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Anonymous
April 1, 2011
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Long delay before Distiller builds PDF

  • April 1, 2011
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Frame 8.0p277

Acrobat 9.0

Windows 7 64-bit with tons of RAM and processor speed

When I build a PDF, Distiller starts but does nothing for 4-5 minutes before it starts creating the PDF file. The PDF files then take much, much longer to build than they take on my slower local machine (which has the same application versions and OS).

Has anyone seen this behavior before? I tried reinstalling Acrobat, but this did not fix the problem.

Thanks,

Karen

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    David_Crowe
    David_Crowe
    Inspiring
    April 5, 2011

    I find that the first time I open Distiller (irrespective of whether or not FrameMaker is involved) it takes several minutes before it’s ready – during which time the message Checking fonts appears in the Distiller window.

    My solution is not to close Distiller after using. I can live with waiting five minutes a day while it warms up the first time.

    FrameMaker 9, Acrobat Professional 8, Windows XP.

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    Anonymous
    April 5, 2011

    Thanks for the replies. Leaving Distiller open does not solve the problem, alas.

    Here's what happens:

    A tps file is created right away - size = 0.

    5-30 minutes later (depending on the size of the PDF), the pdf file is created.

    In the interim, Distiller closes itself, and when it reopens, it creates the pdf in seconds..

    These are relatively small FrameMaker books with all graphics imported by reference (jpg's).

    There are 17 books. They used to take 12 minutes to build. Now it takes almost 2 hours.

    I've tried everything suggested in the following posts:

    http://forums.adobe.com/message/2468265

    http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/528/cpsid_52868.html

    I use Save As PDF. Printing a ps file takes just as long.

    I'm running FM8p277 on Win 7 64-bit. Acrobat 9.

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    Art_Campbell1
    Inspiring
    April 5, 2011

    Most people wouldn't use SaveAs PDF because of it's long history of slowness and buggieness.

    What happens when you Print to the Acrobat PDF printer instead (making sure NOT to activate the Print To File checkbox on the FM Print dialog box)?

    Art

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    Anonymous
    April 1, 2011

    I use the freeware CutePDF. I suggest downloading it. Simply print to CutePDF, then save it. It works great with FrameMaker 9, may work well with 8.

    Ron Tillotson

    Technical Writer

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