The RIP can accept a PDF file, which then im assuming converts it to postscript before output.
If you open a PDF in Acrobat with distiller set up as a printer device you can print a PDF to another PDF file. Using this process the new PDF file will pass through the RIP with no problems. Patrick Branley -----Original Message----- From: Victor Mote [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 8 February 2003 2:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Postscript Error when RIPing document created with FOP Patrick Branley wrote: > I have PDF document created with FOP that I sent to Xerox Docucolor > 2060 using a Scitex Spire RIP that failed with the following error: ... > The printer has a workaround by first distilling the file in Acrobat > and then resending it to the RIP, but this affects their workflow and > we plan to send a large number of files to them per year so this isn't > a viable option. Hmmm. We're missing something here. When you say that your printer distilled the file in Acrobat, where did the printer get the PostScript code to do that job? Distiller is itself a PostScript device, so it should choke on the file the same way that the RIP does. If both PostScript devices (Distiller & your RIP) are using the same input, then the RIP PostScript implementation is suspect. If they are using different input, then we need to know more about the tools that are being used to convert the PDF to PostScript. Victor Mote --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]