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You didn't say whether you have and use a printer instance called
"Acrobat Distiller" when you create your PS files. This is crucial
for succesful PDF creation. If you have such a printer but don't
use it, try creating PS files with that printer selected.

If you already use this printer, but you get bad results, I'd
advice the same thing as Arnis did. A little more details:
1. Open the Printer control panel and delete the printer called
  "Acrobat Distiller".
2. Locate the file Adist4.ppd on your computer. It should be in:
  ...\Acrobat4.0\Distillr\Xtras
2. Download the Adobe Universal PostScript Driver Installer 1.0.6:
  http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1500
3. Run the downloaded AdobePS setup utility. I don't remember all
  choices you should make, but install a local printer. When you
  come to a dialog where "Generic" possibly is the only choice of
  printer model, select to browse your file system for another one.
  Browse to your Adist4.ppd file and select Acrobat Distiller.
4. Check that the Acrobat Distiller printer has been added to the
  list in the Printer control panel. Normally, this printer should
  be set up correctly, but since you seem to have problems, you should
  also check/edit the properties of this printer, which unfortunately
  can be a bit tricky and differs depending on your OS and driver version.
5. Select the Distiller printer and File>Properties. You may have to
  browse between the tabs to find the settings I describe below.
  Make sure the Driver is called AdobePS Acrobat Distiller.
  Make sure the Port is named "FILE:" or a file path on your hard disk.
  In the Device Settings list (or similar list of options and values),
  select the top entry and click About (either from the right-click
  pop-up menu or a button at the bottom). Make sure the PPD filename
  is Adist4.ppd.
  Make sure Output Protocol is set to Binary.
  Make sure Send Ctrl-D Before/After Each Job is set to No.
6. Select the Distiller printer again and File>Document Defaults. This
  may not be available for you, or you have the same settings described
  below in the Properties dialog described above.
  Make sure Color Appearance is set to Color, not Monochrome.
  Make sure PostScript Output Option is set to Optimize for Speed.
  Make sure TrueType Font Download Option is set to Native TrueType.
  Make sure PostScript Language Level is set to 3.
7. Finally, check that you use appropriate Job Options in the Acrobat
  Distiller application. I would especially check that you don't use
  any downsampling of picture, that the compress options are set to
  8-bit ZIP, and that you Leave Colors Unchanged.

Now, try to create a PS file using the Acrobat Distiller printer
and then distill that PS file using the Acrobat Distiller application.

BTW, you can find most of this information in the FAQ section of this
User-to-user forum (if you use the web interface), but most information
there applies to Acrobat 5.05 and/or Windows 2000/XP.


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/Thomas Michanek, FrameMaker/UNIX/MIF expert
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