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Bob Giant
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May 17, 2022 8:56 AM UTC
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FM 2020: Generating PDF in Single Tone for Paper Printing

Is there anyone to give more information or to tell useful tips for generating PDF in single tone for paper printing?

 

Product: FM 2020

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Community Expert
May 18, 2022 5:54 AM UTC

I would assume that it is easiest to adapt the PDF and not try to achieve this in FrameMaker.

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Bob Giant
Bob GiantAuthor
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May 18, 2022 6:13 AM UTC

I think you are right. My engineers and I are using FM 2020, and handling DITA XML as well as EPS graphic resources, trying to produce half-tone grayscale PDF.

 

Now I am doing my own research on managing PDF. Can you give more information or tips for adapting a PDF in order to generate half-tone grayscale PDF?

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Community Expert
May 18, 2022 10:37 AM UTC

Hi Bob,

 

Acrobat Professional has a preflight tool with which you can change your PDF.

Other tools that I heard of are:

Callas pdftoolbox

PitStop professional

In the German Wikipedia article about preflight there is a list of tools. Not in the English version.

 

Best regards

 

Winfried

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Jeff_Coatsworth
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May 17, 2022 11:36 AM UTC

I think people are going to need a bit more info - you're working in Structured FM, correct? Are you all patched up? Are you creating PDFs currently? Maybe you can explain what a "single tone" PDF is - I've never heard that term before.

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K.Daube
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May 17, 2022 5:57 PM UTC

«Maybe you can explain what a "single tone" PDF is - I've never heard that term before.»

It my be graycsale ?

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Bob_Niland
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May 17, 2022 11:14 PM UTC

My guess would be half-toned grayscale, but then, I've never heard the phrase either.

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