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I�m trying to find a fix for a very tricky problem relating to Framemaker +SGML 6 and Acrobat/Distiller 5.

I work for a company that developed an application for another company that involves a Database creating SGML code that is then templated with Framemaker and run through Distiller 5 to create a PDF which is then sent to a print company that creates a book of the thing.

The problem is that randomly, something like 1 in 50 PDFs of this book has a page number that is printed in the Helvetica instead of the correct font, Helvetica Black.
It�s not always the same page, and it doesn�t seem to correlate with the content of that page in anyway.

Understand that the Page Numbers are all perfect in Framemaker, which must mean that the database and SGML can�t be the problem.

The problem has to lie in the way Framemaker 6 sends the content to Distiller 5
or the way Distiller 5 creates a PDF.

So I�ve been tasked with finding a solution to this problem that doesn�t involve paying someone to look at every page of every PDF and check the font of the page number.

There are a couple ways I could solve this problem:

Option 1:
I could recommend that this company upgrade its Acrobat version and/or it�s Framemaker version,
But I�d need proof that spending the money for software upgrade will, with out a doubt, fix their problem.

Option 2:
I could find some software to preflight these PDFs and take the place of that person looking through each page.
The challenge there is that this is a difficult preflight procedure to write.
It needs to make sure that the �Header� section of every page is in Helvetica Black not Helvetica.
I could easily search the document for the offending font, Helvetica, but it appears all over the document.

I need a way to search only a particular part of a PDF for a font and spit out an error if it�s there.

I�ve done a little research into tagged PDF and if there was a way to search and make sure a tag didn�t use a certain font, that would work,
But I�m sure Adobe Arcobat 6�s Preflight feature won�t let me right that preflight procedure.

Is there any other Preflight software that is more versatile and would let me search the PDF that way?

Has anyone seen a similar problem?

I�m getting Stuck,
Big thanks ahead of time for any Help,

Jake