RE: Color graphics in PDFs using FM 6.0 come out gray

[Fred Ridder]

Mike ickham wrote:
 

  When I work with files that require FM 6.0 and I generate a PDF, my color
  graphics come out gray.
 
 Look in the Adobe PDF printer properties on the Advanced tab. You probably 
 have the driver set to something besides Adobe PDF Converter. Choosing 
 another driver will limit you to the features in that driver. For example, a 
 driver for a black and white printer will not produce color no matter what 
 you do.

This is *mostly* correct, but it is inaccurate in one detail. If your document 
contains graphics that are inserted as EPS or PDF, those graphics will *always* 
appear in color in your PDF even if you choose a monochrome printer driver or 
use the printer properties to set the Adobe PDF virtual printer for Black and 
White rather than Color. The reason for this is that both FrameMaker and the 
printer driver do absolutely minimal processing on the PostScript code that 
underlies EPS and PDF graphic objects and just re-embeds that code in the PDF 
for the final pages. This can be a rude surprise if you use these graphics 
formats and rely on the Black and White printer preferences setting to strip 
the color out of your PDF deliverable.
 
-Fred Ridder
  
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Color graphics in PDFs using FM 6.0 come out gray

[Fred Ridder]

Mike ickham wrote:


> > When I work with files that require FM 6.0 and I generate a PDF, my color
> > graphics come out gray.
> 
> Look in the Adobe PDF printer properties on the Advanced tab. You probably 
> have the driver set to something besides "Adobe PDF Converter." Choosing 
> another driver will limit you to the features in that driver. For example, a 
> driver for a black and white printer will not produce color no matter what 
> you do.

This is *mostly* correct, but it is inaccurate in one detail. If your document 
contains graphics that are inserted as EPS or PDF, those graphics will *always* 
appear in color in your PDF even if you choose a monochrome printer driver or 
use the printer properties to set the Adobe PDF virtual printer for Black and 
White rather than Color. The reason for this is that both FrameMaker and the 
printer driver do absolutely minimal processing on the PostScript code that 
underlies EPS and PDF graphic objects and just re-embeds that code in the PDF 
for the final pages. This can be a rude surprise if you use these graphics 
formats and rely on the Black and White printer preferences setting to strip 
the color out of your PDF deliverable.

-Fred Ridder

Re: Color graphics in PDFs using FM 6.0 come out gray

[Art Campbell]

A couple questions:

How are you generating the PDFs? Hopefully printing to the Acrobat
logical printer...

Because you're specifying printer settings in Frame, have you gone
into the printer properties and verified that you do NOT have print
colors as greyscale / black activated?

And because you didn't provide much in the way of specs -- are your
Frame and Acrobat installs fully patched? If you're running XP, have
you installed the Microsoft Hotfix for all PostScript printers? I
don't have the URL in front of me, but you should be able to google it
pretty easily.

Art Campbell
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On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Clara Hall ch...@atgshades.com wrote:
 Hello all,

 I have both FM 8.0 and FM 6.0 installed on my computer.



 When I work with files that require FM 6.0 and  I generate a PDF, my color
 graphics come out gray.

 When I work with files that require FM 8.0 and  I generate a PDF, my color
 graphics come out fine, as they should.





 I have Distiller 9.0.   I have tried to work with a Distiller file, but I am
 unable to because my Generate Acrobat Data check box is grayed out.  How do
 I activate it and has anyone run into this problem before.



 I thank you in advance for your help.  This list has always come thru for
 me.



 Clara Hall

 Technical Documentation Manager

 Aerospace Technologies Group, Inc.

 (561) 244-7372
 www.atgshades.com http://www.atgshades.com/



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Re: Color graphics in PDFs using FM 6.0 come out gray

[Mike Wickham]

When I work with files that require FM 6.0 and  I generate a PDF, my color
graphics come out gray.


Look in the Adobe PDF printer properties on the Advanced tab. You probably 
have the driver set to something besides Adobe PDF Converter. Choosing 
another driver will limit you to the features in that driver. For example, a 
driver for a black and white printer will not produce color no matter what 
you do.


Mike Wickham


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Color graphics in PDFs using FM 6.0 come out gray

[Art Campbell]

A couple questions:

How are you generating the PDFs? Hopefully printing to the Acrobat
logical printer...

Because you're specifying printer settings in Frame, have you gone
into the printer properties and verified that you do NOT have "print
colors as greyscale / black" activated?

And because you didn't provide much in the way of specs -- are your
Frame and Acrobat installs fully patched? If you're running XP, have
you installed the Microsoft Hotfix for all PostScript printers? I
don't have the URL in front of me, but you should be able to google it
pretty easily.

Art Campbell
 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com
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Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
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On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Clara Hall  wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have both FM 8.0 and FM 6.0 installed on my computer.
>
>
>
> When I work with files that require FM 6.0 and ?I generate a PDF, my color
> graphics come out gray.
>
> When I work with files that require FM 8.0 and ?I generate a PDF, my color
> graphics come out fine, as they should.
>
>
>
>
>
> I have Distiller 9.0. ? I have tried to work with a Distiller file, but I am
> unable to because my Generate Acrobat Data check box is grayed out. ?How do
> I activate it and has anyone run into this problem before.
>
>
>
> I thank you in advance for your help. ?This list has always come thru for
> me.
>
>
>
> Clara Hall
>
> Technical Documentation Manager
>
> Aerospace Technologies Group, Inc.
>
> (561) 244-7372
> www.atgshades.com 
>
>
>
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Color graphics in PDFs using FM 6.0 come out gray

[Mike Wickham]

> When I work with files that require FM 6.0 and  I generate a PDF, my color
> graphics come out gray.

Look in the Adobe PDF printer properties on the Advanced tab. You probably 
have the driver set to something besides "Adobe PDF Converter." Choosing 
another driver will limit you to the features in that driver. For example, a 
driver for a black and white printer will not produce color no matter what 
you do.

Mike Wickham

Color graphics in PDFs using FM 6.0 come out gray

[Clara Hall]

Hello all,

I have both FM 8.0 and FM 6.0 installed on my computer.  

 

When I work with files that require FM 6.0 and  I generate a PDF, my color
graphics come out gray. 

When I work with files that require FM 8.0 and  I generate a PDF, my color
graphics come out fine, as they should.

 

 

I have Distiller 9.0.   I have tried to work with a Distiller file, but I am
unable to because my Generate Acrobat Data check box is grayed out.  How do
I activate it and has anyone run into this problem before.

 

I thank you in advance for your help.  This list has always come thru for
me.

 

Clara Hall

Technical Documentation Manager

Aerospace Technologies Group, Inc.

(561) 244-7372
www.atgshades.com http://www.atgshades.com/ 

 

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Color graphics in PDFs using FM 6.0 come out gray

[Clara Hall]

Hello all,

I have both FM 8.0 and FM 6.0 installed on my computer.  



When I work with files that require FM 6.0 and  I generate a PDF, my color
graphics come out gray. 

When I work with files that require FM 8.0 and  I generate a PDF, my color
graphics come out fine, as they should.





I have Distiller 9.0.   I have tried to work with a Distiller file, but I am
unable to because my Generate Acrobat Data check box is grayed out.  How do
I activate it and has anyone run into this problem before.



I thank you in advance for your help.  This list has always come thru for
me.



Clara Hall

Technical Documentation Manager

Aerospace Technologies Group, Inc.

(561) 244-7372
www.atgshades.com