Re: Converting images with searchable text

[Arnis Gubins]

The text within the original pdf images is searchable. But once
the entire book is converted to pdf, the text in the images is no longer
searchable.


Tim,

The problem is due to FM's internal conversion to EPS and then the 
subsequent output as postscript. In this process, the fonts used in the 
PDF imported graphics are converted to CID Identity-H encoding on 
output, so that the characters that you see, do not correspond to their 
actual encoding within the font [the output font is subset and 
re-encoded for the subset].


Consequently, when you search for the word string in the PDF, it may 
be represented internally as  ¢£™‰•‡@ƣ, so no way can you find it, 
even though you can see it. The problem arose after FM8 and affects 
Type 1 and OTF fonts. In later version of FM, all fonts are affected.


This is a known bug. It also clobbers text in SVG imports.

Arnis Gubins


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Converting images with searchable text

[Arnis Gubins]

> The text within the original pdf images is searchable. But once
> the entire book is converted to pdf, the text in the images is no longer
> searchable.

Tim,

The problem is due to FM's internal conversion to EPS and then the 
subsequent output as postscript. In this process, the fonts used in the 
PDF imported graphics are converted to CID Identity-H encoding on 
output, so that the characters that you see, do not correspond to their 
actual encoding within the font [the output font is subset and 
re-encoded for the subset].

Consequently, when you search for the word "string" in the PDF, it may 
be represented internally as " ??@?", so no way can you find it, 
even though you can "see" it. The problem arose after FM8 and affects 
Type 1 and OTF fonts. In later version of FM, all fonts are affected.

This is a known bug. It also clobbers text in SVG imports.

Arnis Gubins

Re: PDF Import

[Arnis Gubins]

Brad,

FM converts (on the fly) PDFs to EPS internally, so if you have a lot of 
them (I'm assuming one of your PatternStream catalogues) and you don't 
have your TEMP area on a big fast SSD, it's going to spend a lot of time 
writing out and reading back in temp files.


All I can suggest (though you don't want to hear it) is to create an 
Acrobat actionscript to batch convert the PDFs to EPS first and then try 
those in your automation. Perhaps do a small batch as a test to see if 
the throughput is improved.


Regards,

Arnis


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Re: PDF Import

[Arnis Gubins]

Hi Jacob,

AFAIK, that's what goes on behind the scenes. FM doesn't support all of 
the PDF (imaging) functionality, such as live transparency, and still 
outputs via an outdated postscript printer model (i.e. the Adobe PDF 
printer instance). It has to first flatten the content to be able to 
output the postscript. This is also why it was so difficult to get the 
CMYK PDFs to work properly. So, for now, EPS is still at the heart of FM.


Adobe may discourage, but, until they put the resources into FM to 
directly create PDFs (like all of the other Creative apps), proper EPS 
will be the safest and fastest route to a PDF output. ;-)


Regards,

Arnis

On 16/4/2013 3:32 PM, Jacob Schäffer (Grafikhuset) wrote:

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 :-)


   

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PDF Import

[Arnis Gubins]

Brad,

FM converts (on the fly) PDFs to EPS internally, so if you have a lot of 
them (I'm assuming one of your PatternStream catalogues) and you don't 
have your TEMP area on a big fast SSD, it's going to spend a lot of time 
writing out and reading back in temp files.

All I can suggest (though you don't want to hear it) is to create an 
Acrobat actionscript to batch convert the PDFs to EPS first and then try 
those in your automation. Perhaps do a small batch as a test to see if 
the throughput is improved.

Regards,

Arnis

PDF Import

[Arnis Gubins]

Hi Jacob,

AFAIK, that's what goes on behind the scenes. FM doesn't support all of 
the PDF (imaging) functionality, such as live transparency, and still 
outputs via an outdated postscript printer model (i.e. the Adobe PDF 
printer instance). It has to first flatten the content to be able to 
output the postscript. This is also why it was so difficult to get the 
CMYK PDFs to work properly. So, for now, EPS is still at the heart of FM.

Adobe may discourage, but, until they put the resources into FM to 
directly create PDFs (like all of the other Creative apps), proper EPS 
will be the safest and fastest route to a PDF output. ;-)

Regards,

Arnis

On 16/4/2013 3:32 PM, Jacob Sch?ffer (Grafikhuset) wrote:
> 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 :-)
>
>
>

Re: Multiple Master Fonts stop working in recent Windows XP update

[Arnis Gubins]

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release in December broke MM's. See: 
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/766764http://forums.adobe.com/thread/766764


You have to uninstall Security Update for Windows XP (KB2296199) to 
get them to work again. This worked on my system with XP SP3 to get 
them to enumerate again. Unfortunately, you will also probably have 
to re-create all of the various instances required.


~ Arnis

At 01:00 PM 1/11/2011, you wrote:
I don't have a workaround (other than do not install the updaters in 
Windows) and sandbox the VM FrameMaker is running in.   This is a 
real pain.   Moving to an OpenType font looks to be the only 
solution at this point, but that would require 100's of hours of 
micropositioning work for a 450 page textbook to be redone.   Let me 
know if you have any suggestions or happen to find a solution.   If 
I find one, I'll let you know and post to the list as well.


Thanks,

Brad



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Multiple Master Fonts stop working in recent Windows XP update

[Arnis Gubins]

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release in December broke MM's. See: 
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/766764

You have to uninstall Security Update for Windows XP (KB2296199) to 
get them to work again. This worked on my system with XP SP3 to get 
them to enumerate again. Unfortunately, you will also probably have 
to re-create all of the various instances required.

~ Arnis

At 01:00 PM 1/11/2011, you wrote:
>I don't have a workaround (other than do not install the updaters in 
>Windows) and sandbox the VM FrameMaker is running in.   This is a 
>real pain.   Moving to an OpenType font looks to be the only 
>solution at this point, but that would require 100's of hours of 
>micropositioning work for a 450 page textbook to be redone.   Let me 
>know if you have any suggestions or happen to find a solution.   If 
>I find one, I'll let you know and post to the list as well.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brad
>

Re:FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

[Arnis Gubins]

In the [Preferences] section of your maker.ini file add:

DontShowWelcomeScreen=on




So RJ, for those of us who are not new users and don't like the welcome
screen, is there some way (say in the maker.ini) we can turn it off?


Susan Corcoran
Honeywell Scanning  Mobility


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FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

[Arnis Gubins]

In the [Preferences] section of your maker.ini file add:

DontShowWelcomeScreen=on




>So RJ, for those of us who are not new users and don't like the welcome
>screen, is there some way (say in the maker.ini) we can turn it off?
>
>
>Susan Corcoran
>Honeywell Scanning & Mobility
>