Illustrator-5-files to pdf with distiller

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3 total messages Started by Mark_Escher Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:49

#366

Author: Mark_Escher
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:49

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Hi,

I have many Illustrator-5 files (.ai) and I want to convert them in PDF-files with the Distiller of Acrobat 5 (Windows).
My first try was to drag the files in the distiller window. But an error-message occurred.
I suppose that the Illustrator-files doesn't contain a prolog.
Is there an easy way to add such a prolog in the distiller (with a Prologue.ps)? I don't want to open every file in Illustrator and save it as a real eps.

thanks in advance
mark

Re: Illustrator-5-files to pdf with distiller

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Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 02:08

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Illustrator 5 .ai files are not full PostScript or EPS files. As such, you much open then individually in Illustrator and either save them out directly as PDF files (recent Illustrator versions) OR print to the "Acrobat Distiller" PostScript printer driver instance from Illustrator.

By the way, there never was an Illustrator 5 for Windows. There was Illustrator 4, 4.1, and then 7.

- Dov

Re: Illustrator-5-files to pdf with distiller

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Author: Mark_Escher
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:58

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Thank you Dov. I have feared that.

      By the way, there never was an Illustrator 5 for Windows. There was Illustrator
      4, 4.1, and then 7.




This is interessting, why?

bye mark

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