Acrobat 4.0 Printing Problems

[Todd_Hubbell@adobeforums.com]

I'm using Acrobat 4.0 and Distiller. I recently upgraded to Quark 5.0 and created an eps to bring into Distiller.

It created the pdf, but I cannot print it nor can other peole I've sent it to.

The Message is:
This document could not be read. The was a problem reading this document (12)

Does that mean I need to upgrade to Acrobat 5.0 to be compatible with Acrobat 5.0?

Please let me know. Thanks

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

No. You need an update to QuarkXPress 5.01.

(By the way, distilling EPS is not recommended; distill PostScript)

Aandi Inston

[Todd_Hubbell@adobeforums.com]

I'm not thinking of updating Quark, I'm wondering if I should update to Acrobat 5.0? Not using OSX yet.

Why is ditilling an eps not recommended?
Suggestions on .pdf from Quark are appreciated - Thanks

[Steve_Werner@adobeforums.com]

5.01 is a free upgrade, and you won't get much PDF out of QuarkXPress 5 without it.

Quark doesn't include fonts in its EPS files making it a poor choice for PDF creation.

Create a PostScript file (being sure to embed fonts), and process that through Distiller.

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

>I'm not thinking of updating Quark

I recommend you start! You were prepared to pay for 5.0, but won't go
for the free 5.01, which fixes it?

>Why is ditilling an eps not recommended?

1. It's a very tedious way to deal with multi-page documents.
2. It can lead to issues with TrueType fonts not found.

This is why the recomendation is always to print to PostScript (with
Font inclusion: ALL and the Distiller PPD) and to distill the result.
Or use the Create Adobe PDF desktop printer.

Aandi Inston