to which Jay Maechtlen's FAQ link refer in many of the FAQ answers. These folks have done a great job and I can still see their wisdom engulfed in passionate Ventura flames. Consult the Vent

OT: Batch Convert EPS to TIF

2011-08-12 Thread Jacob Schäffer (Grafikhuset)
What?s wrong with the native Ghostscript batch utilities. GS have output devices for what you want, and likely also a .cmd or .bat file as well. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch?ffer | Chief Developer _ Description: http://www.grafikhuset.net/grafikhuset_156x35.gif Graf

SV: So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

2011-03-02 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Steve wrote: < The sooner Apple buys the company, the better. > Hmmm ... Why? What is Apple *exactly* doing better than Adobe? Can Apple add value to FrameMaker? I doubt so *very* much. Personally I don't find any acquisition -- either way -- likely in *any* future. Best regards / Med venlig hi

SV: So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

2011-03-02 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer  |  Chief Developer -- Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Mobile: +45 2021 1958 Phone: +45 4848 0096 Email: j...@grafikhuset.dk Web: www.grafikhuset.net -Oprindelig meddelelse- F

SV: Registration marks missing

2011-02-07 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Scott, This is likely a PDF /CropBox "understanding" issue, which mean that everything might be OK afterall. Unfortunately, the term "CropBox" might bring confusion although the concept is clear. /CropBox defines the *visible* page size in a viewer. CropBox has effectively NOTHING to do with "tri

SV: Registration marks missing

2011-02-07 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Scott, This is likely a PDF /CropBox "understanding" issue, which mean that everything might be OK afterall. Unfortunately, the term "CropBox" might bring confusion although the concept is clear. /CropBox defines the *visible* page size in a viewer. CropBox has effectively NOTHING to do with "tri

SV: "[Violation] Annotations were found inside the BleedBox, TrimBox or ArtBox on the following pages" and PDFX/1-a standard

2011-02-01 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Dov said: < The only workaround is to use Distiller settings to convert the RGB to CMYK, a somewhat risky proposition ... > Not true, and Dov knows that. What Dov mean is that the only ADOBE workaround for *prepress* PDF's is to ... There are quite a few "repair" options out there in the wild cyp

SV: "[Violation] Annotations were found inside the BleedBox, TrimBox or ArtBox on the following pages" and PDFX/1-a standard

2011-02-01 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Dov said: < The only workaround is to use Distiller settings to convert the RGB to CMYK, a somewhat risky proposition ... > Not true, and Dov knows that. What Dov mean is that the only ADOBE workaround for *prepress* PDF's is to ... There are quite a few "repair" options out there in the wild cyp

Plug for Imposition

2010-07-20 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Create a PDF and then use Quite Imposing. /Jacob -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] P? vegne af Whites Sendt: 20. juli 2010 06:09 Til: Frame Users Emne: Plug for Imposition Howdy Framers - Anyone know of

RE: Plug for Imposition

2010-07-20 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Create a PDF and then use Quite Imposing. /Jacob -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] På vegne af Whites Sendt: 20. juli 2010 06:09 Til: Frame Users Emne: Plug for Imposition Howdy Framers - Anyone know of a plug

SV: Grayscale Images are RGB

2010-01-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Migrating to InDesign is a *** H U G E *** task and may not be able to provide enough functionality. InDesign is fantastic in many aspects, but Framemaker definitely has its advantages and is -- for some tasks -- far superior to InDesign. /Jacob

SV: Grayscale Images are RGB

2010-01-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Migrating to InDesign is a *** H U G E *** task and may not be able to provide enough functionality. InDesign is fantastic in many aspects, but Framemaker definitely has its advantages and is -- for some tasks -- far superior to InDesign. /Jacob ___

Grayscale Images are RGB

2010-01-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Scott, I'm quite experienced with this issue and may be able to assist with setting up a Windows solution that runs smoothly and for most parts compensate for the poor TIFF implementation FrameMaker users have to deal with. The solution will be built around our Publi PDF software and is definitel

RE: Grayscale Images are RGB

2010-01-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
nd is definitely not free. See http://grafikhuset.net/PubliPDF/tech_components_optimizer_plugin.html for an introduction. Especially the "OptimizerRGBImageConversion" variable may be of interest. Please contact me off-list if you need assistance. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch

controlling Flash behavior using links in a PDF

2009-12-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Adobe InDesign can place SWF documents, i.e. compiled Flash movies, and fully respect what happens inside the clipping region that contain the SWF file. A very good helper is the free "PlaySWF" plug-in (search Google to find it), which makes it easy to *place* SWF documents into .INDD documents (I'

RE: controlling Flash behavior using links in a PDF

2009-12-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
m afraid you need to create both the LHS and RHS parts directly in Flash, unfortunately. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer  |  Chief Developer -- Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45

FM9: Unable to create PDF when "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is not selected

2009-12-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hmmm ... For some reason the link I provided was broken. Try this instead: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd162843(VS.85).aspx which essentially is the same. If that doesn't work for you please try Google and paste the following line in the input box: "Printer Escape Functions" MSDN

FM9: Unable to create PDF when "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is not selected

2009-12-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Scott wrote: < However, why didn't Microsoft make it easy on everyone in the first place, since on inception of their OS printing was the major output? > It's not my business to defend or accuse Microsoft or Adobe in any way. My business is to speak out loud that CMYK and SPOT color support i

RE: FM9: Unable to create PDF when "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is not selected

2009-12-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hmmm ... For some reason the link I provided was broken. Try this instead: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd162843(VS.85).aspx which essentially is the same. If that doesn't work for you please try Google and paste the following line in the input box: "Printer Escape Functions" MSDN

RE: FM9: Unable to create PDF when "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is not selected

2009-12-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
still find it highly unacceptable that FrameMaker didn't implement support for composite outputting CMYK bitmaps many, many years ago -- Windows GDI or not. The technology to implement it is already largely available in the FrameMaker source code !!! Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schä

FM9: Unable to create PDF when "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is not selected

2009-12-09 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Yves Barbion wrote: < I don't want to select the "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" option. In fact, I never want to "convert" colors ... > I agree. However, remapping with what-ever tool is also lossy, but NOT as lossy as the Windows FrameMaker generated CMYK -> RGB conversion (which generates highly

FM9: Unable to create PDF when "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is not selected

2009-12-09 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Unfortunately the "Save As PDF" function in FM9 has some problems with the font handling engine. Sometimes this function substitutes fonts that actually are available on the system, and sometimes other weird things happen. Also unfortunately, this is the only way to preserve CMYK colours in placed

RE: FM9: Unable to create PDF when "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is not selected

2009-12-09 Thread Jacob Schäffer
e the required changes in FrameMaker, and Windows GDI is not to blame anymore. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer -- Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: j...@gr

RE: FM9: Unable to create PDF when "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is not selected

2009-12-09 Thread Jacob Schäffer
is hopelessly slow). Btw, the "Save As PDF" function implements PostScript more or less as of the FrameMaker Unix version, but printing to PDF uses Windows GDI for the same. So, there IS a huge difference between the two "to PDF" routes (this is new in FM9). Best regards / Me

Technical Communication Suite

2009-11-23 Thread Jacob Schäffer
We have several customers that jumped from 7.2 to 9.03 with very little difficulty. 9.0 was a disaster, but if you patch up to 9.01, then 9.02 and then 9.03 *before* loading old documents I don't think you will meet much trouble (our customers work with *Structured* FrameMaker and don't use the GUI

RE: Technical Communication Suite

2009-11-23 Thread Jacob Schäffer
27;s the plain and simple choice you have - if you have a realistic view on this matter! Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer  |  Chief Developer -- Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 E

creating oversized PDFs

2009-11-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Fred wrote: < Reducing the resolution to 600 dpi did the trick. Thank you to everyone who responded. > Though this resolves some issues with memory management here and there this approach unfortunately also introduces problems, one of which is bad character spacing. Reducing from 1200 dpi to 600

SV: creating oversize PDFs

2009-11-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
The best way to create custom page sizes is to use Windows Forms. Select Control Panel -> Printers & Faxes -> File Menu -> Server Properties -> Forms Tab. Give the form a name and a Width/height. REMEMBER that Width is ALWAYS the shortest edge -- unless you want trouble. If Width actually is larg

RE: creating oversized PDFs

2009-11-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
dpi to 600 dpi may not cause serious havoc, but if you reduce resolution any further you'll have very visible artifacts at smaller font sizes (at least in some cases). Hence, if you possibly can avoid reducing output resolution you definitely should. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jac

SV: creating oversize PDFs

2009-11-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
idth actually is larger than Height, then use Landscape mode instead. By doing so you get rid of using the Custom PostScript Size page property in the print menu; also the new form will be added to ALL printers on your system that support custom paper sizes. Cheers. Best regards / Med venlig hilse

SV: Frame Postscript Output Problem

2009-10-01 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Framemaker has an issue with its communication with some printer port types when, - and only when, and only in certain configurations - the Print to File switch is checked. One symptom is that Framemaker seem to "hang", which it actually doesn't - it waits for a response from the printer port. Cha

Frame Postscript Output Problem

2009-10-01 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Checking the "Print to File" switch is not a good idea when you want to create PostScript files. Instead, try to connect the printer instance to the FILE: port, restart Framemaker and then print again. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch?ffer? |? Chief Developer ---

SV: Frame Postscript Output Problem

2009-10-01 Thread Jacob Schäffer
) Jacob -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Scott White [mailto:swh...@alamark.com] Sendt: 1. oktober 2009 22:27 Til: Jacob Schäffer Emne: Re: Frame Postscript Output Problem Jacob Not sure what that means? I thought the only way on a pc was to select the adobe pdf and then select the print to fil

RE: Frame Postscript Output Problem

2009-10-01 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Checking the "Print to File" switch is not a good idea when you want to create PostScript files. Instead, try to connect the printer instance to the FILE: port, restart Framemaker and then print again. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer  |  Chief

SV: FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Alan Litchfield wrote: < Because almost everyone *does not* have broadband internet connection. The Outside Northern Europe, North America, and parts of Asia is very different. > Perhaps I pulled the trigger too fast here. You are right, of course: everyone in this world *does not* have broadband

SV: FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
I have never understood why software vendors release free patches that are NOT cumulative in proportion to the licensed base version. Today, where almost everyone has broadband Internet connections and is able to download huge data amounts, it seem a little narrow-sighted to release "small" execut

SV: FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
I have never understood why software vendors release free patches that are NOT cumulative in proportion to the licensed base version. Today, where almost everyone has broadband Internet connections and is able to download huge data amounts, it seem a little narrow-sighted to release "small" execut

RE: SV: FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
least cumulative Service Packs, so those of us (not me, but you outside Northern Europe and North America) that actually still use narrow internet connections have a chance to get off lightly though a re-install process WITHOUT downloading each patch separately? Best regards / M

SV: FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
registered licensees without regard to limitations in the Adobe Updater. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer  |  Chief Developer -- Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email:

SV: FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
registered licensees without regard to limitations in the Adobe Updater. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer  |  Chief Developer -- Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email:

SV: Standard font for technical documentation

2009-07-22 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Thanks, Dov !!! Actually, neither "Helvetica" as most people know it nor "Arial" nor the "Swiss XXX" variants offer the original Helvetica type face. The original Helvetica was developed in 1957 with the aim to create a neutral, "grotesk" typeface that had great clarity, no intrinsic meaning in i

SV: Standard font for technical documentation

2009-07-22 Thread Jacob Schäffer
it's worth every cent in display previews and print, I believe. And it offers a LOT of more faces than the standard four, 51 to be precise. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer  |  Chief Developer Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsing

SV: Installing Acrobat 9.0 taking FOREVER??!?

2009-04-22 Thread Jacob Schäffer
If Windows Explorer try to re-connect to an unavailable share or other ressource on the network it sometimes goes completely banana and try to re-stablish the connection upon many file operations and window re-paints. This is also true for the some of the FileSystem objects used by the latest gener

SV: Installing Acrobat 9.0 taking FOREVER??!?

2009-04-22 Thread Jacob Schäffer
generation development tools such as Visual Studio and the .NET platform. In this situation both installation processes in general and simple file operations can take forever because of long timeout-values related to failed credential-lookup :-) Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer

imported graphic on coloured background - thin white linearound the inserted graphic

2009-02-07 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Ulrike, This is basically a Windows GDI (and GDI+) thing. However, when Framemaker sets up the so-called "device context" during PostScript -> PDF creation it is actually possible to set a "drawing flag" that prevent drawing the white rectangle before drawing the image itself. It seem that Frame

RE: imported graphic on coloured background - thin white linearound the inserted graphic

2009-02-07 Thread Jacob Schäffer
ns (as Framemaker does) can set a flag that avoid it. Framemaker does not seem to attempt to avoid drawing a filled rectangle behind images even though it should (under certain circumstances). Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Graf

FM9 Upgrade

2009-01-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
FM9 will undoubtedly do a generally more prepress-friendly job during "Save as PDF" operations. My tests so far documents huge improvements, but there are still unresolved issues. I'll drop a post when I've finished testing. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch?ffer | Chief Developer

FM9 Upgrade

2009-01-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Howard, It's possible to do what you want to do with our Publi PDF software. Although it's a quite expensive tool you may want to give it a try. There is a free 30-day live trial available including full e-mail support (which you *do* need to set-up Publi PDF for this task). See: http://www.grafik

RE: FM9 Upgrade

2009-01-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
FM9 will undoubtedly do a generally more prepress-friendly job during "Save as PDF" operations. My tests so far documents huge improvements, but there are still unresolved issues. I'll drop a post when I've finished testing. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer

RE: FM9 Upgrade

2009-01-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
i PDF you *will* need support, but that's what I'm here for :-) Contact me off-list if you want to give Publi PDF a try. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-320

Importing Multi Page Tiffs, How ??

2009-01-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Thanks for the brush-up, Alan. I stand corrected :-) Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch?ffer | Chief Developer Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis All? 22, Raml?se DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: js at grafikhuset.dk Web: www.

Importing Multi Page Tiffs, How ??

2009-01-26 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Although the TIFF format supports multiple pages there aren't many applications out there supporting the multi-page flavor. Adobe Photoshop doesn't, I believe (I haven't tested with CS3 or newer) -- even though the TIFF spec is published by Adobe. The likely reason is that multiple-page TIFF has a

FM 9 Upgrade - Please share your views

2009-01-26 Thread Jacob Schäffer
This is definitely NOT a Visio issue with Framemaker, but a general MS OLE implementation issue. OLE has always been dangerous in many aspects even though it may seem to work OK at first sight on the local machine. Apart from effectively preventing document portability, OLE object linking are lik

RE: Importing Multi Page Tiffs, How ??

2009-01-26 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Thanks for the brush-up, Alan. I stand corrected :-) Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: j...@grafikhuset.dk Web

RE: Importing Multi Page Tiffs, How ??

2009-01-26 Thread Jacob Schäffer
nvironment. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: j...@grafikhuset.dk Web: www.grafikhuset.net __

RE: FM 9 Upgrade - Please share your views

2009-01-26 Thread Jacob Schäffer
linking and embedding is a complete disaster for production workflows where reliability is a must-have. And Framemaker is not the one to blame :-) Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22

RGB Color Definitions

2008-12-04 Thread Jacob Schäffer
See http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/whitepaper_difficult_pdf_documents.html for an explanation. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch?ffer | Chief Developer Paradis All? 22, Raml?se DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: js at grafikhuset.dk Web: www.grafikhuset.net >

RE: RGB Color Definitions

2008-12-03 Thread Jacob Schäffer
See http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/whitepaper_difficult_pdf_documents.html for an explanation. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.grafikhuset.net

Spot color generating process plates

2008-11-17 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Donna, I forgot to mention: Your problem is that your PMS032 color is converted to RGB at PDF creation time. If your Distiller Joboptions is set to "Convert to CMYK" the RGB colors that Framemaker output will likely be converted to some "managed" CMYK composition, i.e. a re-calculated compositi

SV: Spot color generating process plates

2008-11-17 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Donna, Since I'm the author of a commercial software package "Grafikhuset Publi PDF" I've been reluctant to answer this question. So, please judge my answer since some may say it's biased. Anyway, you'll definitely need Publi PDF. You should study the following links: http://www.grafikhuset.ne

RE: Spot color generating process plates

2008-11-17 Thread Jacob Schäffer
uite steep at first sight, unfortunately), but I'll do my very best to navigate you around. There are quite a few Publi PDF users in the Framers community. Speak up, if you have something too add. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse D

SV: Spot color generating process plates

2008-11-17 Thread Jacob Schäffer
udy the following links: http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/whitepaper_difficult_pdf_documents.html http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/tech_components_optimizer_plugin.html http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/download.htm Test it. It works and CAN solve your problem. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jaco

Can't open files - FM crashes!

2008-11-13 Thread Jacob Schäffer
I'm running XP SP3 and have no problems with referenced graphic objects. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch?ffer | Chief Developer Paradis All? 22, Raml?se DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: js at grafikhuset.dk Web: www.grafikhuset.net > -Oprindelig meddelelse-

RE: Can't open files - FM crashes!

2008-11-13 Thread Jacob Schäffer
I'm running XP SP3 and have no problems with referenced graphic objects. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.grafikhuset.net > -Oprindelig me

SV: Text is RGB

2008-10-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Paul, With Acrobat 5 one solution would be to use our Publi PDF Optimizer with Distiller 5. You can download it from http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/download.htm. The trial version works as a 100% production ready copy for 30 days and should resolve your problem with its default installati

SV: Text is RGB

2008-10-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
/whitepaper_difficult_pdf_documents.html Feel free to contact me off-list if you need further assistance. If you have Acrobat 7 or later you might be able to setup a workflow that makes the converion for you directly. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22

SV: CMYK in Frame

2008-10-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hedley, CMYK in Frame basically involves two quite different problems: (1) Imported bitmapped objects doesn't maintain fidelity downstream (2) CMYK colors for vector-based art defined *inside* Frame gets totally wrecked downstream. As of (1): Your point about storing RGB image data is *extrem

SV: CMYK in Frame

2008-10-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
ta is *extremely* good as long as you mean Color Managed RGB data *including* ICC profiles. If so, you can't use EPS reliably at all and *must* use PDF as storage format for such objects. As of (2): No comments at this time. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Pa

CMYK in Frame

2008-10-09 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hi Scott, When you work with images in Framemaker on Windows and import image formats that resemble RAW image CMYK data (such as CMYK TIFF or CMYK JPEG) you *will* experience a loss in color fidelity because Framemaker on Windows can't use bitmapped CMYK data directly. However, FM can *read* th

RE: CMYK in Frame

2008-10-09 Thread Jacob Schäffer
relevant, additional info, please see http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/whitepaper_difficult_pdf_documents.html Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Grafikhuset Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W

SV: Times, Times Roman, Times New Roman, and changing printers, etc.

2008-09-11 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Dov said: I believe that anyone old enough (like me) to own a license to Distiller 3 actually have the Base 13 font files in Type 1 format handy (4 x Times, 4 x Helvetica, 4 x Courier and Symbol). I'm unsure about licensing, though, especially if you upgraded from Acrobat 3. In case of *upgr

SV: Times, Times Roman, Times New Roman, and changing printers, etc.

2008-09-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
se of *upgrade* the newer license agreement may supersede the older version license, and since the base 13 fonts was removed from 4 (or 5, I'm unsure which version, actually) your current license agreement may not cover use of the old version fonts. Dov, what is correct here ??? Best reg

Importing Ventura files

2008-07-07 Thread Jacob Schäffer
The old Ventura versions (up to 4.2) had language or region specific import/export filters for referenced files, especially .TXT files. Upgrading may fail if the filter code mentioned in the original CHP file is unknown to the newer version of Ventura or the Framemaker import filter. I'd be sur

RE: Importing Ventura files

2008-07-07 Thread Jacob Schäffer
The old Ventura versions (up to 4.2) had language or region specific import/export filters for referenced files, especially .TXT files. Upgrading may fail if the filter code mentioned in the original CHP file is unknown to the newer version of Ventura or the Framemaker import filter. I'd be sur

Importing Ventura files

2008-07-03 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hello Lutz, If you have one of the latest Corel Ventura versions, preferably 10.0, then you can write a script using CorelSCRIPT to export all content to MIF. This is not a trivial task, but it can be done. CorelSCRIPT is a rather complete scripting language that resemble the BASIC language. I

RE: Importing Ventura files

2008-07-03 Thread Jacob Schäffer
EÁK JAHN Gábor Ventura" to find him. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.grafikhuset.net > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED

SV: Pantone C vs CVC / Screen printing

2008-06-06 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hi Mathieu, Our Publi PDF software is tailored especially to solve this specific problem. Please see: http://www.grafikhuset.net/PubliPDF/whitepaper_difficult_pdf_documents.html and http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/ for details. Best regards Jacob Sch?ffer Grafikhuset Paradis All? 22 Raml?s

SV: Pantone C vs CVC / Screen printing

2008-06-05 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hi Mathieu, Our Publi PDF software is tailored especially to solve this specific problem. Please see: http://www.grafikhuset.net/PubliPDF/whitepaper_difficult_pdf_documents.html and http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/ for details. Best regards Jacob Schäffer Grafikhuset Paradis Allé 22

Optimize preview of EPS files?

2008-05-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Creating previews with Ghostscript (which internally seem to use the EPSWrite device) will -- if I'm not mistaken -- convert a lot of graphic elements and text to bitmaps, and all colors will turn into plain RGB. Hence, the resulting EPS document may not be device independent anymore. I haven't

Optimize preview of EPS files?

2008-05-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Framers, PSAlter from Quite can also add preview to most documents with PostScript level 1 and 2 content. I'm unaware whether or not you can define custom resolution of the generated preview, though. Anyway, be aware about a possible limitation with importing PDF documents into Windows FrameMa

RE: Optimize preview of EPS files?

2008-05-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
view header. I'm not sure that is possible with Ghostscript or GSView. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Grafikhuset Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.grafikhuset.net > -Opri

RE: Optimize preview of EPS files?

2008-05-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
present with release 8 versions, but I certainly suspect it is. I have neither seen any official statement from a Adobe representative that confirm the inappropriateness nor its fix. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Grafikhuset Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200

Booklet function with Framemaker

2008-05-20 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hello Verner, I'm not sure there is a Plug-in for Framemaker that does it, but Quite Imposing (Plus) is a simple-to-use tool that creates booklets with PDF documents, see http://www.quite.com/imposing/index.htm. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch?ffer | Chief Developer Paradis All? 22

RE: Booklet function with Framemaker

2008-05-20 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hello Verner, I'm not sure there is a Plug-in for Framemaker that does it, but Quite Imposing (Plus) is a simple-to-use tool that creates booklets with PDF documents, see http://www.quite.com/imposing/index.htm. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis

SV: Getting FM to recognize Distiller Joboptions files

2008-04-16 Thread Jacob Schäffer
The simple answer is: Have an Admin do this for you. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch?ffer | Chief Developer Paradis All? 22, Raml?se DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: js at grafikhuset.dk Web: www.grafikhuset.net > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: framers-

SV: Getting FM to recognize Distiller Joboptions files

2008-04-16 Thread Jacob Schäffer
The simple answer is: Have an Admin do this for you. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.grafikhuset.net > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra:

SV: Acrobat Options...

2008-03-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Perhaps I missed something important in regard to the PDF-format, so I have to make my point clear. PDF is itself a VERY accurate format. A PDF document is NOT itself scaled to ANY extend. So, why this request at all. I simply don't understand it, UNLESS you ASSUME the PDF is output via a print

SV: Acrobat Options...

2008-03-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
I'd like to hear why you want that. The PDF format itself is quite scalable and putting some unscaleable elements into it seem a bit offset from the understandable. Please explain your purpose. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch?ffer | Chief Developer Paradis All? 22, Raml?se DK-3200

SV: Acrobat Options...

2008-03-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
gards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.grafikhuset.net > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: Art Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 27. marts 20

SV: Acrobat Options...

2008-03-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
I'd like to hear why you want that. The PDF format itself is quite scalable and putting some unscaleable elements into it seem a bit offset from the understandable. Please explain your purpose. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK

Acrobat PDF Message

2008-03-12 Thread Jacob Schäffer
You wrote: < When I delete a page I get this message "There was a problem reading this document (16)". Any advice? > What tool do you use for deleting PDF pages? Some older Adobe Acrobat versions actually had a problem with printing and/or saving edited PDF content when certai

RE: Acrobat PDF Message

2008-03-12 Thread Jacob Schäffer
PDF content when certain rare conditions happened regarding fonts. Best regards Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Web: www.grafikhuset.net/PubliPDF > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[

PDF>FrameMaker>PDF Color Issue

2008-03-06 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Framers, I have now studied the material forwarded by Richard, and the PDF he imports into his FrameMaker document is a perfectly well behaved PDF with correctly defined spot colors and duotone images. On Page 14 in "Adobe? FrameMaker? 7.2 User Guide Supplement for Windows? and UNIX?" it's sta

RE: PDF>FrameMaker>PDF Color Issue

2008-03-06 Thread Jacob Schäffer
the queue you should switch off the automatic color map creation, since its OFF state assure that the analysis phase is skipped and conversion is run directly without prompting). Hope this helps. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200

PDF>FrameMaker>PDF Color Issue

2008-03-04 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hi Richard, I'd like to see: (1) the PDF you try to deal with in FrameMaker (2) a simple FrameMaker document that imports the PDF (3) The physical output PDF document you have (4) a precise description of what you expect to have as output Please send it off-list to me as a ZIP archive. I'll

RE: PDF>FrameMaker>PDF Color Issue

2008-03-04 Thread Jacob Schäffer
I'll then study what goes on and report it here. All the best Jacob > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: Richard Doll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 4. marts 2008 17:08 > Til: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dov Isaacs; Jacob Schäffer > Em

Color Output From Frame

2008-02-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Framers, Unfortunately I mentioned in the second paragraph the additive and subtractive color models backwards. RGB is the *additive* model, based on the addition of luminous colors. CMYK is a subtractive model, based on the absorption (subtraction) of complementary colors from (nominally) whi

RE: Color Output From Frame

2008-02-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
) white light by pigments or inks. Thanks to Fred Ridder pointing out my typo. Best regards Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf

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