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Enter your error message there and see what results you get. I used it just
today to solve a mysterious Distiller problem I was having.
Good luck.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Dempsey <mxd2 -at- OSI -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 12:33 PM
Subject: Problem distilling large Frame file (UNIX)
>I've been trying to generate a very large pdf (23M) using Frame 5.5
>without much success.
>
>Here's what I've tried so far:
>
>1. Print to PDF. (Obscure error condition terminates)
>
>2. Print to Postscript (works), then distill to pdf (generates another
>obscure error, or a corrupt pdf file).
>
>3. Made all files (literally about 100) MIF, then saved the Miffed files
>as Frame files, generated postscript and tried to distill. Same results
>as #2.
>
>I've written to Adobe tech support but thought perhaps a list member
>might see something I've missed. (BTW, I'm using Solaris 2.6 on a Sun
>Ultra-1 to distill).
>
>Here's the error message:
>
>%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: L21 ]%%
>
>Stack:
>0
>
>
>%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
>%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>-- mailto:Mark -dot- Dempsey -at- osi -dot- com
>--
>-- Mark Dempsey
>-- Technical Publications
>-- Objective Systems Integrators
>-- 110 Woodmere, Folsom, CA 95630
>-- 916.353.2400 x 4777
>
>
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