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Started by Donald_A_Setaro
Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:29
PDF Mark removal
Author: Donald_A_Setaro
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:29
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:29
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Is there a way to use the prologue.ps function in Distiller to remove the pdfmark information so the file will distill properly? Does anyone know the code for doing this? thanks don
Re: PDF Mark removal
Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 20:15
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 20:15
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What do you mean by "distill properly"? What is the specific problem you are seeing, in detail. PDFMarks are supposed to be processed by distiller, so why would you remove them? Aandi Inston
Re: PDF Mark removal
Author: Donald_A_Setaro
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:19
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:19
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this is the error log
%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: pdfmark; ErrorInfo: PUT nextImage ]%%
Stack:
[{nextImage} -dict-]
-dict-
[{nextImage} -dict-]
-mark-
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
thanks for your quick reply
don
Re: PDF Mark removal
Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 09:19
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 09:19
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Is this a PostScript file/PDF export from QuarkXPress 5.0? If so, update to 5.01. This looks a familiar problem. Aandi Inston
Re: PDF Mark removal
Author: Donald_A_Setaro
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:02
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:02
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the postscript file is being generated by the Unisys Hermes newspaper system. The reason I want to remove the pdfmarks is that I only want these pdfs for printing and archiving. these errors happen to maybe 2 or 4 pages of a 90 page edition. this seems to be random, there are some pages that have the same amount of photos or graphics as the failed ones but distill fine. the only pages that always distill correctly are ones with no photos or graphics on them which leads me to believe that the cause is the photos or graphics. the photos are processed with PS7 and CS. the graphics are done in Ill 10. thanks in advance for your help. don
Re: PDF Mark removal
Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:58
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:58
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You could try
/pdfmark { cleartomark } def
This may not work, since clearly some software is generating bad
pdfmark instructions. This assumes that they are to some extent valid,
but may work.
Aandi Inston
Re: PDF Mark removal
Author: Donald_A_Setaro
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:46
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:46
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Aandi
do you mean to insert this code: /pdfmark { cleartomark } def
into the prologue.ps? thank you for all your help
don
Re: PDF Mark removal
Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:02
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:02
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Yes. Aandi Inston
Re: PDF Mark removal
Author: Donald_A_Setaro
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:49
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:49
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Aandi that worked!! I tested 3 files that failed this weekend with that code inserted in the prologue.ps and they all distilled perfectly. thank you once again. don
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