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Adobe Acrobat 7.0 problem


eric.rktek

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I have run into a problem printing with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and want to see if anyone else has run into this. When I go to print a VW sheet, I can select the Acrobat Printer, but the pull down menu does not have the typical PDF Options under the pull down menu. When I hit print, it immediately starts spooling the print file with out asking me for a file name or location. It only appears to be doing this on VW documents. I checked other files, Word, Firefox, etc, and they seem to print fine from the pdf printer. I tried printing on two different machines, and they both responded the same way in the specific VW file, and were fine with other docs. I'm on a G5 mac, X.4.6 system software. I tried rebooting the machine, and reinstalling the printer driver with no luck. I tried using the mac print to pdf button in the meantime, only to find that it did a bad job with the graphics in the file. Any help is appreciated.

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I used that, but the resolution wasn't satisfactory. I was able to use the "save as postscript" and control the conversion through Acrobat Distiller. It just seems wierd though. I managed to pin down the fact that I only have the problem with certain files in VW. Some files have all the print options working fine, with other having the problem- open at the same time. I'm not sure if it is a font issue, or if it is related to files that came from original VW 11 files,etc.

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Not sure if this helps but make sure you check the dpi on the sheets within vectworks as this will affect resolution. I use Acro 7 on a PC and always print to the PDF writer as a printer. I'm able to control sheet size and resolution within Acrobat.

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I used that, but the resolution wasn't satisfactory. I was able to use the "save as postscript" and control the conversion through Acrobat Distiller.

What you can do instead, after creating a postscript file, is open it in Preview.app and then save it as a PDF (probably easier than Disteller).

Doesn't solve your root problem but may solve your immediate problem.

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Distiller works well because I have the option to choose the level of compression, etc. that I want to use to make the pdf (which is what I usually can do from the Print dialogue). I'm going to try a little experimenting with a few files to see if I can isolate the cause of the problem further. Thanks for the suggestions in the meantime though.

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