RE: PDF Creation Errors

["Sean Brierley" <sbrierley -at- Accu-Time -dot- com>]

Hi,

The version of the Acrobat or Reader that can view your PDF is set in
your Joboptions in distiller in the General area: use the Compatibility
drop-down. This has nothing to do with PDF/A, etc.

One other way you can set the compatibility of the PDF is using Acrobat
Advanced>PDF Optimizer to set a minimum version of Acrobat or Reader.

There's some info about PDF/A on the Web, such as
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A. 

Cheers,

Sean

___________
Sean Brierley
Technical Writer
www.accu-time.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Beard [mailto:sbeard -at- oico -dot- com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:14 AM
To: Sean Brierley; TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: PDF Creation Errors


Sean,

   Okay, I turned off the compliance and it asked me to save the new
standard, with a proffered name. I clicked yes to save it and then
printed the file. The PS generated without any errors this time and I
was able to generate the PDF from that file. It seemed to come out just
fine! What does this mean, though, for the ability of people to read the
file? Do they have to have a certain version of Reader/Acrobat installed
to see the file? Is it version 8 or higher, since that's what the file
was created with? Or can it be something like 6 or 7? 

Thanks much, Sean and Richard, for the help in resolving this issue!

Samuel I. Beard, Jr.
Technical Writer
OI Analytical
979 690-1711 Ext. 222
sbeard -at- oico -dot- com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: techwr-l-bounces+sbeard=oico -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+sbeard=oico -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf
Of Sean Brierley
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:53 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: PDF Creation Errors

If you don't need PDF/A-1b compliant PDFs, set it to none.

___________
Sean Brierley
Technical Writer
www.accu-time.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Beard [mailto:sbeard -at- oico -dot- com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 5:58 PM
To: Sean Brierley; TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: PDF Creation Errors


Sean,

   Okay, I didn't see your message when I responded to Richard's, but I
looked and tried to do as you suggested. I looked under Settings and
selected Adobe PDF Settings, where I saw Standards (along with General,
Images, Fonts, Color, and Advanced). Upon opening this, I see Compliance
Standard: PDF/A-1b (Acrobat 5.0 Compatible) is selected. Should this be
changed to None? Or something else? What about leaving it as is, but
changing the When not compliant: option below that to Continue instead
of Cancel Job? 

Thanks much for the response!
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