Re: Electronic File Transfer

[Rick Sapir <rick_sapir -at- GILBARCO -dot- COM>]

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We use Acrobat to transfer technical documents to the field. The PDF
(Acrobat's format) files are generally 25% of the original FrameMaker
file. The Acrobat Distiller includes several compression methods (LZW,
JPEG, etc.). File sizes are entirely relative, but as an example, a 44
page installation manual with more than 75 imported EPS graphics is
326K. Transmission time at 14.4Kbps is aprox 4 mintues.

As for Susan Seifert (sseifert -at- fairfield -dot- com) comment:

>>I'm working on a PCI Mac - the PPC 7500 - and Adobe Acrobat won't run on
>>this machine. It requires ATM, which on my last checking, was not updated
>>to work on this model.

I believe that the 2.1 version of the Reader installs a temp verion of
ATM, eliminating this problem.

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 Rick Sapir                                 Gilbarco, Inc.
 Technical Communicator                     Greensboro, NC
                   Rick_Sapir -at- gilbarco -dot- com
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Subject: Electronic File Transfer
From:    "Bar-Haim; Pam" <pbar-haim -at- ndc -dot- co -dot- il> at ~GATEWAY
Date:    2/28/96  12:54 AM

     Dear TWs,

     My company is debating options for electronic file transfer that *do
     not* allow the recipient to change the file. We do want them to be
     able to view, read and search for key words in the documents. One
     option we are considering is Adobe Acrobat, but we have been warned
     that it produces very large files. Can anyone offer pros and cons of
     using Acrobat? Comment on the file sizes? Does anyone know of a good
     alternative? Any information would be greatly appreciated!

     I get the digest and am way, way behind in reading them, so please
     respond to me at: pbar-haim -at- ndc -dot- co -dot- il
     in addition to sending answers to the list.

     Thank you!

     Pam
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Subject:      Electronic File Transfer
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