Seems like something is getting corrupted in memory within the FrameMaker process if restarting FrameMaker clears the problem.
- Dov > -----Original Message----- > From: Shlomo Perets > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:12 AM > To: Karen Mardahl > Cc: framers at frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Frame output scales incorrectly - corrupt > joboptions file? > > Karen, > > You wrote: > > >I have an annoyance, not really a problem, with my Frame > 7.1p116 on XP > >and Distiller 7.0.7. > > > >My PDF is distilled at 1439% or 1398% or some such random, 4-digit > >figure. After several normal print jobs, something cracks, and I get > >this mess. Closing down everything and reopening makes the > bug go away. > > > >I am alert to the problem so I view the Print dialog carefully - I > >swear! It always says 100% in the scale box. That is why I suspect > >Distiller. I feel that I have to assume FM generates a .ps > file that is > >going to produce output scaled to 100%, and that Distiller > chews it up > >somehow. > > > >Or...? > > > >Ideas as to the whereabouts of this annoyance? I can go for months > >without a sign, but now I had the problem twice in one day. > My Acrobat > >is 7.0.9, but that cannot possibly be the culprit, can it? > > Occasionally, standard FM documents end up as PDFs with very > small page sizes -- such as 8.5x11" FM pages turning into > 0.5x0.67" pages in the PDF, with text/graphics scaled down > accordingly. You then have to display the PDF at very large > magnifications to be able to see the content; if Fit > Page/Width is the default zoom, magnification will be applied > automatically, showing zoom levels such as the ones you mentioned. > > This was also reported by other list members, and I > experience it myself once every few months. Just recreate the > .ps file and re-distill, restart FrameMaker if needed. > Nothing to change or fix in the FrameMaker document or in the > job options. > > [ Could this actually be a hidden feature -- randomly > reminding us that PDFs have to be inspected/tested, or at > least opened briefly, before distributed ? ] > > > Shlomo Perets