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Hello John,
After a lot of noise (as Sean noted) I think that the difficulty you've encountered with the Win2000 upgrade is nothing to do with FrameMaker. I have recently re-installed Win2000Pro using a complete re-format of the hard disk - with all the software re-installed. On this platform I could install you're HP Laserjet5si MopierPS driver without any problem. I have done some experiments regarding my interpretation of the AdobePS part of your printer name. This was around the ppd issues of printer drivers. From these experiments I conclude that you should install (if not there already) a Distiller printer instance and use that for your PDFs. Install a simple version of your HP printer driver and use that for printing.

You can print either the PDFs (less possibility of funny characters turning but another step in the print process) or print your FM documents directly (possibility of replaced characters according to font availability - but more convenient). When using this second approach using old HP 4Si printers, I did occasionaly encounter unexpected character substitutions - strange bullets especially. But the accent was on PDFs then so I never bothered with solving these minor issues with direct print.

You should read Dov Isaac's posting in the FAQ of the forum (dated 6th December on Printing and PDFs), to set you on the right road. If you need to know what ppd you have just print a test page from the Distiller printer instance and read it for AdistX.ppd, and driver version.

If your IT people cannot load a simple HP 5Si Mopier driver, then ask them to do a Win2000 upgrade from scratch, that is, not just an upgrade, but a complete installation from scratch. New OS on re-formatted disk, all new drivers for peripherals, all new re-installed applications.
I hope this helps you, and please accept my apologies for any noise created.
Cheers
Ian