Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Mike Wickham]

Still, I would find out if the original EPS is vector or bitmap. Logos 
are typically vector graphics. Vectors have the advantage of creating 
smaller files which are crisper in display and resize to any size 
without degradation.


But a PNG might be a better choice if only publishing for viewing on Web 
or computer, but 1800 dpi would create an excessively huge file. 
Remember, too, that Acrobat will typically downsample your 1800 dpi file 
when distilling to PDF. It is likely to end up as 300 dpi, unless you 
change the settings in Distiller.


Mike


On 3/6/2014 7:52 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote:
FWIW, this is just a simple 4 color corporate logo, so I am not too 
worried about using PNG format. As long as it shows cleanly in the 
output PDF of my documents (and printed output) without color 
artifacts, then I am good with using a PNG. At 1800 dpi rasterization, 
with a 1" high logo, any jaggies are non-existent.


Z




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RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)]

Thanks, Mike.

I think that Alison was just responding to my request to understand how to save 
as a PNG from Photoshop. :)

FWIW, this is just a simple 4 color corporate logo, so I am not too worried 
about using PNG format. As long as it shows cleanly in the output PDF of my 
documents (and printed output) without color artifacts, then I am good with 
using a PNG. At 1800 dpi rasterization, with a 1" high logo, any jaggies are 
non-existent.

Z

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Subject: Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

If your EPS graphic is a vector drawing, I would not follow Alison's suggestion 
to save as a PNG bitmap. That will greatly degrade the drawing by rasterizing 
it. EPS handles vectors perfectly, resizing them without degradation. Of 
course, they still look awful inside FrameMaker-- because FM only shows you a 
low-res preview to save computer memory. But the vector will look perfect in 
PDF. Even if the viewer of the PDF zooms in, the vector will resize without 
degradation.

Mike Wickham
On 3/6/2014 4:57 PM, Craig, Alison wrote:
As you have CS3, open the EPS in Illustrator and use the File > Export option 
to save it as a PNG.

Our web guy also says that in Photoshop you can use File > Save for Web... then 
use the PNG-24 option.

Alison



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Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Mike Wickham]

If your EPS graphic is a vector drawing, I would not follow Alison's 
suggestion to save as a PNG bitmap. That will greatly degrade the 
drawing by rasterizing it. EPS handles vectors perfectly, resizing them 
without degradation. Of course, they still look awful inside 
FrameMaker-- because FM only shows you a low-res preview to save 
computer memory. But the vector will look perfect in PDF. Even if the 
viewer of the PDF zooms in, the vector will resize without degradation.


Mike Wickham

On 3/6/2014 4:57 PM, Craig, Alison wrote:


As you have CS3, open the EPS in Illustrator and use the */File > 
Export/* option to save it as a PNG.


Our web guy also says that in Photoshop you can use */File > Save for 
Web.../* then use the PNG-24 option.


Alison




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RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)]

Robert Lauriston said:
> Converting EPS to some other format is unnecessary and can degrade the image. 
> You get used to FrameMaker not previewing it.

Point ... I am not too worried about this image though - it is simply an 
updated four-color company logo that I need to change in my existing documents.

This is the first time that I have included an EPS image (always either just 
used the graphics editor inside FM or PNG format files), so was not aware of 
this display thing inside FrameMaker. Live and learn, I guess. :)

Thanks,

Z

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain
(syed.hos...@aeris.net)  wrote:
]> I guess my only reason for making it look good in FrameMaker would be the 
"WYSIWYG" factor. 

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RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)]

Thanks, Fred.

I will see if I can save the EPS into a PDF format - of the right size, I 
guess? - so that I can import it into FrameMaker.

PNG would also be fine for my purpose, since it is a company logo that needs to 
be changed in my older documents. So, I will also try Alison's advice.

Z

From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 1:05 PM
To: Lin Sims; Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

Your recollection is absolutely correct regarding FrameMaker only displaying a 
low-res raster image for EPS graphics. And that's only if the EPS file actually 
contains the TIFF preview--many EPS files don't include the preview image 
because it is basically a waste, and in those cases you only get a gray 
rectangle on screen.

But a better option for import (in my experience...) is PDF, which displays 
beautifully and prints as well as you would expect.

-Fred Ridder

Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:46:06 -0500
Subject: Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...
From: ljsims...@gmail.com
To: syed.hos...@aeris.net
CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com
As I recall, Frame doesn't display EPS natively. Instead, it uses a TIF image 
which, as you noticed, is pretty horrible. When you print to PDF, however, 
it'll look just fine. Unless there's some overriding reason you need it to be 
lovely in Frame, I wouldn't worry about it. If there is, try converting to SVG, 
which Frame handles just fine and is also a vector format.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain 
(syed.hos...@aeris.net) 
mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net>> wrote:
Hi, all.

I am trying to import a graphic - with only four colors in it - (it is in EPS 
format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view the EPS file on my 
Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly fine - even when zoomed in.

However, for some reason, the file comes into FrameMaker in a tiny 103 x 50 
resolution (I didn't see any option to rasterize it at a larger resolution or 
dpi?) and the result when zoomed up a bit, is horrible. The rasterized 
resampling of the few colors in the graphic results in an unusably bad quality 
image.

If I externally rasterize the EPS into TIF using Photoshop set to NO anti-alias 
and with a resolution of 1800 dpi (I know this is a bit overkill, but I am 
trying to minimize jaggies along the curves of the graphic), it works! But the 
resulting TIF file is over 25 Megabytes and I would like to avoid that - should 
I try LZW compression when saving perhaps?

Also, I am using an older version of Photoshop (CS3) for this work, and after I 
rasterize into Photoshop at 1800, I cannot seem to find the option to save the 
file in PNG format. So, am using TIF.

Is there something about/in the EPS file to begin with, such that FrameMaker 
seems to want to rasterize it into a 103 x 50 image? Is there a way to change 
that "option"?

Z

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RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)]

Thanks, Lin.

I guess my only reason for making it look good in FrameMaker would be the 
"WYSIWYG" factor. :)

This is just for a company logo that is being updated, so not critical per se, 
I suppose. The graphics artist provided an EPS file - his first PNG output was 
anti-aliased (which he can change too, I suppose), so had fuzzy color 
transitions along color edges (in a logo).

Z

From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 12:46 PM
To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

As I recall, Frame doesn't display EPS natively. Instead, it uses a TIF image 
which, as you noticed, is pretty horrible. When you print to PDF, however, 
it'll look just fine. Unless there's some overriding reason you need it to be 
lovely in Frame, I wouldn't worry about it. If there is, try converting to SVG, 
which Frame handles just fine and is also a vector format.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain 
(syed.hos...@aeris.net) 
mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net>> wrote:
Hi, all.

I am trying to import a graphic - with only four colors in it - (it is in EPS 
format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view the EPS file on my 
Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly fine - even when zoomed in.

However, for some reason, the file comes into FrameMaker in a tiny 103 x 50 
resolution (I didn't see any option to rasterize it at a larger resolution or 
dpi?) and the result when zoomed up a bit, is horrible. The rasterized 
resampling of the few colors in the graphic results in an unusably bad quality 
image.

If I externally rasterize the EPS into TIF using Photoshop set to NO anti-alias 
and with a resolution of 1800 dpi (I know this is a bit overkill, but I am 
trying to minimize jaggies along the curves of the graphic), it works! But the 
resulting TIF file is over 25 Megabytes and I would like to avoid that - should 
I try LZW compression when saving perhaps?

Also, I am using an older version of Photoshop (CS3) for this work, and after I 
rasterize into Photoshop at 1800, I cannot seem to find the option to save the 
file in PNG format. So, am using TIF.

Is there something about/in the EPS file to begin with, such that FrameMaker 
seems to want to rasterize it into a 103 x 50 image? Is there a way to change 
that "option"?

Z

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RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)]

Thanks, Alison. I will try the second option you mentioned, since I only have 
Photoshop CS3, not the full Creative Suite. A good-quality PNG will be 
sufficient for my purpose - this is for an updated company logo that now need 
to be changed in my older FM documents.

Z

From: Craig, Alison [mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 2:58 PM
To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

As you have CS3, open the EPS in Illustrator and use the File > Export option 
to save it as a PNG.

Our web guy also says that in Photoshop you can use File > Save for Web... then 
use the PNG-24 option.

Alison


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Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 1:05 PM
To: Lin Sims; Syed Zaeem Hosain 
(syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

Your recollection is absolutely correct regarding FrameMaker only displaying a 
low-res raster image for EPS graphics. And that's only if the EPS file actually 
contains the TIFF preview--many EPS files don't include the preview image 
because it is basically a waste, and in those cases you only get a gray 
rectangle on screen.

But a better option for import (in my experience...) is PDF, which displays 
beautifully and prints as well as you would expect.

-Fred Ridder

Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:46:06 -0500
Subject: Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...
From: ljsims...@gmail.com
To: syed.hos...@aeris.net
CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com
As I recall, Frame doesn't display EPS natively. Instead, it uses a TIF image 
which, as you noticed, is pretty horrible. When you print to PDF, however, 
it'll look just fine. Unless there's some overriding reason you need it to be 
lovely in Frame, I wouldn't worry about it. If there is, try converting to SVG, 
which Frame handles just fine and is also a vector format.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain 
(syed.hos...@aeris.net) 
mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net>> wrote:
Hi, all.

I am trying to import a graphic - with only four colors in it - (it is in EPS 
format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view the EPS file on my 
Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly fine - even when zoomed in.

However, for some reason, the file comes into FrameMaker in a tiny 103 x 50 
resolution (I didn't see any option to rasterize it at a larger resolution or 
dpi?) and the result when zoomed up a bit, is horrible. The rasterized 
resampling of the few colors in the graphic results in an unusably bad quality 
image.

If I externally rasterize the EPS into TIF using Photoshop set to NO anti-alias 
and with a resolution of 1800 dpi (I know this is a bit overkill, but I am 
trying to minimize jaggies along the curves of the graphic), it works! But the 
resulting TIF file is over 25 Megabytes and I would like to avoid that - should 
I try LZW compression when saving perhaps?

Also, I am using an older version of Photoshop (CS3) for this work, and after I 
rasterize into Photoshop at 1800, I cannot seem to find the option to save the 
file in PNG format. So, am using TIF.

Is there something about/in the EPS file to begin with, such that FrameMaker 
seems to want to rasterize it into a 103 x 50 image? Is there a way to change 
that "option"?

Z

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RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)]

Thanks! I have not checked the actual PDF output yet, so I will verify that it 
looks okay when outputted there ...

(Whine: sorta makes the concept of WYSIWYG a bit less nice - the quality of the 
image on the screen is cringe-worthy).

Z

Robert Lauriston said:
> FrameMaker doesn't render EPS on screen, it just blows up the thumbnail 
> bitmap, if there is one. If there's not, you see a gray box.
> Size the box to the appropriate dimensions, save as PDF, and it should look 
> fine.

> Or are you saying it's bad in the PDF?

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain
(syed.hos...@aeris.net)  wrote:
> I am trying to import a graphic - with only four colors in it - (it is 
> in EPS format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view 
> the EPS file on my Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly 
> fine - even when zoomed in.
>
> However, for some reason, the file comes into FrameMaker in a tiny 103 
> x 50 resolution (I didn't see any option to rasterize it at a larger 
> resolution or dpi?) and the result when zoomed up a bit, is horrible. 
> The rasterized resampling of the few colors in the graphic results in 
> an unusably bad quality image.

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RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Craig, Alison]

As you have CS3, open the EPS in Illustrator and use the File > Export option 
to save it as a PNG.

Our web guy also says that in Photoshop you can use File > Save for Web... then 
use the PNG-24 option.

Alison


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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Fred Ridder
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 1:05 PM
To: Lin Sims; Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

Your recollection is absolutely correct regarding FrameMaker only displaying a 
low-res raster image for EPS graphics. And that's only if the EPS file actually 
contains the TIFF preview--many EPS files don't include the preview image 
because it is basically a waste, and in those cases you only get a gray 
rectangle on screen.

But a better option for import (in my experience...) is PDF, which displays 
beautifully and prints as well as you would expect.

-Fred Ridder

Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:46:06 -0500
Subject: Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...
From: ljsims...@gmail.com
To: syed.hos...@aeris.net
CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com
As I recall, Frame doesn't display EPS natively. Instead, it uses a TIF image 
which, as you noticed, is pretty horrible. When you print to PDF, however, 
it'll look just fine. Unless there's some overriding reason you need it to be 
lovely in Frame, I wouldn't worry about it. If there is, try converting to SVG, 
which Frame handles just fine and is also a vector format.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain 
(syed.hos...@aeris.net) 
mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net>> wrote:
Hi, all.

I am trying to import a graphic - with only four colors in it - (it is in EPS 
format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view the EPS file on my 
Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly fine - even when zoomed in.

However, for some reason, the file comes into FrameMaker in a tiny 103 x 50 
resolution (I didn't see any option to rasterize it at a larger resolution or 
dpi?) and the result when zoomed up a bit, is horrible. The rasterized 
resampling of the few colors in the graphic results in an unusably bad quality 
image.

If I externally rasterize the EPS into TIF using Photoshop set to NO anti-alias 
and with a resolution of 1800 dpi (I know this is a bit overkill, but I am 
trying to minimize jaggies along the curves of the graphic), it works! But the 
resulting TIF file is over 25 Megabytes and I would like to avoid that - should 
I try LZW compression when saving perhaps?

Also, I am using an older version of Photoshop (CS3) for this work, and after I 
rasterize into Photoshop at 1800, I cannot seem to find the option to save the 
file in PNG format. So, am using TIF.

Is there something about/in the EPS file to begin with, such that FrameMaker 
seems to want to rasterize it into a 103 x 50 image? Is there a way to change 
that "option"?

Z

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RE: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Fred Ridder]

Your recollection is absolutely correct regarding FrameMaker only displaying a 
low-res raster image for EPS graphics. And that's only if the EPS file actually 
contains the TIFF preview--many EPS files don't include the preview image 
because it is basically a waste, and in those cases you only get a gray 
rectangle on screen. 

But a better option for import  (in my experience...) is PDF, which displays 
beautifully and prints as well as you would expect.

-Fred Ridder

Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:46:06 -0500
Subject: Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...
From: ljsims...@gmail.com
To: syed.hos...@aeris.net
CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com

As I recall, Frame doesn't display EPS natively. Instead, it uses a TIF image 
which, as you noticed, is pretty horrible. When you print to PDF, however, 
it'll look just fine. Unless there's some overriding reason you need it to be 
lovely in Frame, I wouldn't worry about it. If there is, try converting to SVG, 
which Frame handles just fine and is also a vector format.



On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) 
 wrote:

Hi, all.
 I am trying to import a graphic – with only four colors in it – (it is in EPS 
format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view the EPS file on my 
Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly fine - even when zoomed in.
 However, for some reason, the file comes into FrameMaker in a tiny 103 x 50 
resolution (I didn’t see any option to rasterize it at a larger resolution or 
dpi?) and the result when zoomed up a bit, is horrible. The rasterized 
resampling of the few colors in the graphic results in an unusably bad quality 
image.
 If I externally rasterize the EPS into TIF using Photoshop set to NO 
anti-alias and with a resolution of 1800 dpi (I know this is a bit overkill, 
but I am trying to minimize jaggies along the curves of the graphic), it works! 
But the resulting TIF file is over 25 Megabytes and I would like to avoid that 
– should I try LZW compression when saving perhaps?
 Also, I am using an older version of Photoshop (CS3) for this work, and after 
I rasterize into Photoshop at 1800, I cannot seem to find the option to save 
the file in PNG format. So, am using TIF.
 Is there something about/in the EPS file to begin with, such that FrameMaker 
seems to want to rasterize it into a 103 x 50 image? Is there a way to change 
that “option”?
 Z

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Re: Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Lin Sims]

As I recall, Frame doesn't display EPS natively. Instead, it uses a TIF
image which, as you noticed, is pretty horrible. When you print to PDF,
however, it'll look just fine. Unless there's some overriding reason you
need it to be lovely in Frame, I wouldn't worry about it. If there is, try
converting to SVG, which Frame handles just fine and is also a vector
format.


On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) <
syed.hos...@aeris.net> wrote:

> Hi, all.
>
>
>
> I am trying to import a graphic - with only four colors in it - (it is in
> EPS format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view the EPS
> file on my Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly fine - even
> when zoomed in.
>
>
>
> However, for some reason, the file comes into FrameMaker in a tiny 103 x
> 50 resolution (I didn't see any option to rasterize it at a larger
> resolution or dpi?) and the result when zoomed up a bit, is *horrible*.
> The rasterized resampling of the few colors in the graphic results in an
> unusably bad quality image.
>
>
>
> If I externally rasterize the EPS into TIF using Photoshop set to NO
> anti-alias and with a resolution of 1800 dpi (I know this is a bit
> overkill, but I am trying to minimize jaggies along the curves of the
> graphic), it works! But the resulting TIF file is over 25 Megabytes and I
> would like to avoid that - should I try LZW compression when saving perhaps?
>
>
>
> Also, I am using an older version of Photoshop (CS3) for this work, and
> after I rasterize into Photoshop at 1800, I cannot seem to find the option
> to save the file in PNG format. So, am using TIF.
>
>
>
> Is there something about/in the EPS file to begin with, such that
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Having problems with importing an EPS file into FrameMaker ...

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)]

Hi, all.

I am trying to import a graphic - with only four colors in it - (it is in EPS 
format) and am having some bizarre difficulties. When I view the EPS file on my 
Windows system using PS_view, it looks perfectly fine - even when zoomed in.

However, for some reason, the file comes into FrameMaker in a tiny 103 x 50 
resolution (I didn't see any option to rasterize it at a larger resolution or 
dpi?) and the result when zoomed up a bit, is horrible. The rasterized 
resampling of the few colors in the graphic results in an unusably bad quality 
image.

If I externally rasterize the EPS into TIF using Photoshop set to NO anti-alias 
and with a resolution of 1800 dpi (I know this is a bit overkill, but I am 
trying to minimize jaggies along the curves of the graphic), it works! But the 
resulting TIF file is over 25 Megabytes and I would like to avoid that - should 
I try LZW compression when saving perhaps?

Also, I am using an older version of Photoshop (CS3) for this work, and after I 
rasterize into Photoshop at 1800, I cannot seem to find the option to save the 
file in PNG format. So, am using TIF.

Is there something about/in the EPS file to begin with, such that FrameMaker 
seems to want to rasterize it into a 103 x 50 image? Is there a way to change 
that "option"?

Z
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RE: Round-trip revisions via MS Word. Alternate methods?

[David Creamer]

InDesign with EmSoftware's WordsFlow plugin can work.

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RE: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)]

Excellent! Less sad now. :)

Thanks,

Z

From: Peter Barraud [mailto:gapet...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 12:44 AM
To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Cc: Scott Turner; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

Hi Syed,

The updated scripting guides (for FM11 & FM12) will be available this month.
I will post back on this forum when they are.

peterb

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain 
(syed.hos...@aeris.net) 
mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net>> wrote:
Scott Turner said in response to my earlier post:
> Why would they keep documentation current? Adobe is the new Microsoft. 
> Customers/users are irrelevant.
Sad ... :(

Z

> On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:40, "Syed Zaeem Hosain 
> (syed.hos...@aeris.net)" 
> mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net>> wrote:
> > Does anyone know if a new version of this guide is available:
> > http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/scripting/framemaker_10_scripting.pdf
> >
> > A search of their site did not find any version 11 or version 12 guide ... 
> > Adobe needs to place documentation (and appropriate links) more 
> > consistently on their web-site.
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Re: "Unable to allocate ... bytes for color profile"

[Heiko Haida]

 

Hi Robert, 

after a web search for "setdistillerparams color profile" I found some
interesting results, like this: 

--> http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/error-pdf-printer-failed-to.html 

Maybe it is simple and you only need to install or re-install this
specific color profile in your system... 

Or: Color profiles should be embedded in the graphics files, so you may
check this (after finding out which file causes the error, as Steve
Rickeby wrote). 

Best regards - 

Tino H. Haida, Berlin 

Robert CH Shell: 

> Dear Framers:
> Any clues what went wrong here?
> 
> %%[ Error: limitcheck; OffendingCommand: setdistillerparams ]%%
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> Unable to allocate 557168 bytes for color profile U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 
> %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
> 
> I so wish there was a pre-flight check for FM. Even the despised PageMaker
> had one.
> This error cost me 7 hours of precious computer time. Waits till end before
> error message~acronym~ WEBEM
> 
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fuzzy fonts in W 8.1

[Ragnar Hanås]

Hello,

I just upgraded to a new computer with W 8.1 and installed FM 7.2 and FM 10.
Both have fuzzy fonts in the documents AND file names in book files, text
boxes, menus etc. I also noted that when I open a pdf in IE 11 the text is
crystal sharp. But if I save this file and open it in Acrobat X, the fonts
are fuzzy. Text in Office 2013 is sharp. So it seems the fonts are
interpreted differently in different programs. I remember in XP there could
be an issue with blurry fonts that was cleared by going to Display
Properties -> Appearance -> Effects and then unchecking the top 2 boxes
(transition effects and smooth edges). Any ideas how to change the settings
in W8? I tried to uncheck “smooth edges of screen fonts” under performance
options, but this had no effect. On my previous W7, the fonts in FM turned
sharp when I selected “Adjust for best performance”, but then the whole
display of Windows changes.

Thanks,

Ragnar Hanas

Uddevalla Hospital

Sweden

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Re: ExtendScript "Scripting Guide Adobe FrameMaker ..."

[Peter Barraud]

Hi Syed,

The updated scripting guides (for FM11 & FM12) will be available this month.
I will post back on this forum when they are.

peterb


On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) <
syed.hos...@aeris.net> wrote:

> Scott Turner said in response to my earlier post:
> > Why would they keep documentation current? Adobe is the new Microsoft.
> Customers/users are irrelevant.
>
> Sad ... :(
>
> Z
>
> > On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:40, "Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)" <
> syed.hos...@aeris.net> wrote:
> > > Does anyone know if a new version of this guide is available:
> > >
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/scripting/framemaker_10_scripting.pdf
> > >
> > > A search of their site did not find any version 11 or version 12 guide
> ... Adobe needs to place documentation (and appropriate links) more
> consistently on their web-site.
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Re: "Unable to allocate ... bytes for color profile"

[Steve Rickaby]

At 09:19 +0200 6/3/14, Robert CH Shell wrote:

>Any clues what went wrong here?
>
>%%[ Error: limitcheck; OffendingCommand: setdistillerparams ]%%
>%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
>Unable to allocate 557168 bytes for color profile U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
>%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
>
>I so wish there was a pre-flight check for FM. Even the despised PageMaker
>had one. This error cost me 7 hours of precious computer time. Waits till end 
>before error message~acronym~ WEBEM

Yes, these incomprehensible Distiller errors are irritating. The problems in my 
experience are most often related to graphics. Looks like a graphic has a bad 
color profile here: have you tried to weedle out which graphic is causing the 
issue? Does Distiller process .ps up to the point of the error? If it's a book, 
i.e. multiple documents, try to distill each separately, and see what happens. 
If not, try stubbing graphics one by one to spot any delinquents.

Unless the error is real, and you're short of physical memory?

As for preflighting, Acrobat Pro can do a lot for you. As it's now rentable, 
it's not a huge cost for a one-off preflight.

-- 
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