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Creating PS file with Adobe PDF very slow

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December 17, 2009
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Hallo Framers,

I use FrameMaker 7.1 and Distiller 8.1.3 under Windows XP.

As recommended in many posts on this forum, I have set Adobe PDF as my default printer. I use the Print To File setting and process the resulting PS with Distiller. However it is S-L-O-W. Making the PS of a 1250-page document takes less than 2 minutes when I use the driver of my PS printer (Xerox WorkCentre 7132PS), and 48 minutes using the Adobe PDF driver. The PS and PDF files are about the same size (900MB PS, 14MB PDF) and the appearance and links seem to be good in both.

I know that Tagged PDF can be slow, but I have switched that off in Format > Document > PDF Setup > Tags. Are there any other settings where I can speed up the Adobe PDF?

aTdHvAaNnKcSe (thanks in advance)

--- Derek

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NL_Derek-GsBV5aAuthor

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Thanks Arnis and Dov,

The printer driver was a file called winsteng.exe, 7.38MB in size, described as "Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English 5/23/2002". I ran it and it looked as if it was installing a new printer. I also downloaded PPD files dated 4/2/2002 and used ADIST5.PPD. BTW I am running Frame 7.1p116 and Adobe Distiller 8.1.3 under Windows XP SP3.

The spooling problem came from Frame; when I tried to print the book a few days ago (7jan) I got a popup telling me to select "Print directly to the printer", but I cannot reproduce that; I can now (12jan) print with spooling (but Adobe PDF remains slow).

The printer driver of the Adobe PDF is described as "Adobe PDF Converter" and has not been changed since installing Adobe Distiller. I attach a zip file containing couple of RTF files (made with WordPad) containing grabs of all screens of both printers, if that gives someone a clue.

As I said I now have a usable system using the 2002 printer driver, but of course I'd like to have a system as standard as possible.

Thanks for thinking along,

--- Derek

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Anonymous

Sorry for the necro, but I found this thread through a Google search, and it describes my problem exactly. I'm using Frame 8 p277 and Acrobat 8.2.3 on Windows XP SP3.

I've been getting more and more frustrated at the slooooowwwww .ps file generation from Frame compared to older versions. I found this thread, tried the suggestions, and the only solution that worked for me was to load the old postscript printer instance using the AcroDist5 PPD that Derek found on the Adobe download site. The difference in speed is nothing short of astonishing. Suffice to say that until Adobe fixes what I consider a huge issue, I'll keep the old versions around, and load them on any new machine I use for as long as I can.

Robert

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NL_Derek-56V59O

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Just fot the good order: I'm still using the Adobe PDF for printing from Frame (7.1) and it works without issues.

--- Derek

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NL_Derek-GsBV5aAuthor

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Thanks Arnis and Dave for your prompt suggestions. Unfortunately neither worked; in both cases printing still took 48 minutes.

In detail, I changed Start > Printers > Adobe PDF > Properties > Ports to FILE: (was Adobe PDF Port); and I unchecked Format > Document > PDF Settings > Bookmarks > Articles: Thread by... (was checked and set to Thread by Text Frame). The latter I did for all files by selecting all in the book.

Did I miss something, or does anybody else have ideas?

--- Derek

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Art_Campbell1

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Derek,

Did you reboot after changing the port setting?

And... how much free disk space is on your local hard drive? Considerable space is needed to create the temp files required to generate the PDF.

Does it make any difference if you open all files in the book before printing to create the PDF?

Art

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NL_Derek-GsBV5aAuthor

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Art,

Thanks for thinking along.

Yes, I rebooted (as it happened IT distributed an update today).

Free space on C: is 23.3 GB; on D: (local partition where the project is stored) 7.02 GB. I guess that's enough.

I routinely use "Open all Files in Book" so yes, I had all files open. The 48-minute project comprises 16 files, mostly A5 but two are A4, contained in a book. No book-level ToC, index etc.

I'm now working on a smaller project which prints in 65 seconds (about 2 seconds with the Xerox printer driver); watching the progress bar during Print I have noticed is that the time seems to be spent on complex EPS files (line drawings). Does that give anyone a clue?

--- Derek

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Tigdave

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If it is all one flow then you don't need Acrobat to define separate Articles in the PDF file, so... In the Acrobat Setup turn off the Articles: Thread by Text Frame/Column option. For me this increased PDF generation performance by several orders of magnitude, especially for large 1000-page documents.

Dave

Arnis Gubins

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Derek,

Either change the Adobe PDF printer instance port to FILE: or create another instance (with a different name) for the Adobe PDF printer that is hooked to the FILE: port.

I've seen factors of 100x speed increase when not using the default Adobe PDF printer configurations.

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