RE: [WinMac] PDFWriter vs. Distiller

LaPedis, Ron(ron.lapedis[at]compaq.com)
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 08:10:54 -0700

I use Acrobat PDFWriter 3.0 from the chooser (on Mac) or 3.01 as the printer
(on Win/NT) and both work fine for Visio digrams. I've never used distiller
that I know of, although Distiller Assistant is always on my Win menubar.

Ron LaPedis

DISCLAIMER: All personal and professional opinions presented herein are my
own and do not, in any way, represent the opinion or policy of Compaq
Computers.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ari Davidow [SMTP:ari@ivritype.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 07:52
> To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] PDFWriter vs. Distiller
>
> >My question then is when do I know which route to use to get to PDF?
> Most
> >of the time I'm converting PageMaker files and so I've been using the
> >Export to PDF function and then Distilling to get the PDF. Some of our
> >designers want to be able to make PDFs of their work so they can email
> >their clients an electronic proof and it seems the PDFWriter might be
> >easier and quicker for them.
>
> I haven't used PDFWriter in a while, but my experience on both
> Mac and Windows, was that it do a very poor job of handlng graphics.
> I would not use it in any case that included anything other than text.
>
> But, even though I =thought= I tested this again with version 3.0,
> I can't swear that I did, so if someone knows to th contrary, they're
> probably right.
>
> ari
>
> Ari Davidow
> ari@ivritype.com
> http://www.ivritype.com/

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