[BBLISA] Help with OS 9 (classic), Framemaker > PDF error

[Scott Ehrlich]

The problem turned out to be a bad image.   The user fixed the image and
created the pdf.

I do appreciate the response, though ;-)

Scott

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Dean Anderson wrote:

> Does the file print if you attach a real printer?
>
> I'd suggest contacting Adobe support, which owns Framemaker (I think) and
> Distiller.  I never found distiller to be perfect in older versions, but
> its been a while since I used it.
>
> Alternately, you might try uploading the postscript output to a linux box
> and using ps2pdf. This same command might be available on the unix side of
> OS 10, too, I don't know. But you might look for it.
>
> Sorry, Hope that helps.
>
> 		--Dean
>
> On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>
> > This may be a bit off-topic, but I thought I'd ask anyway...
> >
> > I have a client using FrameMaker in classic mode on his Mac who is having
> > the following problem:
> >
> > User's desktop is a Mac running OS 10.3.8. He runs Adobe
> > Framemaker in the classic environment and often needs to export
> > Framemaker documents to pdf format. Framemaker allows a "Save as" to pdf
> > if Adobe Acrobat Distiller is installed (which it is). In the Chooser
> > for the classic environment all ps printers are set to use the "generic"
> > ppd as specified in the Adobe Acrobat Distiller support files and most
> > files can be converted without problem. However, the user is
> > currently working on a one page file that contains several images and
> > Acrobat Distiller quits with the following entry in its log.
> >
> > Offending command: image ; canceling functions to EOF
> >
> > Conversion of this file fails on multiple machines in the same way.
> >     We need for the Framemaker -> pdf conversion to be reliable. If you
> > could possibly help us identify what the problem might be or what we
> > could do to fix it we'd be appreciative.
> >
> >
> > Full error upon failure:
> >
> > %%[ Error: undefinedresult; OffendingCommand: image ]%%
> >
> > Stack:
> > -dict-
> >
> >
> > %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> > %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
> >
> >
> >
> > Any help/leads/ideas with the above would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Scott
> >
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