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strange problem with .eps graphics

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April 8, 2011
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So … for years now, I've been preparing service-sheets in FrameMaker: blocks of text, and every now and then an .eps graphic. Just tried to do another one, using the same approach as I always have done, and suddenly it falls over: Save as .pdf outputs completely blank pages for every page with a referenced graphic. The .eps (well, its preview image) shows up in FM. Any ideas how I can start working out what's gone wrong? FM 9.0p255, Acrobat Pro Extended 9.4.1

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Maike_Roder

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Hi Niels,

is there any other result if you select "CMYK print as RGB" in PDF settings?

- Maike

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Anonymous

Another troubleshooting step would be to send the .eps file to Distiller, to see whether it will distill correctly by itself. If so, then as a test try importing the PDF into FM instead of the .eps, and again doing your save as PDF.

One of the advantages of printing to the distiller printer rather than doing Save As is that it's easier to see the distiller log. Are there any messages in the distiller log that might hint at what's wrong?

Have you rebooted to be sure cobwebs are removed?

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FieryPantoneAuthor

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Thanks for all the information! I thought I'd try distilling the original .eps files, to get a better idea of where the problem starts, and Distiller produced .pdfs without batting an eye-lid. Just the usual/familiar messages about font substitution, which have not hitherto indicated that the output will be unusable.

Michael_Müller-Hillebrand

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Niels,

Since PDF creation is based on PostScript (still) and EPS contains PostScript, which is a powerful programming language, the embedding has reportedly failed in the past (although seldom), and therefore the EPS may »leak« onto the rest of the page. How is this EPS created and with what settings? I would assume that not every feature of the latest version of Illustrator may pass the process. FM9 was released January 2009 and Illustrator 14/CS4 was current then.

- Michael

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

How is this EPS created and with what settings? ... FM9 was released January 2009 and Illustrator 14/CS4 was current then.

I concur. What EPS version is selected when saving or exporting from the EPS generating ap?

I'm still using EPS version 9 for all my work, because I haven't taken the time to qualify later versions with Frame 7.1. This practice resulted from a previous experience where the then-current version of Illustrator was generating EPS that was incompatible with the then-current version of Frame.

Another possibility is a problem in the EPS itself, such as an Operator that affects the global state, or presence of a Showpage in the EPS.

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So what do EPS versions 10 and later bring to the table?

I'm guessing OpenType and full Unicode support, which I don't need yet.

Van Kurtz

Inspiring

For what it is worth...

We use Fm 9 and Acrobat 9. We still import eps files made many moons ago on an older version of Illustrator. I cannot recall having a problem with any of the eps file. They all look good in the final PDF. Distiller seems very good at handling any flavor of PostScript, which is what eps is.

As long as the header information in the eps file is OK, Fm should simply pass it through to Distiller. If Distiller does not like it, then a Distiller error should generate.

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Otiw_Zo

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Just an idea:

If enabled, disable "Generate Tagged PDF" on the tab "Tags" in the "PDF Setup" window.

Otiw

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