Device Indep. vs AdobePDF 8.0

I am trying to make a valid PDF using the Device Independent PPD, but it's not working for me. Our normal workflow is to make a Postscript file using the AdobePDF 8.0 PPD setting. When we Distill that, we get a PDF that has the correct bleed and trim marks and an even space around the page.
Using the DevInd PPD, the size of the is limited to the page size in the Distiller setting's default page size setting. In other words, my page is cropped to the lower left of the entire page, missing the top and right side bleed and marks. I've tried changing some options in the Distiller setting to try to use the "real" page size, to no avail. Rasterizing the PS file in Photoshop does give me the entire bleed and crop areas, so the data is in the file. I thought DevInd would be more flexible than the Adobe PPD, and considering the snafu going on with the PPDs and print drivers in Snow Leopard, it seems prudent to find a way to use the DevInd setting, but we must have correct PDFs! What's the way to Distill a page but have it use the document size not the Distiller default page size?
Mac OS X 10.6.4, InDesign CS5
I tried doing a search, but search is broken today (no descriptions of topics, only a link back to the forum)
Will cross post in Acrobat as this applies to Distiller as much as ID.
Chris

A note from myself to myself and anyone else reading this thread in the future.
On your Mac, to install the Adobe PDF 8 or 9 printer manually (you will need admin privileges for some of this):
Open the package contents for Acrobat 8 or 9 (I will refer to v9 which I have in front of me). Go into Contents > MacOS > SelfHealFiles > AdobePDFPrinter
Copy the file "pdf900" to HD/usr/libexec/cups
Copy the file "AdobePDFPDE900.plugin" to HD/Library/Printers/PPD Plugins
Copy the file "ADPDF9.PPD" to HD/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj
Now start up the Terminal. Drag the file "cupshup.pl" into the window. Press return to run the perl script. It should set up the printer and print queue. If not you may get an error message 10x about it. Either you didn't have permission or put a file in the wrong place.
If you are in Japan there is a ja.lproj, and some other localized version, maybe it's Korea and Chinese also included in the other .lproj folders.
HTH
Chris

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I am trying to make a valid PDF using the Device Independent PPD, but it's not working for me. Our normal workflow is to make a Postscript file using the AdobePDF 8.0 PPD setting. When we Distill that, we get a PDF that has the correct bleed and trim marks and an even space around the page.
Using the DevInd PPD, the size of the is limited to the page size in the Distiller setting's default page size setting. In other words, my page is cropped to the lower left of the entire page, missing the top and right side bleed and marks. I've tried changing some options in the Distiller setting to try to use the "real" page size, to no avail. Rasterizing the PS file in Photoshop does give me the entire bleed and crop areas, so the data is in the file. I thought DevInd would be more flexible than the Adobe PPD, and considering the snafu going on with the PPDs and print drivers in Snow Leopard, it seems prudent to find a way to use the DevInd setting, but we must have correct PDFs! What's the way to Distill a page but have it use the document size not the Distiller default page size?
Mac OS X 10.6.4, InDesign CS5
I tried doing a search, but search is broken today (no descriptions of topics, only a link back to the forum)
Will cross post in InDesign General as this applies to Distiller as much as ID.
Chris

A note from myself to myself and anyone else reading this thread in the future.
On your Mac, to install the Adobe PDF 8 or 9 printer manually (you will need admin privileges for some of this):
Open the package contents for Acrobat 8 or 9 (I will refer to v9 which I have in front of me). Go into Contents > MacOS > SelfHealFiles > AdobePDFPrinter
Copy the file "pdf900" to HD/usr/libexec/cups
Copy the file "AdobePDFPDE900.plugin" to HD/Library/Printers/PPD Plugins
Copy the file "ADPDF9.PPD" to HD/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj
Now start up the Terminal. Drag the file "cupshup.pl" into the window. Press return to run the perl script. It should set up the printer and print queue. If not you may get an error message 10x about it. Either you didn't have permission or put a file in the wrong place.
If you are in Japan there is a ja.lproj, and some other localized version, maybe it's Korea and Chinese also included in the other .lproj folders.
HTH
Chris

How to use .joboptions (Printer settings) to make PDF

Hi,
Currently we using .joboptions settings file to change the Printer setting of PDF & make another PDF with that settings. Following is the non-programmatical process to use .joboptions
Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers -> Adobepdf->printing preference->Adobe PDF settings->Default Settings as Our joboption file.
is it possible to use .joboption file programmatically to change existing pdf settings (For ex. Changing Document size, font embed, save as image pdf etc). Using .joboption file we can change entire properties of PDF. If we can use .joboptions file to change PDF settings in any programming language using any of Adobe dll's or Services then please let me know.
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ID postscripting problem

I have a client who still requires print pdfs created with the postscript/distiller method. I used to be able to do that from within the InDesign CS4 print dialog box by choosing Postscript File as the printer and Acrobat 7 (or 8 or 9) as the PPD. That would produce a ps file that when distilled produced a pdf at the page size of the document. I have now upgraded to CS5.5 (though I still use 4) and also upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard. When I go to print to Postscript in either ID CS4 or CS5.5, the only PPDs I can get are Device Indepent and a gazillion ones for commercial printers from Brother to Samsung to Apple Laserwriter. When I print to ps using the Device Independent PPD, I get a page size of 8.5 x 11, regardless of what the actual page size is.How can I get my Acrobat PPDs back, and if I can find them where do I put them so as to be accessible with ID print dialog?

I think you may find the information you need down in the comments in this blog post: InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Acrobat’s Adobe PDF Printer Replaced in Snow Leopard

Hey! i wonder what steps are need to set up an iphone or an ipad as an Airport Express device, so it uses its wifi capabilites to capture a music stream, being conected to a pair of speakers in my living, or in my bedroom ?

I know that i can receive in my iphone the streamed music of the itunes library but this happends as an indepent music stream from the one already playing in the computer
I would like those to be in sync:
so i ca n set my whole house under one music stream, with my 2 iphones4, my ipad, and 1 airport express. plus the local pc in my offifce,
The airport express is hooked at the livingroom with a 4.1 set tha rocks.
my local pc is hooked to a Sony 5.2
then mi iphones could be at the master room and the other in the kitchen.
while managing the 4 individual streams with independent volume levers.
justa as if they where all airpor express devices
Is understood that the iphone 4 obviously exceeds the technological requirements to achieve such a task. !

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HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 color M551dn - Optional USB Device port

Hi, I'm hoping to buy the optional wireless print server (HP Jetdirect 2700w USB Wireless Print Server J8026A). There is one problem though, the optional USB device port seems to not exist on my printer. I only notice that the USB logo is present where the port is supposed to be. The plastic in the area is squared off as though it is some sort of break away tab and the port is underneath maybe.
There is no reference to this in the manual anywhere and I am really unsure how to proceed. I don't want to damage anything.
If someone experienced with this model (preferably an HP Employee) can confirm the availability of the port and tell me how to access it (Is it a break away tab?). Part of the reason why I bought this printer is the optional Wireless N print server.
Thank You in advance.

Thank You for your reply. The port you are talking about is the front panel port for walk-up usb printing and firmware upgrades. This port is indeed available on the higher end LaserJet 500 (NON-MFP, printer only edition) as I just used it to upgrade the firmware. The port I am talking about is the one on the left side in the ports section which you use to plug in the optional print server (not the computer I/O port).
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USB Device for IPOD not recognized by Windows, whether ipod connected or no

During the past few days I have received a pop up error message from (I would think) Windows that the USB device is not recognized. I have the USB plug for the ipod connected (as always)but the ipod isn't even connected. It keeps popping up like every few seconds that the usb device is not recognized.
When I attach the ipod itself, the ipod is recognizing it because it powers up. But, it took 10 times just to get the ipod to recognize through itunes. It updated, then immediately upon completion, windows again starting giving repeated error messages that the usb device wasn't recognized.
I have downloaded the newest itunes but I had it on my system for 4 days with no problems whatsoever. I don't think that's it. No other system changes.
I've deleted my temp files and cache. Also did a "disk clean up" and "defrag." It's still doing it.
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I'm having the same problem. Ever since I upgraded to version 7, iTunes & my PC no longer recognise my iPod, and it therefore won't sync.
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This is driving me up the wall. Is there a glitch with iTunes 7?
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"Cannot send email from this device"?

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Has this ever happened to someone else? Do I have to change settings on my iPod?
I have the IPod 4th generation if that helps

I had the same problem. You have to go into Settings in your ipod touch, scroll down and find "mail, contacts, calendars." Set up your email in there. It will give you a list I.e. yahoo, hotmail, gmail. After you've dont that you'll be able to sent the model release.

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I have an apple iphone 4 that I want to download audio books from my library onto it. I cannot figure out how to do that. The iphone does not show up on my mac laptop as a connected device. Does this kind of download have to run through itunes? Thanks

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New Airport Extreme restarts/disconnects/boots all devices if specific MacBook joins wirelessly...?

Preface:
This is my second new AEBS in two weeks. They've both had this issue (which seems unique from the other disconnect postings I've found), so it's not AEBS hardware. I've also had a perfectly functioning Airport Express in the exact same configuration (sans dual-band of course) for the last two years, so interference and the like (for which I did test and troubleshoot) also seems unlikely. I have a 2008 Macbook, a mid 2009 Macbook Pro, a Windows 7 PC, an iPhone 4, and iPhone 4s, and an iPad on the network.
Issue:
After setting up my AEBS, I kept getting knocked off at random, frequent intervals. It would disappear from all my devices simultaneously--no network connections and nothing showing in Airport Utility. I tweaked every setting imaginable five times over. No luck. Looked into networks around me and fiddled with channels etc. No luck. At first, I would have to go unplug and replug the AEBS to get it to show back up. Eventually I managed to get it to where it would just "reset" more or less and come back on in about 30-45 seconds. The light on the router will blink green once, and then two seconds later go solid amber for about 10-15 seconds, and then blink amber for another 10 or so. Then it's back like nothing happened.
I think that I finally narrowed it down today to what is triggering it more or less. I noticed it was fine with everything connected WITHOUT any security. When I added the WPA2 security back on, it was doing it soon after the older Macbook connected, right after "Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5". I could connect the Macbook through ethernet and be fine. If it did connect without the issue, it would do it soon after when the router would run that "Installed unicast CCMP" process again in a mere matter of minutes.
I decided that maybe having old OSX Leopard wasn't working well, so I finally upgraded it to Snow Leopard to see if maybe it would help. No luck. Exact same issue. I disabled Airport on it, and since then I'm going on 5 hours of no issues, but why is this computer causing the AEBS to freak out when it worked 100% with my Airport Express for years???
Here's a sample log, starting from one reset to a disconnect:
Dec 07 11:39:30          Severity:5          Initialized (firmware 7.6).
Dec 07 11:39:37          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
Dec 07 11:39:37          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
Dec 07 11:39:37          Severity:5          Rotated CCMP group key.
Dec 07 11:39:38          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
Dec 07 11:39:38          Severity:5          Rotated CCMP group key.
Dec 07 11:39:41          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:1b:63:00:46:94
Dec 07 11:39:41          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 00:1b:63:00:46:94
Dec 07 11:39:41          Severity:5          Internet configuration leased [IPv4] -- host <76.183.234.251/255.255.252.0> gateway <76.183.232.1> dns <209.18.47.61 209.18.47.62> wins <> lease <43199> domain <tx.rr.com>
Dec 07 11:39:42          Severity:5          Clock synchronized to network time server time.apple.com (adjusted +1 seconds).
Dec 07 11:39:43          Severity:5          (WAN) link state is Up.
Dec 07 11:39:43          Severity:5          Internet configuration leased [IPv4] -- host <76.183.234.251/255.255.252.0> gateway <76.183.232.1> dns <209.18.47.61 209.18.47.62> wins <> lease <43197> domain <tx.rr.com>
Dec 07 11:39:48          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60946.
Dec 07 11:39:49          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60947.
Dec 07 11:39:57          Severity:5          Associated with station 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5
Dec 07 11:39:57          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5
Dec 07 11:39:58          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60949.
Dec 07 11:39:59          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60950.
Dec 07 11:39:59          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60951.
Dec 07 11:40:14          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:18:e7:83:45:ed
Dec 07 11:40:14          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 00:18:e7:83:45:ed
Dec 07 11:40:29          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
Dec 07 11:40:29          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
Dec 07 11:40:35          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60954.
Dec 07 11:40:35          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60955.
Dec 07 11:40:36          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60956.
Dec 07 11:40:44          Severity:5          Associated with station a4:67:06:60:67:41
Dec 07 11:40:44          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:26:bb:00:cc:a2
Dec 07 11:40:49          Severity:5          Associated with station 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5
Dec 07 11:42:14          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:1b:63:00:46:94
Dec 07 11:43:39          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
Dec 07 11:43:39          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
Dec 07 11:43:39          Severity:5          Rotated CCMP group key.
Dec 07 11:43:41          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60962.
Dec 07 11:43:45          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60964.
Dec 07 11:43:45          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60963.
Dec 07 11:43:48          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:18:e7:83:45:ed
Dec 07 11:43:48          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 00:18:e7:83:45:ed
Dec 07 11:44:24          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:26:bb:00:cc:a2
Dec 07 11:44:24          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 00:26:bb:00:cc:a2
Dec 07 11:44:40          Severity:5          Associated with station 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5
Dec 07 11:44:40          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5

Hi,
I have roughly the same issue. I have a new 5th Generation (I had a 4th Generation that seemed to do the same thing) that will reboot for no apparant reason. I have a 1st Generation Time Capsule as the main wireless access point, then a 2nd generation Extreme extending, and the 5th generation as another extension. I also have an Express extending to the top floor. All my other devices work great, but the new 5th generation will just reboot over and over. Seems to be every 5 - 10 minutes. I have it setup in the middle of my house, with some devices connected to it via ethernet cable. I used to have the Express in that location connected to a switch for my devices, and never had any issues. My log looks similar, basically nothing useful.

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I have a Macbook. Will using just the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter work for me if I have and HD TV so that I can watch movies from the Internet on the HD TV screen? How good will the quality be compared to watching on the Macbook itself? And I've noticed how short the chord is for the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter. Will I have to buy another chord to make it reach the back of the HD TV? Thanks.

As it happens, I just bought the mini-DVI to video connector for my wife's Macbook (C2D) yesterday. I am in Australia (which is a PAL country), but I didn't see anything on the device or the packaging which indicated it as being PAL-specific. In fact, in Display Preferences when it is connected to the Mac and TV and in use, the panel relating to the TV output (which is shown by the Mac on the TV screen) is where you select between PAL-50Hz and NTSC-60Hz, so I'd guess it is a single worldwide device, rather than their being separately-manufactured PAL and NTSC variants of the connector.
Anyway, on the back of the top cardboard part of the packaging is a picture of the connectors (because you cannot really see the pins in the Mini-DVI connector itself when packaged, due to an opaque plastic "keeper" over the end of the plug).
To reconfirm what is said above, the pin configuration on the mini-DVI port on the MacBook and what you need on the Mini-DVI connector is a horseshoe or "U" shape. I don't remember if any specific model of Mac is listed, but I believe as long as it is that U-shaped connector you'll be fine with the same connector kit.
The "mini-VGA to video" connector is not what you want for a MacBook; mini-VGA is not "U"-shaped inside, but rather two rows of pins in "II" configuration (even though the outside dimensions of mini-VGA and mini-DVI look very similar).
ted.h.
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Thunderbolt display: devices not discovered after using Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter

I have an interested problem related to using my MacBook Air in clamshell (closed) mode, connected to a Thunderbolt display. The problem appears to be related to moving my MacBook air between my office and my home.
At the office, I use the MacBook Air with an external VGA display, connected via the Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter. At home, I use the MacBook Air together with a Thunderbolt display. An Apple USB keyboard is also connected to the display.
Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter implicated
The following sequence of events causes the problem to occur:
Use the MacBook air (open) together with a VGA display, connected via a Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter (depicted at right);
Put the MacBook Air to sleep by closing the lid, and disconnect the Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter (I am not sure if the order of these two steps is significant—I usually perform them almost simultaneously when packing up my MacBook Air and getting ready to leave the office); and
With the MacBook Air still closed, connect it to a Thunderbolt display with a connected USB keyboard.
At this point, I would expect to be able to wake up the MacBook Air by tapping on the space bar of the keyboard. However, what I have observed is that this does not wake the MacBook Air.
I can wake the MacBook however by moving or clicking a Bluetooth mouse that is paired with the MacBook Air.
At this point, although the MacBook Air is awake, and the display is working, the USB keyboard connected to the display still does not work. This is the problem, in a nutshell.
Unplugging the USB keyboard from the display, and plugging it back in causes the MacBook Air properly to identify the keyboard.
I used Apple System Profiler to save a list of identified devices at two points in time:
Immediately after waking the MacBook Air by moving the Bluetooth mouse (at which point the USB keyboard was not working); and
After unplugging and plugging in again the USB keyboard (at which point the USB keyboard worked fine).
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Keyboard Hub@fe110000 <class IOUSBHubDevice, id 0x1000378ef, !registered, !matched, inactive, busy 3 (37993 ms), retain 6>
AppleUSBHub <class AppleUSBHub, id 0x1000378f2, !registered, !matched, inactive, busy 1 (37987 ms), retain 6>
IOUSBInterface@0 <class IOUSBInterface, id 0x1000378f4, !registered, !matched, inactive, busy 1 (37986 ms), retain 6>
Keyboard Hub@fe110000 <class IOUSBHubDevice, id 0x1000378f6, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (7 ms), retain 10>
AppleUSBHub <class AppleUSBHub, id 0x1000378f9, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (1 ms), retain 9>
IOUSBInterface@0 <class IOUSBInterface, id 0x1000378fb, !registered, !matched, active, busy 0, retain 7>
Apple Keyboard@fe112000 <class IOUSBDevice, id 0x1000378fd, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (112 ms), retain 11>
and many child devices…
Using the Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter appears to be a necessary step to causing this problem to occur. If I merely disconnect the MacBook Air from the display, let it go to sleep, and then reconnect it again, the USB keyboard will work immediately and can be used to wake the computer from sleep.
Some devices are discovered even when the computer is in sleep mode. This is how it should work.
The problem appears to be that when a Mini DisplayPort–to–VGA adapter has been used since the last time the computer was connected to a Thunderbolt display, the MacBook air does not discover devices completely when it is again connected to the Thunderbolt display while in sleep mode.
Can anyone else reproduce this problem?

Hi glraczon.support,
It sounds like the external display you are using (projector) operates at a smaller resolution than your MacBook Pro. You may want to configure the display preferences in System Preferences for the external projector.
Here is an article that may help you with that process:
OS X Mountain Lion: About the Display pane of System Preferences
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5369
Thanks,
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