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Your distiller printer was created improperly. Likely as not, it uses the Generic PPD and not the Distiller PPD (Adist4.ppd). The solution is to install the Distiller printer using the correct PPD. 

However, Acrobat/Distiller 5 is an easier installation in this regard, so, you should see the problem go away if you upgrade. 

The reason it sounds like the Save as PDF problems is because it is. In those problems, those who use Save as have an incorrect printer set as their default. Save as PDF prints PS just like File > Print does, so the use of the wrong printer in the case of Save as has the same symptoms as your use of the wrong or incorrectly-installed printer using File > Print. 

Note, even with Acrobat/Distiller 5, Save as PDF problems will persist in FrameMaker 6. What you really should do is upgrade to FrameMaker 7 and Acrobat 5, both. 

Cheers, 

Sean