Re: [WAS] Move from Ventura to FrameMaker wise? [IS NOW] Save as vs. Print to PDF

["Yves Barbion" <yves -dot- barbion -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hello Schlomo,

 yes, I am aware of the issues with "Save as PDF" from FrameMaker, but I
haven't had any of them yet (and I even have to create Enfocus Certified
PDFs). Of course, two things are crucial in the Frame-to-PDF process:

   - Correct settings of the Adobe PDF printer driver instance
   - Correct Adobe PDF Settings (formerly known as Job Options) in
   Acrobat Distiller

I'm following Dov's recommendations here, which may be the reason why I
didn't have any problems. ;-)

One thing which still puzzles me about the Frame-to-PDF process: the
difference in speed. I did the test with a 100-page FrameMaker book:

   - Print to PDF took 5 minutes (especially the Distiller part, PS to
   PDF, was "slow").
   - Save as PDF took 1 minute.

Can you explain what's happening "behind the scenes"? Indeed, like you said,
FrameMaker does not produce native PDF.



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