SV: QuarkXPress to FrameMaker

2007-04-19 Thread Jacob Schäffer
sufficient value to you, then you have to face a manual process. All the best Jacob Schäffer Not an Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor. -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Yves Barbion Sendt: 19. april 2007 20:40 Til: Art Campbell Cc: framers

SV: CorelDraw Embedded Graphics

2007-05-30 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Scott, Not correct! From CorelDraw only ONE format will do EFFECTIVELY: The format is EPS. Many reasons apply. I won't bother you with details. - Jacob -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] På vegne af [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 30. maj 2007

SV: Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF

2007-06-21 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hi Dov, Normally I don't argue your statements, but sometimes exceptions exists and require a tiny dialog: You wrote: ... Lowering the resolution down to 300dpi only affects microspacing for line justification. First, I'm not completely sure what you mean when you say line

RE: Frame 7.2, Distiller 8.1, and Publi PDF

2007-08-22 Thread Jacob Schäffer
in the interim. The new Grafikhuset Publi PDF revision is expected to be ready late in August 2007, i.e. within a week or so. All the best Jacob Schäffer Grafikhuset ApS ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send

RE: Frame 7.2, Distiller 8.1, and Publi PDF

2007-08-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
We have just uploaded version 1.5 revision 282 to http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/download.htm. This version should support all Adobe Distiller versions since 5.05 -- incl. version 8.1 (and hopefully also future Distiller revisions). All the best Jacob Schäffer Grafikhuset ApS

RE: first impressions of FrameMaker 8

2007-08-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
. However, I find it completely unacceptable that Adobe release a product that is NOT consistently tested for such an important thing as PDF creation of book files. THAT is terrifying and should NEVER happen again! All the best Jacob Schäffer Grafikhuset

RE: Copying with multiple spot color definitions

2007-09-17 Thread Jacob Schäffer
such files in this job :-( Uh, that's a lot of work. All the best Jacob Schäffer Grafikhuset ApS Paradis Allé 22 Ramløse 3200 Helsinge Tel: +45 4439 4400 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages

SV: OT: PDF question

2007-09-21 Thread Jacob Schäffer
as you like. Some can be used to satisfy color conversion needs, others for stamping/watermarking needs, and again others for plain PDF creation. For details, pelase see http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/ All the best Jacob Schäffer Grafikhuset ApS Paradis Allé 22 Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge

SV: Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-25 Thread Jacob Schäffer
(fortunately)! All the best Jacob Schäffer Grafikhuset ApS Paradis Allé 22 Ramløse 3200 Helsinge -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] På vegne af Bill Swallow Sendt: 25. september 2007 19:22 Til: Lin Surasky Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

SV: Automatic creation of pdf files

2007-09-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
may be able to make a custom add-on that monitor a specific folder for changes and in the event of a change executes a specific, custom command. Since I'm only 40 km. from you we both might benefit from a meeting. Feel free to contact me off-list :-) De bedste hilsner Jacob Schäffer Grafikhuset

RE: ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO SCRIPT IN GHOSTSCRIPT

2007-10-24 Thread Jacob Schäffer
://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/ for product details and http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/download.htm if you want to download and test it. Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439

RE: Distiller 7 missing fonts

2008-02-07 Thread Jacob Schäffer
a permission flag on-the-go to the resulting fonts embedded in the final PDF document. Best regards Jacob Schäffer Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.grafikhuset.net -Oprindelig meddelelse

Re: Slightly OT: Windows Vista does not allow me to change any (ini)files in Program Files folders

2008-02-13 Thread Jacob Schäffer
You should study how User Account Control (UAC) works on Vista. Please see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511445.aspx and perhaps also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946932. Best regards Jacob Schäffer Chief Developer Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45

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

RE: PDFFrameMakerPDF Color Issue

2008-03-06 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400

RE: Acrobat PDF Message

2008-03-12 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af

SV: Acrobat Options...

2008-03-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
/ 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 2008 22:25 Til: Lester

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: [EMAIL

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 Allé

RE: Optimize preview of EPS files?

2008-05-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Optimize preview of EPS files?

2008-05-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra

RE: Importing Ventura files

2008-07-03 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Plueckhahn, Lutz Sendt: 2. juli

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

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

2008-09-11 Thread Jacob Schäffer
which version, actually) your current license agreement may not cover use of the old version fonts. Dov, what is correct here ??? Best regards Jacob Schäffer Grafikhuset Denmark -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Dov Isaacs Sendt: 10

RE: CMYK in Frame

2008-10-09 Thread Jacob Schäffer
://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] Web: www.grafikhuset.net -Oprindelig meddelelse

SV: CMYK in Frame

2008-10-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 Paradis Allé

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

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 meddelelse

SV: Spot color generating process plates

2008-11-17 Thread Jacob Schäffer
/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 Jacob Schäffer | Chief Developer

RE: Spot color generating process plates

2008-11-17 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Mobile +45 2021

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

RE: Importing Multi Page Tiffs, How ??

2009-01-26 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 ___ You are currently

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: FM9 Upgrade

2009-01-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
*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-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone

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 | Chief Developer

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

2009-02-07 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse DK

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

SV: Standard font for technical documentation

2009-07-22 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com

SV: FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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: js-dot...@at-dot-grafikhuset.dk Web

SV: FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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: js-dot...@at-dot-grafikhuset.dk Web

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 Developer

SV: Frame Postscript Output Problem

2009-10-01 Thread Jacob Schäffer
[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 file box. Scott White Media Production EBC Manager

SV: creating oversize PDFs

2009-11-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 hilsen Jacob Schäffer

RE: creating oversized PDFs

2009-11-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 Jacob Schäffer | Chief

RE: Technical Communication Suite

2009-11-23 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 Email: j...@grafikhuset.dk

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

2009-12-09 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Schäffer  |  Chief Developer

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

2009-12-09 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: framers-boun

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

2009-12-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 Schäffer | Chief Developer -- Grafikhuset (House

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: controlling Flash behavior using links in a PDF

2009-12-10 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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 4439 4400 Email: j...@grafikhuset.dk Web

RE: Grayscale Images are RGB

2010-01-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
and 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 Schäffer  |  Chief Developer

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 ___

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

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

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

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

2011-03-02 Thread Jacob Schäffer
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- Fra: framers

Color seperation help

2007-03-13 Thread Jacob Schäffer
/international/technology/whitepapers_pdfstuff_workingwithpdf.htm). Finally, I have to add that Grafikhuset provide a 30-day live *client* edition for download (http://www.grafikhuset.net/PubliPDF/download.htm). Feel free to use and test it in sharp production for as long as it lives. All the best Jacob

SV: Strange PDF Problem

2007-03-20 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Nancy, I think you see a strange problem that is not normal for FrameMaker. I have not used 7.2 too much yet, but I have never seen ths with any version up to 7.1, but I don't suspect that Adobe has implemented/released such a stupid naming-bug with 7.2. I have seen many errors with 7.2,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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
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.

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"

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"

SV: FrameMaker Patch (9.0p250) is now available

2009-09-29 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

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

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

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

SV: Pantone bug?

2007-07-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Steve Rickaby wrote: > > I have been asked to use Pantone 164 for a design. There > appears to be > > an oddity with FrameMaker's Pantone libraries, which give Pantone > > 164CVU, for example, as C:0 M:47 Y:76 K:0, which is a > browny-orange, > > instead of the correct purple tint, C:50 M:100

SV: Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF

2007-06-22 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hi Dov, Normally I don't argue your statements, but sometimes exceptions exists and require a tiny dialog: You wrote: < ... Lowering the resolution down to 300dpi only affects microspacing for line justification. > First, I'm not completely sure what you mean when you say "line

SV: Acrobat 8/8.1 Dropping Text in PDF

2007-06-23 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Dov, You wrote: > (2) So far we haven't seen the NUMBER of fonts as the key > variable as to what causes corruption or too large a font > cache file. As I have indicated in early communications, my > systems routinely run with about 1400 to 1600 active > typefaces, all concurrently installed.

Color seperation help

2007-03-14 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hello list, I've just come across this topic and saw the comment from Dov Isaacs, who kindly provided a link to our Grafikhuset Publi PDF software, the successor to the relatively aged, but quite popular Colour Chameleon software. I have to add to Dovs comment that Grafikhuset Publi PDF have

SV: Strange PDF Problem

2007-03-20 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Nancy, I think you see a strange problem that is not normal for FrameMaker. I have not used 7.2 too much yet, but I have never seen ths with any version up to 7.1, but I don't suspect that Adobe has implemented/released such a stupid naming-bug with 7.2. I have seen many errors with 7.2,

SV: CorelDraw Embedded Graphics

2007-05-30 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Scott, Not correct! From CorelDraw only ONE format will do EFFECTIVELY: The format is EPS. Many reasons apply. I won't bother you with details. - Jacob > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: framers-bounces+js=grafikhuset.dk at lists.frameusers.com >

ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO SCRIPT IN GHOSTSCRIPT

2007-10-25 Thread Jacob Schäffer
On 04 mar 2005 Thomas Phinney of Adobe wrote a public notice regarding this issue(http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/UniqueID.html): Neither Type 1 nor OpenType CFF fonts require PostScript UniqueIDs. Back in the mid-80s, when printing might be done on a 57K serial connection and printers

SV: Can't print over network

2007-10-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Art, Acrobat Pro may NOT be used for that purpose without a specific server license! Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Jacob Sch?ffer | Chief Developer Paradis All? 22, Raml?se DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45 4439 4400 Web: www.grafikhuset.net > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra:

SV: OT: PDF question

2007-09-21 Thread Jacob Schäffer
The Grafikhuset Publi PDF software can do it even with EPS passthrough (incl. placed PDF). Set-up one Publi PDF queue with one Color Map and one Distiller JobOptions file attached, and another queue with another Color Map/JobOptions set. Actually, you can set-up as many purpose-specific queues

SV: Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

2007-09-25 Thread Jacob Schäffer
As I see it: With the new Adobe Suite-concept you will effectively be able to break the single-sourcing concept if you want, i.e. apply local changes as need be for last minute corrections. However, when working disciplined as of the single-sourcing concept itself, I think the suite-concept

Color Output Problems

2007-09-27 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Daniel Doornbos wrote: > FrameMaker is tricky when it comes to color output for offset > printing. There are two challenges: 1. Defining the spot > color. 2. Printing only the black plate and the spot-color > plate. Here is how I would do it, with no additional software. Framemaker on

SV: Automatic creation of pdf files

2007-09-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Hi Verner, With the server version of Grafikhuset Publi PDF (http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/) it's possible to set up purpose-specific queues on a server. In that case Publi PDF would be configured to run unattended queues and the Publi PDF kernel be run as a true Windows NT Service. We

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:

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

Distiller 7 missing fonts

2008-02-07 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Roger, This error occur when the Distiller setting "When embedding fails" is set to "Cancel job" *and* Distiller cannot find the .PFB file. Your Distiller Font locations points to C:\PSFONTS\PFM. Traditionally Adobe Type Manager is NOT storing .PFB files in this folder, but rather in the

Slightly OT: Windows Vista does not allow me to change any (ini)files in Program Files folders

2008-02-13 Thread Jacob Schäffer
You should study how User Account Control (UAC) works on Vista. Please see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511445.aspx and perhaps also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946932. Best regards Jacob Sch?ffer Chief Developer Paradis All? 22, Raml?se DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark Phone: +45

Color Output From Frame

2008-02-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Framers, Framemaker 8 still rely on the Windows GDI or GDI+ kernel as most Windows applications do. This approach has a fantastic benefit: Speed. Especially speed in regard to application performance. Windows GDI or GDI+ are RGB or sRGB devices. This mean that Windows in general will work in

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)

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