Pagination changes when creating PDF from FM file

Cheryl Dwyer wrote: Tried to print the individual page to a file, then distill that print file to a PDF file; Distiller flushed it, whether I used the Acrobat PDF printer or my regular printer.

Cheryl,

You should only be using the AdobePDF printer instance when working on FM files. If you changed to a different printer and created output using that to send to Distiller, then there can be a number of issues, especially if you've somehow used the printer fonts (you may have substituion enabled in the printer driver giving you different metrics). The SetPrint utility from Sundorne <http://www.sundorne.com/FrameMaker/Freeware/setPrint.htm> will ensure that your default printer in FM is always the AdobePDF. Note: you can still manually switch in FM if you need to directly output hardcopy to your system printer.

If Distiller "flushed" your output, then there should have been a log file generated that specifies what the error was. This might help provide some solution to your original problem.

The joboptions settings in Distiller wouldn't be creating the reflows that you're seeing. It's probably one of the fonts, printer instance, graphic size (dimension/scale) that caused your problem.

Cheryl,

In my experience, pagination can change when one changes the printer. So, I always use the AdobePDF printer as the printer in FrameMaker, even if I need to print just one page. I print the page to a PDF, then print the PDF via a real printer. There should be no problem creating a PDF of one page; I do it all the time.

Van