PS - Distilling problems

When making a PS file in InDesign and Distilling it later I run into a problem: although the document is 190.5 cm x 190.5 cm, the final Distilled PDF is about an A4 big. I get the message that violations have been found in the document, but I don't know what goes wrong. It used to work just fine with the same settings and now it doesn't...
The violation I get is this:
[Violation] Neither TrimBox nor ArtBox was found on the following pages:
Can anybody help me please?

It's been a long time since I printed anything to postscript (no need to do that any longer if you have Acrobat installed -- print to the Adobe PDF virtual printer, or use Export to PDF instead and keep your live transparency and layers and interactive elements and...), but I seem to remember you need to set up a custom page size and select it when you print something odd like this.
Peter

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Hi Richard,
Erik has just answered this on Quark's forums:
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When i'm done with my files in InDesign, i export my files to mak .EPS (with file, export). After i open Adobe Distiller and drag all my .EPS in Distiller to create .PDF but the program tell me that the files is being used by another program. The thing is i tried to close this computer and try again on another one and it still tell me the same error message.
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Francis,
Exporting directly from InDesign should quality-wise not differ from printing to PS and running it through the Distiller. The biggest difference I saw was in file sizes -- where the original InDesign exported PDF was >8Mb, the Distiller was able to compress the same to about 2Mb. All with the same settings -- really! (I triple-checked.)
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Printing problem with HP Photosmart 5510

This is not really a Mavericks problem but I was hoping that someone out ther who owns a HP Photosmart 5510 all in one printer may know the answer. All was working fine up untill I (foolishly) changed the printing mode to economy black & white and now I can not get it back to printing in colour. Anyone know how to do this please?
Sorry that this is not a specivic Apple problem but I am desperate!
Cheers.

Hello wil46,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums! I understand you have recently changed the black ink cartridge on your HP Photosmart C8180. I would first like to make sure that the cartridges are properly vented, take a look at the picture below:
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Now let's go ahead and clean the printhead, from the front panel of your C8180 follow the steps listed below:
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Adobe CS2 / 10.4 Printing problem - Fonts

I have a studio with 30+ Macs (one of many ) using CS2 printing to Xerox RIP's or PS files Distilled.
The issue being parts of words not appearing on the prints.
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My users output several thousand pages per week both to the printers and pdf.
So it's back to the OS or Adobe...
Yes I now clean the caches...
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Hi Mitch,
We've had similar issues from InDesign to our Canon's using EFI (Fiery) print controllers. The issue was with the RIP and ps driver. We thought it was ID as it seemed to be the only app having the issue of some text dropping out when there was any background. Canon support felt it was Adobe and they in turn suggested the RIP. In the end a new version of firmware was loaded into the RIP and the problem stopped.
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Hi. Apologies to LoriAUC and Bill@VT for my delay in replying - I've been off sick. Thanks for your replies.
My description wasn't quite right - the image is missing in my AA8 but the customer swears it is there in his AA8. Viewing the same file!
Bill@VT - It's definitely not due to View Large Images being off. That leaves a grey box but this is a white box (also, the setting is ticked on in my Acrobat).
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Please is anyone out who can heIp me.
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Step one: Remove any loose paper Remove any loose paper from the input tray.
Step two: Clear the jam from the back of the Allin-
One 1. On the rear of the product, press in the tab on the left side of the rear access
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paper out of the rollers. CAUTION: If the paper tears while being removed from the
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@CAGY, take a look at this HP link on how to clear a jam.
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Problems in creating PDFs from Indesign under Snow Leopard

The Acrobat PDF Printer does not work under Snow Leopard anymore.
Adobe gives this alternative:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/509/cpsid_50981.html
After an update to Acrobat 9.1.3 PDFs should now be generated through a new "Save as Adobe PDF" option under the "PDF" button in the system print dialog.
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Hi.
make this.
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2. Open the "Print & Fax" preference panel.
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5. Click the options and supplies button.
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So after some tests that I have found here
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/509/cpsid_50981.html
I have reinstall leopard
This has been my problem.
mario

My IPhone 3G reception fixed, a new problem - AT&T *real* data speeds

I've read quite a few topics on this forum regarding the poor IPhone 3G reception, and unfortunately 99% of them are emotions, making it very laborious to distill useful info out of them.
Therefore I'd like to post my personal experience so far with IPhone 3g, listing more facts, than emotions. *I hope this will help some of you, and also hope that others will follow a more structured approach to reporting IPhone 3g problems*.
*IPhone 3G Model MB046LL, 2.0.1 firmware*
I got my IPhone 3g black 16gb version in NJ on August 2nd, model MB046LL. I work in IT, and I was overall very impressed with all of its features. However, the device had 2 major problems - 3g reception was highly unstable, and the actual 3g data speeds were far lower than advertised, 200kb on average for download and 30kb on average for upload.
I called AT&T, they said I was in the zone with "the best 3g coverage". I went to an AT&T store, and had my SIM card swapped from #3022 to a newer one, #4022. Swapping the SIM card drastically improved both 3g reception and the data speeds.
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After some time, I concluded there was still something wrong my IPhone, scheduled a Genius Bar appointment, and had it replaced with a brand new IPhone 3g. Having numerous screenshots of different problems minimized the explanations to a minimum.
*IPhone 3G Model MB048LL, 2.0.1 firmware*
I had a chance to compare the new model with the previous one I had - the build felt a bit different. The screen on this new model has a slightly better contrast, too (compared default factory settings).
*The new model, however, has GREAT 3g reception*. Where with the previous model I had 2-3 bars of 3g, I now have 5 bars. The dbm numbers are also somewhat improved. I had a couple of small issues with apps, etc., but I figured them out - found which apps were crashing the system, and deleted them, cleaned up the old backups and the crash diagnostic crash reports from the previous model, etc. Finally all other problems I was having with the previous model are now gone, too, except the quirkiness of the GPS, but I suspect it's the new firmware, and not much I can do about it. I have yet to see a dropped call on this new model.
However this new model identified a new problem, something that I'd suspected for some time: it appears that the problems people are having could indeed be the combination of IPhone hardware/software and AT&T network.
I noticed the data speeds vary significantly throughout the day, even when you sit at the same desk. I noticed the speed drops significantly approximately during lunch time to ~90-300kb for download, would be ok during the day (~200-350kb for download), and would be AWESOME after 10pm - ~0.9 - 1.4Mbs.
One can make a conclusion here that AT&T simply does not have enough network capacity to handle the peak data load, when many people connect on the network. It could be that IPhone's software does not manage very well under such conditions, but I'd would place more blame on AT&T in this case, considering how exceptionally well IPhone performs during other times.
I'd like to point out that although both Apple and AT&T reps were genuinely trying to be helpful, I could clearly see that not one person I talked to on both sides did not have a clear solution how to resolve the problems I was having. Basically, I had to figure out what the problem could be, and use the resources available to try to solve it - be that replacing the phone, restoring from backups, monitoring the crash logs for problematic apps, etc.
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I would constructively suggest that you edit your post pretty quickly if you want to avoid a highly deserved, verbal battering from every unemotional, highly rational and intelligent poster on this forum who might take offence to your demeaning attitude. I think to assume that because people who have posted on here have posted at all because they are emotional basket-cases, or in some way out of control of their emotions merely because they have aired their disappointment/disgust/anger with their sub-functioning iPhones is pretty insulting and undeserved. Whatever YOU have written here, or have experienced elsewhere, still only has the value of 1 (ONE). It is a poll of 1. It is an opinion of 1. No more valid than that, no more authority than that.

Experiencing a series of display problems.

Okay, I've got a slight problem. I'm hoping someone can help me. The other day, a glass of Pinot Grigio spilled onto my keyboard. Also ahem some small shards of glass. It's all cleaned up now. A minor, stupid mishap. But I turned my Mac off after this happened, and when I went to turn it back on the next morning, things started to get messed up. Over the course of the last several days, I have experienced a handful of different things, many of them several times each. These things seem to happen when I'm either starting up the computer or waking it from sleep mode:
* A completely blue screen with a really loud fan noise (this has probably happened twice, and both were on start up).
* A fuzzy, almost vibrating picture, beginning with the appearance of the Apple logo on start up.
* A weird screen condition I can only describe as randomly displaced pixels.
* Completely black program windows (this has only happened after waking the Mac up from sleep mode).
* A screen covered entirely in what looks like small gray bricks (sometimes accompanied by noise from the fan).
As I said, most of these things have occurred multiple times each. Sometimes these symptoms occur in conjunction with each other, sometimes they don't. I've tried resetting the PRAM and NVRAM, but, assuming I did it right (which who knows, maybe I didn't), neither of them worked. So now I'm sort of lost as to what to do. The wine that spilled on the keyboard didn't touch any other components of the computer, so, ideally, I don't feel like I should be experiencing these problems. But I am. Can anyone help?
G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi, readjdm, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
You may feel that spilling wine on your keyboard shouldn't cause it or the computer to malfunction, but your keyboard and other keyboards everywhere beg to differ. They all require a liquid-free diet. Cracker crumbs, cat hair and household dust are about all they're willing to consume, and those only in moderation.
The easiest way to test whether all your symptoms are due to the inebriated keyboard is to substitute another keyboard temporarily. If all is well with a different keyboard, yours needs drying-out and rehab.
A keyboard is full of tiny microswitches, which in turn are full of tiny crevices that liquid can get into and short things out or gum them up. It's very hard to dry everything out completely; at best it takes several days. When a keyboard is treated to a drink containing sugars or other stuff that leaves a gummy residue after the liquid evaporates (yes, wine qualifies here), simply letting it dry may not be enough — depending on how far the liquid has penetrated, which you can't tell visually. In any case where, after 3-4 days of air-drying at room temperature, the keyboard continues to malfunction, you may want to try disassembling the keyboard and rinsing the circuit board at its heart under lukewarm running water for several minutes, or soaking it for half an hour and then rinsing it under running water. That will remove most water-soluble residues fairly effectively. (If your water has lots of minerals in it, use distilled water instead.) After washing, let it dry completely — again, it will take several days for the water to evaporate out of all those little crevices. You can speed things up some by aiming an ordinary household fan at it, continuously blowing room-temperature air over it. Don't try to use a hair dryer to speed things up more; the heat could easily damage things.
If this all seems like a bit too much hassle, just buy a new keyboard.

Can't find text in distilled file, using some fonts

The products I have are Mac OS 10.6.8, Acrobat X and 9, and Word 2011 and Apple Pages for Mac; Acrobat 9 and Word 2007 for Windows XP.
There are numerous ways to create PDFs on both platforms, whether through save as or creating a PostScript file and distilling it. The problem is that with docs I have using Calibri, Cambria, and Candara, if I distill a PostScript file made from Mac Word or Pages, neither Acrobat nor Apple Preview can find text in the resulting PDF, whether the file distilled with Mac or Windows Distiller. (Meaning a "find" for a string comes up as not found.) All other combinations are okay, even writing a PS file in Windows Word and distilling with Mac Distiller.
I mention the fonts specifically because most of the time I use OTF faces, which always work. I even tried using the Windows TTF versions in the Mac operating system -- same failure.
And even if I force these fonts to be embedded in the Distiller job options, still no joy. If I take so much as a comma and set it to an OTF, I can find the comma. Also, Acrobat *can* find Arial text in a Visio flowchart placed in the Word doc. I don't know how the author placed it there, but it's probably copy from Visio, paste into Word.
The reason why I care about this is because the distilled PFDs are just a tiny bit better looking on the screen than other options, such as "Save as PDF" from the Mac OS Print dialogue. The only other one that looks as good is the Create PDF button in Windows Word, but I would rather not have to use Windows just to get a better-looking PDF.
So to summarize:
Mac app > write PS file > Mac Distiller = fail
Mac app > write PS file > Win Distiller = fail
Win app > write PS file > Mac Distiller = okay
Win app > write PS file > Win Distiller = okay
Mac app > save as PDF directly > okay
This might not be a problem with Distiller per se; it could be the Mac OS engine that creates the PS files. You see, I had heard that Apple used their own internally developed engine for the options to save PDF files directly, but was using Adobe code when one used the option to write a PostScript file, so that's why I'm so surprised and disappointed it fails.

tlmurray23 wrote:
The reason why I care about this is because the distilled PFDs are just a tiny bit better looking on the screen than other options, such as "Save as PDF" from the Mac OS Print dialogue. The only other one that looks as good is the Create PDF button in Windows Word, but I would rather not have to use Windows just to get a better-looking PDF.
Hmmm. In what way are Distilled PDFs "a tiny bit better looking on screen" than those made by OS X?
You are viewing both in the same app and platform?
And you're referring to font display?
What settings are you using in Distiller which you think might have some bearing on this?
tlmurray23 wrote:
This might not be a problem with Distiller per se; it could be the Mac OS engine that creates the PS files. You see, I had heard that Apple used their own internally developed engine for the options to save PDF files directly, but was using Adobe code when one used the option to write a PostScript file, so that's why I'm so surprised and disappointed it fails.
OS X's native graphics drawing environment, Quartz, is essentially a "Display PDF", so creating a PDF file is a very simple procedure.
Writing PostScript for printing uses Apple's own cgpdftops CUPS filter. I doubt there is any "Adobe code" as such, and I dispute the implication that "Apple code == bad; Adobe code == good", which you seem to suggest.
The specifications for PDF and PostScript are clearly documented, and it should be easy for anyone to follow them.
However, the fact remains that when Apple converts these MS fonts to PS, something goes wrong. It may be a bug in Apple's code; or it may be that Apple it strictly interpreting font data which MS is playing fast and loose with. Windows' own PS export would no doubt be designed to work with the looser implementation in MS's fonts. This is just hypothetical of course, though is in keeping with tradition.
What you could do is use a decent text editor like TextWrangler (free from BareBones software) to compare the PostScript code from Windows and OS X.
You could also look a the Properties tab in Acrobat of the PDFs, and compare the font encoding.
You could also test running out PostScript from any other app on OS X that you have using those fonts.
However, I think it is unlikely that you will see resolution unless MS releases a new version of their fonts, or some new version of OS X makes an amendment to fix the bug or cater for the MS issue. Perhaps Lion will do this; perhaps it won't.
Are you using the versions of these fonts that came with Office 2011 for Mac? What happens if you use the Windows versions of the fonts on OS X?

Quark / PDF Printing Problems (Save as PDF in OS X)

I upgraded from Quark 4.1 to 6.5 about a year ago, and ever since then the files I create and print don't look as good. The primary issue seems to be color -- colors don't come out as deep, there seems to be less color saturation, sometimes colors are just pretty far off. I'm working in Mac OS 10.4.8.
For many years my method has been to design documents and output as PDFs to be professionally printed. These days my PDFs don't print as well. I suspect that the problem has to do with the process of creating the PDF. In Quark 6.5 I create PDFs by selecting "Save as PDF" from Quark's Print menu. Back when I was using 4.1, since Quark didn't have a built-in PDF-creator, I would go into the Chooser, select AdobePS as my printer, and then just choose Print in Quark and it would "print" to a PDF.
One other problem I've had since the upgrade is that the PDFs Quark creates are HUGE files -- tens or hundreds of megs -- often too large to email. When I used to create PDFs from the identical Quark files using 4.1, the resulting PDFs printed much better and were much smaller files (often far less than 1 meg). Solving the color problem is a higher priority for me than solving the file size issue, though.
I've spent a lot of time trying to troubleshoot this with our local printer here in Albany, NY (the same guy who printed my stuff in the old days, when it came out looking a lot better). Things we've tried that haven't seemed to solve the problem:
- Increasing the LPI to 300
- Checking the box for Full Resolution Tiff Output
- Experimenting with OPI active and not
- Experimenting with different PDF options like "Save as PDF," "Compress PDF," "PDF-X," etc. (Compress PDF does result in smaller PDFs, but the quality of the resulting prints is even worse)
Also, if anyone has suggestions about Quark-specific forums I could post this to, let me know. I tried creating an account on the discussion forms on Quark's website, but I don't receive their confirmation email to confirm my account.
Any advice greatly appreciated -- thanks so much!
Marshall
iBook Mac OS X (10.4.8) Quark 6.5

Marshall,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
colin clarke1’s info is spot on. I will add a bit more. Acrobat Professional includes Distiller in addition to a print driver called Adobe PDF 7.0 (version number matches version of Acrobat). I think the print driver installs automatically, but if not, you should choose to install it and then it will show in your list of printers. This will allow you to make PDFs from Quark XPress much as you did with Quark 4.1.
Distiller comes with some pre-defined Settings (formerly know as Job Options) for different types of printing, i.e., Smallest file (low-resolution like online viewing), Standard, High Quality, Press Quality and others. These Settings are general standards in the industry in terms amount and type of image compression, font embedding, color management, compatibility with previous Acrobat versions and etc.
colin clarke1’s method of saving a Quark doc as a PostScript and then distilling it is one method. (You can set this in your Quark Preferences.) Alternatively, you could do the following within Quark XPress…
(a) Select Print, which brings up the Print window. At the bottom of the window are some buttons. Click on Page Setup and in its window, for Format for: select the Adobe PDF 7/8, the appropriate Paper size and then OK.
(b) Returning to the Quark print window, make all the necessary choices for Layout, Setup, Output, Options, Layers, Bleed, OPI and Profiles.
(c) Next, click on the button Printer (at the bottom) which brings up a Mac OS print window. Click to the right of Printer and select Adobe PDF 7/8. Next, click and hold on Copies & Pages for a drop-down list of options and select PDF Options. Click on the bar to the right of Adobe PDF Settings and a list of Distiller Settings will pop up and select the one that best fit the type of printing you are doing, e.g., Press Quality. If you want to see the PDF version afterwards, then select Acrobat for After PDF Creation. Click Ok.
(d) Returning to the Quark print window, click Print button (lower right). A Save window appears for you to name your document and select where you wish to save in on your computer. (If you choose to see the PDF afterwards, then Acobat will launch and the PDF will then appear in Acrobat.)
You could learn more about the latest version of Acrobat 8.0 (released November 2006) by Adobe’s “tour” at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/productinfo/features/
Hope this helps.
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PDF problem: copy and paste results in squares

hello all,
I have problem with my PDF's. I'm afraid the problem maybe is not related to the distiller, but I hope someone here can guide me in the right direction. I don't know exactly what the right starting point is for this case.
The problem is that whenever I copy text from a document (reader 7.0 or Adobe Acrobat 9 pro on windows XP) that is created with the distiller server and I paste the clipboard in a word document, the result is a string of squares, one per character. It seems the font size is preserved, as the squares appear in different size.
Can any of you guide me with this? The problem seems to be the postscript that I use as a starting point. When I distill it (distiller version seems to be not important, I use distiller server 4.05 for windows) the problem arises.
What can be the cause of that? Can I change the distiller options to fix this or do I have to change the postscript? Do I have to upgrade the distiller? Has it something to do with the fonts?
I have an example of a postscript that gives this problem here: http://pastebin.com/EbVGBhAL
thanks in advance for helping me, Ruud

OK, Bernd, now I see.
So the encoding vector maps the character codes to character names; the charstrings map maps the character names to the characters.
And the character _names_ are used during the copy to clipboard. That is you meant by 'the encoding is incorrect'. The character names in my postscript are like 'c01', 'c02' and so on; the copy to clipboard can't use them. Interesting.
Bernd, can you tell me how you know that character \016 maps to a 6 in the font table? On the moment, that is my 'missing link'. If I only know how you did it, I could make the mapping myself. I would be very happy....
thanks a lot, Ruud

Problem with ALT codes on Apple Wired Keyboard

May I just note, I have posted this in the "Boot Camp" forum, but run the normal Windows 7 on my computer. I was unable to find a forum purely for Apple hardware.
I am using a Apple Wired Keyboard (MB110B/B) -- British-bought -- on a Windows 7 PC, and I are having some issues with ALT codes. The array of symbols I have to type (pi, sigma, etc) becomes tiresome to insert via the Character Map (on Win7). Basically, entering "alt" (left handside) then 227 does not insert "π" but rather "Ò". alt + 228 (Σ) inserts õ
I don't know if this problem is common for Apple keyboard users on Windows, but is there a way to alter this.
Thanks, Jordan.

For a third opinion, be cautious of using a dishwasher as the temperature can get pretty high. If the spill is on the 456 on the number pad, you can try holding the keyboard vertically, soak just that part in distilled water for several minutes to disolve the spill material. Run some denatured (rubbing) alcohol over the numpad, then dry with a hair dryer.
You could also try to remove the key caps...slip dental floss under the key caps in two loops, one from the top one from the bottom. Pull the key caps off one at a time, the wipe the area clean...see if there is any material sticking that needs to be cleaned off.
I do not know what keyboard you have or how it does the switching, but most keyboards today do not use mechanical switches. The switches are sealed capacitance switches so if you clean all the material from the keyboard it may work again.
Or, if you don't feel like going to this much trouble, a visit to your friendly Apple Retailer to purchase a new one may be a good idea.

PS - Distilling problems

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