Converting a *.ps to PDF via Distiller

[m1tch]

Hi, i'm using distiller that came with acrobat v5. I'm using a program called arcview to create maps and the *.ps file. 90% of the time when i print to PDF the output is fine, however other times lines are missed out and some of the colours become faded etc. Is this a common problem with distiller and is there a way to fix it?

 

[Eggles]

>>Is this a common problem with distiller <<

No it's not - it's nothing to do with Distiller and probably everything to do with 'arcview', or the method you are using to create the PDF. J

ust to check - you go to the Print menu, choose Distiller as your printer, check the 'print to file' box and create the postscript file. Then you open the postscript file in Distiller and create the PDF. Is this how you do it? If so, what joboptions do you choose when distilling the PDF?

 

[m1tch]

>>Just to check - you go to the Print menu, choose Distiller as your printer, check the 'print to file' box and create the postscript file. Then you open the postscript file in Distiller and create the PDF<< -Yep

I've tried the standard job opitions plus some other custom ones.

 

[Eggles]

Well your method sounds fine, so the error must occur getting from arcview to postscript. I don't know what else to suggest. Have you ever made a PDF successfully from arcview before? If so, what's different about THIS file? Graphic file format? Font used?

Perhaps this site might help?

http://www.ar.utexas.edu/Courses/parmenter/gis/tips/

or perhpas ask at this forum:

http://forums.esri.com/forums.asp?c=3