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1. GLOBAL GRAPHICS D awspdf creator USER MANUAL MACINTOSH Version 3 July 2003 COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS Jaws PDF Creator User Manual Macintosh Version 3 July 2003 Part number JAWS 3 3 PDFCreator Copyright 1992 2003 GLOBAL GRAPHICS SOFTWARE LIMITED All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Global Graphics Software Limited The information in this publication is provided for information only and is subject to change without notice Global Graphics Software Limited and its affiliates assume no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of any information in this publication The software described in this book is fur nished under License and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of that License Jaws the Jaws logo Jaws PDF Creator Jaws PDF Editor Jaws PDF Server and Jaws PDF Courier are trademarks of Global Graphics Software Limited which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Global Graphics is a trademark of Global Graphics S A which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Adobe Adobe Photoshop Adobe Type Manager InDesign Acrobat Display PostScript and PostScript are reg istered trademarks and Distiller and PostScript 3 are trademarks of Ado
2. see Section 4 2 3 8 Produce PDF files compatible with PDF viewing applications Jaws PDF Creator can produce PDF version 1 3 and 1 4 files PDF 1 3 and 1 4 files are compatible with Jaws PDF Editor although PDF Editor cannot currently open PDF 1 4 files using 128 bit encryption PDF 1 3 files are compatible with Acrobat v4 0 or later PDF 1 4 files are com patible with Acrobat v5 0 or later Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 3 Getting started with PDF Creator Note The PDF 1 4 files produced by PDF Creator comply with the Adobe specification but do not support all PDF 1 4 features 3 9 Produce files that can be sent by e mail To produce files that can more easily be sent by e mail select the General tab in the PDF Creator Config Editor Control Panel and select the ASCII format check box For more information see Section 5 3 3 10 Produce more compact PDF files There are several options that have an effect on the size of the output file all of which are available in the Font embedding tab and the Compression tab of the PDF Creator Config Editor Control Panel The default settings after installa tion are designed to give the maximum lossless compression for general use The most important options are Compress text This option applies zip compression to the PDF commands in page descriptions Subset embedded fonts This option can help reduce the size of the output If you are working in a controlled environm
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4. 1lproj The PostScript Printer Description file it defines the capabilities of the PDF Creator printer Library Application Support Jaws PDF Creator PostProcessingApp A helper application used to support post processing of PDFs Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 65 Appendix A Technical Information 66 Library Preferences or Library Preferences Configurations and user settings are saved in preferences files These are located in Library Preferences if global or Library Preferences if user specific usr libexec cups filter jawspdfcreator The CUPS printer which converts the PostScript file to a PDF file usr libexec cups backend jawsbackend The application which writes the PDF to disk Library Application Support Jaws PDF Creator JawsFolders This folder contains the following items that are required by PDF Creator default See General files used by all operating systems fonts See General files used by all operating systems resources See General files used by all operating systems plugins active See General files used by all operating systems lib This folder contains library files that are required by Jaws PDF Creator SYSTEM FOLDER ITEMS Classic Mac only Control Panels Jaws PDF Creator The Jaws PDF Creator Control Panel Preferences Jaws PDF Creator Preferences This file contains all of your PDF Creator Preferences and configurations Extensions Printing Plug ins
5. 90 52 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 6 Support degrees clockwise and Rotate 180 degrees These four options all switch off auto rotate if it was enabled and apply the specified rotation to the page The page is rotated from its default orientation Because dif ferent applications do different things when for example they are asked to generate a landscape page from a portrait page and vice versa some trial and error is required Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 53 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 54 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 Appendix A Technical Information A 1 How PDF Creator works This section describes how PDF Creator works and how it integrates with the operating system The information contained here is not essential for using PDF Creator however an understanding of the information will help you get the most out of the product PDF Creator is built around a complete PostScript language compatible interpreter In the case of PDF Creator the interpreter is called Jaws and is a clone interpreter developed for incorporation into hardware and software products Also the raster based back end of the interpreter has been replaced with code which outputs graphical primitives as text in this case the text builds up into PDF page descriptions It is also possible to convert PostScript language files into other page description languages using the same approach The PostScript l
6. Number This option is used to license your version of Jaws PDF Creator For more information see Section 2 2 5 10 Preferences Mac OS X only With the Config Editor open choose the Jaws Config Editor gt Preferences menu option to access message handling options The Config Editor Preferences dialog box appears e Config Editor Preferences Message Handling O Discard all messages O Create individual log file for each job e Append all messages to Users Documents C Choose J Only include interpreter error messages in log file Figure 5 13 Config Editor Preferences 44 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference Discard all messages If this option is selected all messages from the interpreter are discarded This is of use in a batch environment When enabled this also causes all error messages to be discarded so you should use it with caution Create individual log file for each job If this option is selected PDF Creator creates an individual log file for each job and writes messages generated by that job to its log file The log file is created in the same folder as the PDF file and with the same name but with a 1og extension It may be viewed with a text editor If the messages are merely informative the log file is created in addition to the PDF output file If an error occurs the PDF file is not created and the log file contains the relevant error messages Append all
7. file epilogue ps at the end of every job This may be used for example for any pdfmark calls that you may want to apply to every job you convert See Section A 2 4 2 for more information on prologue ps and Section A 2 4 3 for more on epilogue ps A 2 Advanced topics This section describes topics to do with file names and font embedding A 2 1 File names PDF Creator has two strategies for creating the output file name depending on whether you are using the PDF Creator printer or are converting files with Jaws ToPDF When you are printing directly to PDF Creator from an application the docu ment name passed to it by the printing system is used as a starting point from which to generate the name of the PDF output file If the document ends with a recognized suffix ps or eps it is removed before pdf is appended Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 A 2 Advanced topics This is the file name which PDF Creator offers you in the Save dialog box it normally displays for every job The output folder is determined by considering the following options e The folder specified by the Always output files to option in the General tab in the PDF Creator Config Editor Control Panel if selected e The last folder to which PDF Creator wrote a PDF file Unless the Always output files to option is selected PDF Creator always pro vides you with the opportunity to change both the folder and the file name using a browser dialog At
8. if your documents are intended for printing Subsample reduces the resolution of the image by dropping pixels Average reduces the size by averaging neighboring pixels and produces good quality results You cannot average a monochrome image in PDF Creator because PDF Creator does not promote such images to grayscale Bicubic reduces the resolution by performing bicubic interpolation to generate new pixel values This option can generate more pleasing results though the PDF will be slower to generate Bicubic is not avail able with monochrome images Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference Compression There are three compression filters available for dealing with images The Zip filter uses a lossless compression technique and normally pro duces good compression ratios It can optionally apply a predictor algo rithm which can further improve the compression for some classes of image The JPEG filter uses a lossy algorithm which irretrievably discards data but it produces excellent compression ratios on photographic images You can optionally modify some of the JPEG compression parameters by editing the file startup ps as described in Section A 2 4 1 The CCITT filter uses standard fax compression and is only applicable to bitmap images You can control the selection of group 3 or group 4 fax compression in startup ps See Section A 2 4 1 for details Resolution If you have ena
9. in the Config Editor to create modify and remove configurations See Section 5 1 on page 20 for more details Classic Mac Use the Open Control Panel button to display the PDF Creator Control Panel where additional configurations can be defined For more information on how to create a custom configuration see Section 5 2 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 4 Jaws ToPDF converting files to PDF In the Jaws ToPDF Settings dialog box Classic Mac only Jaws ToPDF can be configured to either prompt for an output file name or to save the file in the default output folder When you select Always prompt for a destination a PDF Creator browser dialog is displayed every time you convert a file This allows you to change the output file name or place it in a different folder If you select Do not prompt for a destination Jaws ToPDF silently outputs the PDF file to the default output folder Although you can only change this set ting from the Jaws ToPDF application window it also affects any jobs which are converted by being dropped onto the desktop icon or shortcut Whether or not you ask Jaws ToPDF to prompt for a destination it calculates the default output folder in the same way This is the same folder as the input file unless you have set the Always output files to option in the General tab in which case it is the folder you have specified See Section 5 3 for more infor mation about the General tab If you have configured Jaw
10. messages to If this option is selected the messages generated by all jobs are collected in a single log file The location and name of the log file can be entered into the text box Alternatively click Choose to browse to the location of the log file Only include interpreter error messages in log file If this option is selected only error messages are written to the log file normal progress and user messages continue to be displayed if that option has been selected but are not written to the log file 5 11 Font management To manage fonts open the PDF Creator Config Editor a k a Control Panel and choose the File gt Manage Fonts option Macintosh format fonts are supported The Font Management dialog allows you to control which fonts are installed and available to the PDF Creator printer These fonts are always installed on your disk of course but you can control whether or not they are visible to PDF Creator and therefore whether or not they can be loaded by the PostScript findfont operator Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 45 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 46 This option makes no distinction between PFB format PFA format an ASCII format for Type 1 fonts typically used on UNIX platforms or raw PostScript files containing Type 3 fonts All of these fonts are displayed as PostScript fonts in this dialog and all may be successfully installed for use with PDF Creator The core fonts that are insta
11. select the File option from the Destination menu PDF Creator always prints to a PDF file If you select this option you will create a PostScript file instead 3 2 Convert a PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript file to PDF Jaws PDF Creator can convert PostScript language or EPS Encapsulated PostScript files to PDF When Jaws PDF Creator is installed a desktop icon called Jaws ToPDF is created Mac OS X Drag the PostScript or EPS file onto the Jaws ToPDF application Alternatively select the document in the Finder control click to open the contextual menu and select Open with gt ToPDF Classic Mac Drag the PostScript or EPS file onto the Jaws ToPDF application Alternatively select the document in the Finder control click to open the contextual menu and select Convert To PDF Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 3 Getting started with PDF Creator The location of the PDF file is the same folder as the source document although this location can be changed see Section 5 3 for details The progress of the PDF file creation is indicated by a progress dialog 3 3 Create a PDF file containing bookmarks and links PDF Creator includes an implementation of the PostScript pdfmark operator which is used to create PDF annotations Some applications such as FrameMaker directly support the generation of PDF annotations Others may require the use of special macro packages or hand made EPS files In each case any met
12. some PostScript language plugins which can be used to implement extra features See Section A 2 5 for further details 68 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 Index C Compression tab Compress text 31 Compression filters 31 Downsample 30 Resolution 31 Control Panel reference 18 Compression tab 29 Font embedding tab 32 General tab 24 Reporting tab 42 Security tab 34 Settings tab 21 Create a PDF file and launch Acrobat Reader 12 compatible with Acrobat 1 2 and 1 3 10 containing bookmarks and links 9 from an application 7 from an EPS 8 that can be sent by e mail 11 using a custom page size 9 using compression 11 without prompting for a file name 10 Create Outlook Message 28 Custom PostScript language files epilogue ps 62 prolog ps 61 startup ps 60 E Exporting configurations 47 F File names Always output files to 57 Overwrite an existing PDF file 57 Font embedding TrueType fonts 59 Type 1 fonts 58 Type 3 fonts 58 Font embedding tab Always embed 33 Embed all fonts except Base 14 fonts 34 Embed Base 14 fonts 34 Never embed 33 Subset fonts 34 G General tab Advanced button 28 ASCII format 26 Auto rotate pages 26 PDF file format 25 Resolution 26 Thumbnail generation 25 I Importing configurations 46 Introduction 1 J Jaws ToPDF Configuration 14 Jaws ToPDF Configuration Always output files to 17 Always prompt for a destination 17 Do not prompt for a destination 17 69 Inde
13. the ProcSet resources omitted to PDF Creator and have them processed properly If PDF Creator detects that a job requires a ProcSet resource that has not been saved to disk it issues a warn ing message to that effect although the job will probably fail with a PostScript language error PostScript ProcSet resources normally have a version number as well as a name PDF Creator treats ProcSets with the same name but different version numbers as being completely different When using this feature you should bear in mind that ProcSets are PostScript language code and usually subject to copyright restrictions Saving the resources to disk is equivalent to permanently downloading them to a printer the authors of your application may or may not have granted you permission to do this You should only make use of this feature if you are working in a controlled environment and you are already comfortable with the idea of ProcSet resources A 2 4 Custom PostScript language files There are three PostScript language files that are executed by the interpreter e startup ps e prologue ps e epilogue ps 60 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 A 2 Advanced topics These files are in the following location Mac OS X Library Applications Support Jaws PDF Creator Jaws Folders default Classic Mac Jaws PDF Creator Jaws PDF Creator Resources Default You can use these files for any custom PostScript language code that you want to be exe
14. the output file name Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 57 Appendix A Technical Information 58 See Section 5 3 for more information on the General tab A 2 2 Font embedding PDF files are capable of containing fonts in three different formats PDF Creator is able to handle all three Jaws PDF Creator only ever embeds fonts that were embedded in the original PostScript language file Fonts that were read from disk including the base 14 PDF fonts but not including TrueType fonts read as part of the substitution process described below are not embed ded unless they are selected for embedding See Section 5 5 for more information A 2 2 1 Type 1 fonts Type 1 fonts are the traditional format for hinted fonts in the PostScript lan guage community Type 1 fonts are always handled in a standard way by printer drivers and PDF Creator can always extract them from the document and embed them in the PDF file PDF Creator always converts Type 1 fonts to the new CFF Compact Font Format which is a more compact way of encod ing the same information Version 3 of Acrobat supports both the original Type 1 format and the Compact Font Format however there are some undoc umented restrictions in the CFF commands that Acrobat Reader understands For this reason you may sometimes find that PDF Creator embeds a Type 1 font which will not display correctly on screen but which does print correctly from Acrobat to a PostScript language compatib
15. this tab are the most frequently changed You can choose the default configuration that PDF Creator will use to create PDF files Oo Jaws PDF Creator B Corea rma Pa bred Sear PT Current Configuration Description The PDF file is optimized for sending to office laser printers Configurations Duplicate Create a new PDF configuration based on the current configuration Rename Change the name or description of the current configuration Remove 7 Remove the current configuration Figure 5 6 Settings tab The menu in the Current Configuration section contains the name of the default configuration If you want to use a different configuration choose another name from the menu This new selection is immediately available you do not have to close the dialog Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 21 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 22 PDF Creator is supplied with three standard configurations that are suitable for most uses Press Ready Optimized for sending jobs to a commercial printer at 2540 dpi dots per inch Print Quality Optimized for printing to office type laser printers at 600 dpi Web Optimized for screen viewing and for use in web pages at 72 dpi Note that you cannot edit the standard configurations As each option is selected the window below contains a brief description of that option 5 2 1 Creating a new confi
16. user name and the computer name If the computer is not on a network PDF Creator uses the name and company you entered during installation See Section A 2 4 2 for more information Note that it is possible to change this by editing the file prologue ps See Section A 2 4 on page 60 for further details If you edit this file with a text editor you will see the following lines 5 6 Here s how to change the Creator in the DocInfo structure Watch the I YourNameHere DoAuthor XV V X X Change YourNameHere to the text you would like and remove the from the beginning of the line PDF Creator uses this for the author name Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 4 Jaws ToPDF converting files to PDF 4 Jaws ToPDF converting files to PDF Jaws ToPDF is a front end to PDF Creator that lets you treat it as a standalone application which allows you to convert existing PostScript language or EPS files to PDF Jaws ToPDF can accept PostScript language and EPS files including EPS with previews If Jaws ToPDF does not recognize a file format it generates a warn ing before processing 4 1 Using Jaws ToPDF You can use the Jaws ToPDF application to convert a file to PDF in one of the following ways e Drop a file onto the Jaws ToPDF application icon e Choose Open from the File menu e Drop a file onto the Jaws ToPDF application window When a file is being converted its progress is indicated 099 ToPDF S
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18. A IKS Drag and drop files to convert to PDF wW Configuration test B Edit Submitted files Filename Status 23 32 PS Complete Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 13 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms o Jaws PostScript to PDF Converter Items remaining to be processed Input File 1929 WC_4C c ps Output File 1929 WC_4C c pdf D View Waiting Jobs Figure 4 3 Jaws ToPDF application window The PDF file is saved in the default output folder which is the same location as the input file unless the Always Output Files To option has been set in the General tab Note If the destination file name already exists in this location and the Overwrite an existing PDF file option is not selected in the General tab a unique number is appended to the file name An example of a name is Book pdf Book 1 pdf Book 2 pdf See Section 5 3 for more information 4 2 Jaws ToPDF configuration Open the Config Editor Mac OS X or the Jaws ToPDF Settings dialog box Classic Macintosh as follows Mac OS X Click the Edit button in the Jaws ToPDF application window to open the Config Editor Classic Mac With the Jaws ToPDF application open use the Settings gt Configure option to open the Jaws ToPDF Settings dialog box 14 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 4 Jaws ToPDF converting files to PDF 9060 Config Editor Configuration Untitled 1 BA Description None Compression Font Emb
19. DF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 3 Getting started with PDF Creator 3 Getting started with PDF Creator This section describes the main features of PDF Creator and how to use them 3 1 Create a PDF file from an application To create a PDF file directly from an application print the document in the normal way ensuring that you select Jaws PDF Creator as the printer Print Printer Jaws PDF Creator A Presets Standard Zs Jaws PDF Creator Configuration Press Ready H PDF filename u Idisk anonym Documents Untitled pdf _ Choose Q Preview Save As PDF Cancel C Print gt Mac OS X Choose Jaws PDF Creator as the Printer and select the required configuration and PDF file name in the Jaws PDF Creator pane before clicking Print Do not click the Save As PDF button and do not select Save as File in the Output Options pane Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 7 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms Printer Jaws PDF Creator gt Pages All Paper Source All pages from First page from Save Settings Q From To 21 8 7 1 Destination Copies C O Collated Remaining from OnlyOne OnlyOne OnlyOne Figure 3 2 Print dialog Classic Mac When the Print button is clicked in the Print dialog a Save dialog appears allowing you to choose the location and name of the PDF file Clicking Save completes the process Do not
20. Encryption Level 128 bit PDF 1 4 M Encrypt PDF Files Passwords Open Document Change Security Security Options W Allow Copying of Text or Graphics MM Allow Content Access for the Visually Impaired _ Changes Allowed Document Assembly EA Fill In Forms and Signing MM General Editing EA Comment Authoring Printing Enabled Figure 5 10 Security tab Encrypt PDF files Select this option to encrypt the PDF files created by PDF Creator This option is as a default not selected which means that users of the PDF have full access to the available options When selected the security options within this tab become available and thus restrictions can be placed upon the user of the PDF document The level of encryption depends on the selected PDF level see Section 5 3 for more information With PDF 1 3 you get 40 bit encryption With PDF 1 4 you get 128 bit encryption 5 6 1 Passwords You can apply security to PDF files by entering passwords and restricting selected features such as editing and printing in the Passwords section of the Security tab 36 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference A PDF file can have both an Open document password and a Change security password If both passwords are applied the document can be opened using either one When the correct Open document password is provided the document is opened and decrypted However use of the doc
21. F format for all embedded Type 1 fonts you can find out the type of fonts used in your documents using the menu option File gt Document Info gt Fonts dialog in Acrobat Reader Where the PDF file produced by PDF Creator contains such unsup ported commands Acrobat Reader displays some characters in the font concerned as blanks Please submit a bug report if you find such a font Text which should be outlined is displayed as solid This appears to be a problem with the way Acrobat Reader displays cer tain Type 3 fonts The document prints to a PostScript language compat ible printer correctly Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 51 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms Bitmaps which should be transparent mask the background color Acrobat Reader sometimes has problems displaying large bitmap masks displaying them as opaque images instead Use the Acrobat Reader menu option File gt Preferences gt General to open the General Preferences dialog and unselect the Smooth Text and Images check box Invalidaccess error with setdistillerparams The setdistillerparams operator is the way that PDF settings are con trolled from within a PostScript language file PDF Creator supports mostly the same set of parameters that other PDF creation applications support although there are some extra parameters for PDF Creator which are used by the PDF Creator Config Editor Control Panel as well as some parameters which do not make sense f
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23. Jaws PDF Creator The core PDF Creator PostScript language to PDF converter library Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 A 3 Map of installed files Extensions Folder containing the following components of the Apple LaserWriter driver v8 6 LaserWriter 8 The Apple LaserWriter 8 6 PostScript Printer driver PrintingLib A shared library required by the LaserWriter driver Printer Descriptions Jaws PDF Creator PPD The PostScript Printer Description file used by the LaserWriter driver it defines the capabilities of the PDF Creator printer A 3 2 General files used by all operating systems epilogue ps A PostScript language file run after every job see Section A 2 4 3 prologue ps A PostScript language file used to configure PDF Creator see Section A 2 4 2 startup ps A PostScript language file run at startup contains compression settings see Section A 2 4 1 Default A folder PDF Creator uses for miscellaneous files Font s The folder PDF Creator uses for the 35 resident fonts The data in these files is copyright Stream Technologies Inc and is not licensed for use with any software other than PDF Creator Resource s This folder contains all the PostScript resources other than fonts that are known to the interpreter and which may be loaded by the findresource operator Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 67 Appendix A Technical Information Plugins inactive This folder contains
24. Mac OS X platforms only You can use the Import configurations option to import an XML file containing the PDF configuration s from another machine or user To create such an import file you must use the Export configurations option described in Section 5 13 For example this option can be used to ensure all users within an organization have the same configuration settings and therefore create PDF documents of the same type Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference To import an XML configuration file 1 With Jaws Config Editor active select Import Configuration from the File menu 2 Use the displayed browser to choose the XML file to be imported The file will have a xml extension 3 Click Open to import the file 4 Choose the configuration s you wish to import Use the Command key to select multiple configurations 5 If you wish to make the configuration s available to other users select the Make available to all users check box requires administrator privileges 6 Click Import Note When an XML file is exported and subsequently imported the Always output files to and Launch on job completion locations are not transferred This is because these locations are system specific and may not be appropriate on your system 5 13 Exporting configurations Note This option is available on Mac OS X platforms only You can use the Export configurations option to export an XML file containi
25. anguage compatible Jaws interpreter allows a number of transformations to be carried out in the interpreter pipeline which is how PDF Creator implements features such as TrueType font substitution Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator Appendix A Technical Information 56 A 1 1 Integration with the operating system On Mac OS X platforms PDF Creator is implemented as a CUPS printer and backend On Classic Macintosh platforms PDF Creator implements a custom hose which allows a developer to process the PostScript language output from the LaserWriter driver version 8 6 or later in any way When the interpreter starts up normally before every job is processed it executes the file startup ps This file may contain any code that is to be exe cuted once for all jobs You should only modify this file if you are capable of writing PostScript language code It contains the default parameter sets used by the image compression filters and the lists of TrueType fonts which require special handling by PDF Creator For more information about the contents of startup ps see Section A 2 4 1 In addition the PostScript language compatible interpreter executes the file prologue ps at the start of every job it converts This file can contain any PostScript language code that needs to be run for every job An example of this is the code that changes the contents of the document info dictionary in the PDF output file described above It also executes the
26. available to PDF Creator Base 14 fonts in this list are always embedded even if the Embed base 14 fonts check box is not selected This allows you to include individual base 14 fonts in a document rather than all base 14 fonts Never embed Fonts listed in this box are never embedded in the output PDF file Use the Add and Remove buttons to manage this list Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 33 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 34 Embed all fonts except base 14 fonts When this option is selected all fonts present in the document except base 14 fonts are embedded in the output PDF file and all fonts that were embedded in the PostScript language file by the printer driver or generating application will also be embedded If a font is referenced by the incoming PostScript file and is available to PDF Creator it will be embedded in the generated PDF file If this option is not selected the font will only be embedded if it is named in the Always embed list Any candidate for embedding is rejected if it is one of the base 14 fonts unless it appears in the Always embed list or it appears in the Never embed list Embed base 14 fonts If this is selected all base 14 fonts present in the document are embed ded in the output PDF file Selecting this option implicitly adds the base 14 fonts to the Always embed list Note that if you wish to embed individual base 14 fonts rather than all base 14 fonts you shou
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28. been created Always output files to If this box is checked PDF Creator does not prompt you for a destination file name but outputs all PDF files to the specified destination folder The file name is composed of the document name with a numerical suffix if necessary to avoid duplicate file names This feature is mainly of use when using PDF Creator to generate all files in a single location In this case you should also make sure that you do not have Display Messages enabled in the Reporting tab described in Section 5 8 Note The numeric suffix generation can be defeated using the Overwrite an existing PDF file option See later in this section for more information Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 27 28 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms Mac OS X Select the check box then either enter the full path or click Choose to select the required folder Classic Mac When you select this option a Select Folder dialog box appears allowing you to choose the required folder If a folder has previ ously been selected use the Change button to choose a new location Launch on job completion You can select an application which PDF Creator executes each time a job is successfully converted to PDF Mac OS X Select the check box then either enter the full path or click Choose to select the required application Classic Mac When you select this check box a Choose Folder dialog box appears allowing you to select the re
29. bled downsampling this option lets you specify the target resolution of the reduced images actually embedded in the PDF file Compress text If this is selected PDF Creator compresses textual information such as page descriptions using Zip compression Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 31 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 5 5 Font embedding tab The Font embedding tab allows you to control how fonts are handled in your PDF files C898 Config Editor configuration Unie a Description None General Compression Security Advanced Always Embed Never Embed Z gt Remove Add Remove gt Al Embed All Fonts Except Base 14 Fonts C Embed Base 14 Fonts v Subset Fonts 32 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference Jaws PDF Creator Satins Gereral Compression Font Eben Sear Resor Always Embed Never Embed Add Remove Remove M Embed All Fonts Except Base 14 Fonts O Embed Base 14 Fonts O Subset Fonts Figure 5 9 Font embedding tab Always embed Fonts listed in this box are always embedded in the output PDF file Use the Add and Remove buttons to manage this list You should check the terms of your font license agreement before embedding any fonts Named fonts will be embedded if they are refer enced in the original PostScript language file and are
30. bly and Fill in Forms and Signing options When cre ating PDF 1 3 documents these options are automatically selected at the same time as the Allow Copying of Text or Graphics General Editing and Comment Authoring options Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 37 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 38 5 6 2 Security Options The Security Options section of the Security tab contains the following options Allow copying of text and graphics With this option selected the PDF user is able to copy and paste text and graphics from the file Allow content access for the visually impaired With this option selected the PDF user is able to configure various reader options such as custom text background colors and create more visible color schemes Note When generating PDF 1 3 files the visually impaired option is dis abled and mimics the text or graphics option 5 6 3 Changes Allowed The options in the Changes Allowed section of the Security tab allow you to define the level of changes you will allow users to make on the PDF document No options selected With no options selected users are unable to do anything to the PDF document including filling in signature and form fields Document Assembly With this option selected PDF users can insert delete and rotate pages and create bookmarks and thumbnails General Editing When this option is selected the PDF user can perform Document Assembly and general
31. cuted Needless to say you should only modify these files if you are comfortable with writing PostScript language code A 2 4 1 startup ps This file is executed when the interpreter first starts up You can use it to make any global changes In particular the parameters that PDF Creator uses for the JPEG and CCITT image compression filters are stored here as well as the lists of TrueType fonts that need special handling by the TrueType substitution code The image compression parameters are stored in four PostScript dictionaries at the start of the file which give the parameters for the JPEG low medium and high compression filters and the CCITT fax compression filter respectively If you understand how the PostScript compression filters work you can modify the parameters here to change the behavior of the filters The most common example might be to change the Q factor for one or more of the JPEG filters The TrueType dictionaries are stored near the end of the file and are initially empty You can add the names of any fonts that you have determined require special handling by the TrueType substitution code For more information on the format of these dictionaries see Section A 2 2 Font embedding A 2 4 2 prologue ps This file is executed by the interpreter at the start of each job This gives you the opportunity to make any changes that you want to apply on a per job basis Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 61 Append
32. e 1 703 266 9588 fax 44 1223 873 873 fax 1 703 266 9582 vi Contents 1 Introduction 1 About this manual 2 System Requirements 3 2 Installing and uninstalling PDF Creator 4 Installation 4 Serial number 4 Upgrade from evaluation to a fully working version 4 Uninstall PDF Creator 6 3 Getting started with PDF Creator 7 Create a PDF file from an application 7 Convert a PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript file to PDF 8 Create a PDF file containing bookmarks and links 9 Create a PDF file using a custom page size 9 Change the name or destination folder of the PDF file 9 Stop PDF Creator prompting for a filename 10 Turn off warning for non DSC PostScript 10 Produce PDF files compatible with PDF viewing applications 10 Produce files that can be sent by e mail 11 Produce more compact PDF files 11 Launch PDF application to view the file when complete 12 Change the author name in the PDF file 12 viii Jaws ToPDF converting files to PDF 13 Using Jaws ToPDF 13 Jaws ToPDF configuration 14 Config Editor reference 18 Managing configurations on Mac OS X platforms 20 Settings tab Classic Mac only 21 General tab 24 Compression tab 29 Font embedding tab 32 Security tab 34 Advanced tab Mac OS X only 39 Reporting tab Classic Mac only 42 About Jaws PDF Creator 43 Preferences Mac OS X only 44 Font management 45 Importing configurations 46 Exporting configurations 47 Support 49 Downloading PDF Crea
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34. ed and the log file contains the relevant error messages Log all messages to If this option is selected the messages generated by all jobs are collected in a single log file The location and name of the log file can be entered into the text box Alternatively use the browser to choose the location of the log file When you select this option a Directory dialog box appears allowing you choose the required name and location 5 9 About Jaws PDF Creator The About Jaws PDF Creator splash screen displays useful information about your version of Jaws PDF Creator Mac OS X To open the splash screen choose the Jaws ToPDF gt About ToPDF menu option or the Jaws Config Editor gt About Config Editor option Classic Mac To open the splash screen choose the About Jaws PDF Creator option from the Apple menu Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 43 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms The splash screen contains the following information Version This is the version number of PDF Creator Kernel build This is a unique identification of the version of PDF Creator that you are using and should be included on all bug reports that you submit Serial No This is the Serial number you entered when installing the registered ver sion of PDF Creator You need this if you wish to report bugs or other wise require support If you installed a demonstration version of PDF Creator this will read Evaluation version Enter Serial
35. ed in a PostScript language file Procedure sets or ProcSets are another Typically both the printer driver and the application itself can generate ProcSets which are used to define PostScript language procedures which are frequently used by the document These ProcSets are identified by comments within the PostScript language file The convention used for these identifying comments allows a printer driver to omit a resource from a file when it is first generated and subsequently arrange either for the printer to read the resource off disk or for the spooler to insert the resource into the job immediately before sending it to the printer Control over application generated ProcSets is left to the individual applications and may not be possible Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 59 Appendix A Technical Information You can instruct PDF Creator to intercept ProcSet resources in files sent to it and save them to disk for later use This option is not accessible from the PDF Creator Config Editor Control Panel Instead you must find the following lines in the file prologue ps see Section A 2 4 for details Here s how to turn on Resource Capturing Uncomment the next line systemdict NiknakDict get begin ExtractResources true def end To enable saving of ProcSet resources to disk uncomment the line by remov ing the character from the beginning of the line Once the ProcSets have been saved to disk you are able to send jobs with
36. edding Security Advanced File Options PDF File Format v1 3 wy Thumbnail Generation None wy Resolution dpi ASCII Format M Auto Rotate Pages _ Optimize for Fast Web Viewing Output Options C Always Output Files To Users Shared Choose X C Launch on Job Completion E Choose 3 _ View the PDF Document After Creation C Overwrite an Existing PDF Document Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 15 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms Jaws ToPDF Settings Select the configuration that you would like Jaws PDF Creator to use when generating PDF files Web copy gt Destination Always Prompt for a Destination Do Not Prompt for a Destination MM Warn for non DSC Standard PostScript Figure 4 4 Jaws ToPDF configuration Three standard configurations are provided from the Configuration menu Press Ready Optimized for sending jobs to a commercial printer at 2540 dpi dots per inch Print Quality Optimized for printing to office type laser printers at 600 dpi Web Optimized for screen viewing and for use in web pages at 72 dpi Any custom configurations you have created also appear in this menu Note that you cannot edit the standard configurations On Mac OS X platforms the names of shared configurations are enclosed in brackets For example my_conf See Section 5 1 1 and Section 5 1 2 for details Mac OS X You can use the Create Rename and Remove buttons
37. editing but cannot extract the contents of the PDF Fill in forms and signing Allows the PDF users to sign and fill in forms but not create them Comment Authoring Allows the addition and editing of PDF sticky note comments and use of the highlight pen but not general editing Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference Printing Select either Enabled or Disabled to allow or disallow printing of the PDF file 5 7 Advanced tab Mac OS X only Note On Classic Macintosh platforms you can access advanced options by clicking Advanced in the General tab to open the Advanced Options dialog box The options in this dialog box are the same as those in the Advanced tab on Mac OS X platforms which are described below 568 Config Editor Configuration Untitled 1 iz Create Rename Remove General Compression Font Embedding Security Color Options Transfer functions Apply H Description None C Convert CMYK to RGB C Convert device independent colors to device dependent colors C Preserve Halftones Preserve Overprint v Preserve Under Color Removal and Black Generation information Document Structuring Conventions DSC Use BoundingBox for Nothing iz C Preserve OPI comments Figure 5 11 Advanced tab Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 39 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms The Advanced tab contains the following opti
38. ent where you know which fonts are loaded on the destination machines choosing not to embed some or all fonts can further reduce the size Image compression Zip compression is usually the best overall compromise setting as it is efficient and lossless JPEG compression If you can tolerate lossy compression that is compression that throws some of the data away never to be retrieved you can use JPEG compression Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 11 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 12 Advanced users can also tailor the parameters used by JPEG compression These parameters are in the file startup ps See Section A 2 4 on page 60 for further details Zip with Predictor You may find that Predictor compression sometimes improves the per formance on images where there are lots of similarly colored pixels Note The terms Zip and Flate are interchangeable they both refer to the same kind of compression 3 11 Launch PDF application to view the file when complete Jaws PDF Creator can automatically launch any application on successful completion of a job For details on how to set the Launch application on job completion option see Section 5 3 3 12 Change the author name in the PDF file The author name is the name that appears in your PDF viewer if you select File gt Document Info gt General info The author name that PDF Creator places in the Info dictionary of a PDF file is a combination of the current
39. ent location in the Installer Jaws ToOPDF The PostScript language to PDF conversion utility Read Me A SimpleText file containing important user information Make Jaws PDF Creator A small application that creates the PDF Creator Desktop Printer that is necessary for printing from any application Since a Desktop Printer is automatically created by the installer you should not normally need to use this application Jaws PDF Creator Manual pdf Manual in Acrobat PDF format Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 A 3 Map of installed files Scripts Folder containing two scripts one for Eudora and one for Outlook Express For more information see Launch on job completion on page 28 Jaws PDF Creator Resources This folder contains the following items that are required by PDF Creator Jaws PDF Creator File App A small application that prompts you to enter a PDF file name This is used by PDF Creator during the conversion process Default See General files used by all operating systems Font See General files used by all operating systems Resource See General files used by all operating systems Plugins active See General files used by all operating systems JAWS PDF CREATOR RESOURCES Mac OS X only Library Printers PPD Plugins Jaws PDF Creator PDE plugin Implements the Jaws PDF Creator pane in the Print dialog Print Dialog Extension Library Printers PPDs Contents Resources en
40. grated into the printing system it has no user interface of its own However it does have a Control Panel known as the Config Editor on Mac OS X platforms which allows you to config ure various parameters affecting the final PDF output Standalone mode A standalone version of Jaws PDF Creator called Jaws ToPDF takes an existing PostScript language file either a legacy file or a file produced on another computer and converts it to PDF 1 1 About this manual This manual is intended as a guide to the installation and use of PDF Creator Section 2 describes how to install upgrade and uninstall PDF Creator Section 3 covers basic use of both the Jaws PDF Creator printer and the Jaws ToPDF application Section 4 describes the Jaws ToPDF application in more detail Section 5 provides a comprehensive reference for the PDF Creator Config Editor OS X Control Panel OS 9 This is where most of the configuration is done Section 6 is where you will find all the support information you may require such as how to register your copy and download new versions Appendix A Technical Information contains technical and more advanced information about PDF Creator as well as a map of all the installed files Throughout this manual references to PDF viewer or PDF viewing application should be understood to refer to Jaws PDE Editor Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 1 Introduction This
41. guration Classic Mac If none of the existing configurations in the Settings tab Classic Mac only are appropriate you may create a new one Select the configuration which most closely matches your intended new con figuration and click Duplicate Although a unique name for the configuration is generated automatically you may want to change the name and description to reflect the intended use 5 2 2 Editing a configuration Classic Mac If you want to make changes to an existing configuration in the Settings tab Classic Mac only other than one of the standard configurations select it from the Current Configuration menu then make the desired changes to the other tabs New options are immediately available you do not have to close the dialog To abort recent changes use the Edit gt Undo menu option Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference 5 2 3 Renaming or removing a configuration Classic Mac You may change the name or description of an existing configuration in the Settings tab Classic Mac only by selecting it and clicking the Rename button You may remove a configuration by selecting it from the list and clicking the Remove button The standard configurations that are shipped with PDF Creator may not be renamed or removed therefore these buttons are disabled when a standard configuration is selected from the menu If you do make changes to a standard configuration you are prompted to save
42. hod of generating annotations that works with other PDF cre ation applications also works with PDF Creator The pdfmark operator is documented in Adobe Technical Note number 5150 which is freely available from their web site 3 4 Create a PDF file using a custom page size If you are generating a PDF file intended mainly for on screen viewing you may want to generate it with an unusual page size so that it fits more neatly onto the screen The PostScript compatible interpreter in PDF Creator can accept any page size specified via the setpagedevice operator Mac OS X To use a custom page size choose Custom Paper Size from the Settings menu in the Page Setup dialog You must specify a name for the paper size as well as the dimensions Ensure this paper size is selected when printing to Jaws PDF Creator For full details see the Printing using a custom paper size Mac Help procedure Classic Mac To use a custom page choose Custom Page Sizes from the LaserWriter 8 Page Setup dialog that appears when you choose Page Setup from any application 3 5 Change the name or destination folder of the PDF file When you print to PDF Creator from an application PDF Creator prompts you for a destination folder for the output file unless you enable the Always output files to option in the General tab The default destination folder is the Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 9 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 10 last folder you u
43. ions may generate their own cropping box information using pdfmark which overrides any cropping box set in this way Preserve OPI comments OPI Open Prepress Interface is used to reduce network traffic by sub stituting high resolution images with low resolution screen images for the purpose of screen display and page make up With this option selected OPI comments in the PostScript language input file are reproduced as OPI dictionaries in the PDF output It is not necessary for the high resolution image data to be available to PDF Creator it passes the file name through to the output PDF Creator produces only an OPI 1 3 dictionary only an OPI 2 dictionary or both depending on whether the PostScript language file input uses one or both versions of the OPI comments Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 41 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 5 8 Reporting tab Classic Mac only Note On Mac OS X platforms you can access reporting options by choosing Jaws Config Editor gt Preferences See Section 5 10 for more details The Reporting tab allows you to control what happens to messages generated by the PostScript language compatible interpreter Jaws PDF Creator inna erara Capreetion Font Enbeding Seur tg Reporting O Display Messages M Only Log Errors Q Discard Messages Create Individual Log Files for Each Job Q Log All Messages To Figure 5 12 Rep
44. ix A Technical Information 62 There are three pieces of example code here that you can use directly The first section of code enables collection of PostScript ProcSet resources The line systemdict NiknakDict get begin ExtractResources true def end turns on the collection of resources from incoming PostScript language jobs After installation this line is commented out the at the start of a line intro duces a PostScript language comment To enable collection of ProcSet resources uncomment the line by removing the using a text editor When you have collected all the ProcSet resources you need you should comment out this line again The code to override the default author and creator information is also located here normally extracted directly from the PostScript language file being converted The code for each field is similar The PostScript procedure DoAuthor changes the author name YourNameHere DoAuthor This causes YourNameHere to appear as the author of the document DoAuthor works by mangling the Author comment present in the job which is why the operand to DoAuthor must start with a colon and space before the name itself The PostScript procedure DoCreator changes the creator in the same way CreatorName DoCreator After installation the example lines for DoAuthor and DoCreator in prologue ps are both commented out If you wish to change the author or cre ator information you must uncomment these
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46. ld add them explicitly to the Always embed font list and deselect this check box Subset fonts With this option selected only subsets of the original fonts are embed ded in the PDF file This is the preferred setting as it leads to smaller files However selecting Subset fonts prevents you from subsequently using Acrobat plug ins or other tools that allow text editing within a PDF file as not all characters from the embedded fonts are available for use 5 6 Security tab The options under the Security tab provide various levels of protection for your PDF documents Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference Select the Encrypt PDF files check box to enable the other options in the tab C88 Config Editor Configuration Untitled 1 WA Description None General Compression Font Embedding Encryption Level 40 bit PDF v1 3 RSA O Encrypt PDF Files SECURED Password Protection Open Document Change Security Security Options Vv Allow Copying of Text and Graphics V Allow Content Access for the Visually Impaired Changes Allowed Vv Document Assembly Vv Fill in Forms and Signing Vi General Editing Vi Comment Authoring Ta i Printing Enabled Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 35 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms Jaws PDF Creator enna erara magna Font Embedding Security
47. le printer If you encounter such a font you should submit a PDF Creator bug report which will enable us to comply better with the undocumented restrictions A 2 2 2 Type 3 fonts Type 3 fonts are the format used in the PostScript language community for unhinted fonts such as complex logotypes and bitmap fonts PDF Creator does support Type 3 fonts and will embed them Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 A 2 Advanced topics A 2 2 3 TrueType fonts TrueType is an alternative format for hinted fonts which originally evolved in the personal computer community rather than the PostScript language community Many modern PostScript language compatible interpreters including PDF Creator are able to handle TrueType fonts directly but for his torical reasons PostScript printer drivers make life more difficult The following paragraphs describe how the various PostScript printer drivers handle TrueType fonts and how PDF Creator s TrueType font substitution works with each of them TrueType fonts with the Mac OS LaserWriter driver These are the easiest to handle The Mac OS printer driver embeds TrueType fonts in the PostScript language file as Type 42 PostScript fonts PDF Creator can handle these directly and embed the font in the PDF output file This hap pens regardless of whether TrueType substitution is on or off A 2 3 PostScript ProcSet resources Fonts are one kind of resource that the PostScript printer driver may emb
48. lines by removing the initial as well as changing the strings to reflect the names that you want A 2 4 3 epilogue ps This file is executed by the interpreter at the end of each successful job Any PostScript language code placed here is included in the PDF file if it generates any pages of output More importantly you may wish to place any calls to pdfmark here that you want to be applied to all jobs you convert Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 A 3 Map of installed files A 2 5 Using PostScript plugins Jaws PDF Creator has the ability to dynamically load PostScript language plugins PostScript language plugins can be used to implement extra features For example we have supplied the following plugins e xXPressTrim jcp an idiom set that catches crop marks in QuarkXPress jobs and adds a TrimBox to the page e CorelTrim jcp an idiom set that catches crop marks in CorelDraw jobs and adds a TrimBox to the page e ConfigRecorder jcp adds a text annotation to the first page of the job recording the Jaws PDF Creator configuration used to make the PDF file These plugins are stored in the Plugins inactive folder see Section A 3 2 for further details To use a plugin you must copy the relevant jcp file into the default folder Please see the www jawspdf com website for the latest list of available plugins You can also create your own PostScript plugins All such plugins should be given a jcp extension We reco
49. lled with PDF Creator cannot be removed and are indicated with a lock icon The core font set includes clones of the 35 stan dard PostScript printer fonts as well as stub files which refer to them For example Helvetica is one of the standard fonts but the font file for Helvetica is just a stub that substitutes the clone font Helsinki instead The reasons for wanting to make the fonts visible to PDF Creator differ for the two formats The principal reason for installing Type 1 fonts is if you are using Jaws ToPDF to convert files which do not contain embedded fonts for example if they were created on a different machine If you try to convert such files without making the fonts available to PDF Creator the document is converted with incorrect text metrics By making the fonts you need available to PDF Creator the document is converted with all the correct fonts and spacing If you add a Type 1 font to PDF Creator because it is used but not embedded in a PostScript language file remember that it is not embedded in the PDF output files unless you also add it to the Always Embed list in the Font embedding tab See Section 5 5 for more information Clicking the Select Folder button displays a browser dialog allowing you to select the folder where PDF Creator can find the fonts you want to add The System Fonts button is a shortcut equivalent to opening the fonts folder 5 12 Importing configurations Note This option is available on
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51. manual describes Jaws PDF Creator operation on both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 x platforms Differences in operation or features are indicated by using different headings or separate paragraphs In particular details for Mac OS X versions are prefixed with the Mac OS X heading Details for Mac OS 9 x versions are prefixed with the Classic Mac heading 1 2 System Requirements The system requirements are e Mac OS X 10 2 3 or later e Classic Mac Mac OS 9 x e Atleast 10 MB of free disk space e Memory requirement is heavily dependent on the nature of the docu ment being converted into a PDF file Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 3 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 2 Installing and uninstalling PDF Creator 2 1 Installation PDF Creator can be installed on Mac OS X platforms or Classic Macintosh platforms running Mac OS 9 x To install PDF Creator on a Macintosh platform 1 Temporarily disable any virus detection software 2 Double click the installer application that appears on your desktop when you insert the CD ROM into the drive 3 Follow the on screen instructions to install Jaws PDF Creator Note that on Mac OS X you will be prompted for a password when you run the installer This is because the installer requires administrator privileges During installation you can either enter a serial number or run in evaluation mode as described in Section 2 2 below 2 2 Serial number If you have a serial numbe
52. mmend you place your PostScript plugins in the Plugins inactive folder Any plugins you wish to make active should be manually copied into the default folder in the same way as the supplied plugins The plugins are executed alphabetically and if a particular plugin fails the remaining plugins will still be executed All actions can be viewed in the Jaws PDF Creator log file Visit www jawspdf com for information on new plugins for Jaws PDF Creator If you have questions contact creator support jawspdf com A 3 Map of installed files The following tables list all the folders and files placed on your disk when you install PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 63 Appendix A Technical Information 64 A 3 1 Macintosh installation files The following folders and files are installed on Mac OS X platforms Jaws PDF Creator The default installation folder This folder is created in the Applications folder unless you choose a different location in the Installer TOPDF The PostScript language to PDF conversion utility Config Editor The Configuration Editor See Section 5 for details Read Me A SimpleText file containing important user information Jaws PDF Creator Manual pdf Manual in Acrobat PDF format The following folders and files are installed on Classic Macintosh platforms Jaws PDF Creator The default installation folder This folder is created in Applications folder unless you choose a differ
53. n on Job Completion Figure 5 7 General tab Oo ASCII Format Mw Optimize for fast Web viewing 5 Config Editor reference The following items in the File Options section of the General tab allow you to control the format of the output file PDF file format Use this option to create either PDF 1 3 or PDF 1 4 files All PDF 1 3 and 1 4 are compatible with Jaws PDF Editor PDF 1 3 files are compatible with Acrobat Reader v4 0 PDF 1 3 and PDF 1 4 files are compatible with Acrobat Reader v5 0 Note PDF Creator v3 0 or later does not create PDF 1 2 files Thumbnail generation Jaws PDF Creator can optionally generate thumbnail images of each page either monochrome or color which can be used as a navigation aid in your PDF viewing application Some PDF viewers automatically create thumbnails so leaving this option set to off can reduce the size of the generated PDF Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 25 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms Resolution This option allows you to change the effective resolution at which the PostScript language job is rendered This only affects jobs which contain resolution dependent and therefore device dependent code If your job contains pattern fills the printer driver attempts to snap the pattern fre quency to a sub multiple of the device resolution Some drawing pack ages also use the resolution in conjunction with the halftone frequency to calculate the
54. ng details of your configuration s for use on another machine or by another person This XML file can be transferred between Macintosh and Windows versions of Jaws PDF Creator To import such an XML file you must use the Import configurations option described in Section 5 13 For example this option can be used to ensure all users within an organization have the same configuration settings and therefore create PDF documents of the same type Note An XML file is a text file which can be opened and hand edited However doing this may cause your version of Jaws PDF Creator to produce unexpected results or fail To create an XML configuration file for distribution to other users of Jaws PDF Creator 1 Ensure all your configurations are correct in all details Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 47 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 48 6 With Jaws Config Editor active select Export Configuration from the File menu Choose the configuration s you wish to export Use the Command key to select multiple configurations Click Export Use the displayed browser to choose a location and name for your XML file Ensure the file has a xm1 extension Click Save to save the file Note When an XML file is exported and subsequently imported the Always output files to and Execute on completion locations are not transferred This is because these locations are system specific and may not be appropriate on your system Jaw
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56. number of steps to use for graduated fills All other page elements should be unaffected by the resolution If the PDF file is intended for printing you should set the resolution to be the same as the resolution of the intended final output device Otherwise you should only change the resolution if you experience poor quality output with pages containing patterns or graduated fills ASCII format If this option is selected any binary data including compressed text in the PDF file is converted to a printable ASCII representation This makes it safe to transmit your PDF pages over a medium that does not support binary transmission internet e mail for example Using ASCII format will increase the size of your PDF file Auto rotate pages PDF Creator will always honor requests for landscape output however some applications will produce landscape output by rotating the output onto a portrait page When printed this is not a problem as the page can easily be rotated However when producing a PDF this leads to text run ning up the screen If this option is selected PDF Creator will look for and act on the ViewingOrientation DSC comment in the incoming PostScript job The ViewingOrientation comment explicitly specifies how to rotate the page from its default orientation so that the PDF is produced at its optimum viewing orientation The ViewingOrientation DSC comment is inserted into the job by the application generating the P
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58. ons Transfer functions This menu provides the option of preserving applying or removing transfer functions from the PostScript language file If you select the Apply option the document is displayed the same on screen as when printed Convert CMYK to RGB This option only applies to color images If it is enabled any four color CMYK images in the PostScript language input file are converted to RGB images in the PDF output This can result in a smaller PDF file that displays more quickly You should enable this if your documents are intended for on screen viewing and disable it if they are intended for printing Enabling this option can cause an apparent color shift in the images to which it is applied The conversion that PDF Creator uses is better suited to photographic images than to CMYK approximations of spot colors You may find that on screen reproduction of some graduated fills and tinted images is better with this option disabled than with it enabled Convert device independent colors to device dependent colors With this option selected PDF Creator converts colors specified in device independent CIE based color spaces into device dependent RGB This produces PDF files which display more quickly Otherwise these colors are converted into a device independent calibrated RGB color space This produces PDF files which render more slowly but whose colors are more constant across properly set up output devices Preserve halftone
59. or PDF Creator You only ever see this message if you attempt to distill a PostScript lan guage file which explicitly requests LZW using the setdistillerparams operator If so you should amend the PostScript language file to request Zip compression instead Colors in the PDF file do not match original colors If you have enabled the Convert CMYK to RGB option see the Advanced tab Mac OS X only or the Advanced Options dialog box Classic Mac you may find that the color reproduction of some images is compro mised There is no universal way to convert CMYK images to RGB for on screen viewing The algorithm that PDF Creator uses for this conver sion has been tuned to work well with photographic images This means that it may not work so well for tinted images or graduated fills where the CMYK color contains a large black component If this happens you should deselect the Convert CMYK to RGB option This results in slightly larger PDF files but should have no other side effects Rotation and applications and drivers that do not generate ViewingOrientation For applications and drivers that do not generate ViewingOrientation DSC comments a new option called PageOrientation has been added to the printer driver By default PageOrientation is switched off and the auto rotate setting in the PDF Creator configuration is respected There are four other options Rotate by 0 degrees Rotate 90 degrees counter clockwise Rotate
60. orking copy please enter your name the name of the company for whom you work and your product serial number User Name AN Other Company Name My Company Serial Number fa a Click the lock to prevent further changes E Done Please enter your name the name of the company for whom you work and the product serial number Name l AN Other Company My Company Serial Number l C9 Figure 2 1 Serial number dialog box Enter your name company and serial number and select Done or OK Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 5 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms The user name must consist of at least two characters The company name is optional Your version of PDF Creator will become licensed and fully functional If required you can amend an existing serial number or even remove it and revert to an evaluation copy possibly required if you want to check out the facilities of a new version 2 4 Uninstall PDF Creator To remove PDF Creator from a Macintosh computer 1 Double click the install application and click Continue in the splash screen 2 In the End User LICENSE Agreement dialog box click Accept to display the installer s main window 3 Select Uninstall from the menu at the top left of the window and click the Uninstall button 4 On Classic Macintosh platforms once the removal has completed drag the PDF Creator Desktop Printer icon to the Trash Jaws P
61. orting tab Display Messages If this option is selected PDF Creator displays all messages generated by the interpreter in an on screen message box This is useful for debugging You should not leave this option perma nently enabled as the PostScript printer drivers normally cause mes sages to be generated continuously for a serial printer this allows tracking of the job but viewing each message individually can become quite tedious 42 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference Only log errors If this option is selected only error messages are written to the log file normal progress and user messages continue to be displayed if that option has been selected but are not written to the log file Discard messages If this option is selected all messages from the interpreter are discarded This is of use in a batch environment When enabled this also causes all error messages to be discarded so you should use it with caution Create individual log files for each job If this option is selected PDF Creator creates an individual log file for each job and writes messages generated by that job to its log file The log file is created in the same folder as the PDF file and with the same name but with a 1og extension It may be viewed with a text editor If the messages are merely informative the log file is created in addition to the PDF output file If an error occurs the PDF file is not creat
62. ostScript files and or the printer driver Not all applications and drivers generate this comment 26 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference If the sviewingOrientation DSC comment is present in a job it will be used Otherwise PDF Creator will attempt to determine the orientation of the majority of the text on the page and rotate the page until this text is upright PDF Creator does this by looking at the text baseline and making it travel from left to right so it gets the result wrong if most or all of the text on the page is mirrored For more information on rotation see Troubleshooting on page 51 Optimize for fast web viewing Before distributing PDF files via the web you should make sure they are created using this option This option may reduce file size and prepares the document for page at a time downloading sometimes called byte serving You will generally find that this option significantly reduces the file size of your PDF document When a document has been optimized for page at a time downloading the web server sends each individual page of information requested by the user rather than the whole PDF document When working with large documents which can take a long time to download using the Optimize for fast web viewing option is particularly important The following items in the Output Options section of the General tab allow you to control what happens to the PDF once it has
63. pression Font Embedding Security Advanced File Options PDF File Format v1 3 4 Thumbnail Generation None iz Resolution dpi C ASCII Format A Auto Rotate Pages C Optimize for Fast Web Viewing Output Options C Always Output Files To Users Shared C Launch on Job Completion C View the PDF Document After Creation C Overwrite an Existing PDF Document a 18 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference o Jaws PDF Creator B cara aN Fort being Ser Current Configuration Description _ The PDF file is optimized for sending to office laser printers Configurations Duplicate Create a new PDF configuration based on the current configuration Rename Change the name or description of the current configuration Remove Remove the current configuration Figure 5 5 Config Editor Control Panel Use the following options to open the Config Editor Control Panel Mac OS X Click Edit in the ToPDF application window or open the Config Editor application located by default in the Applications folder Classic Mac Select Apple Menu gt Control Panels gt Jaws PDF Creator Alternatively with the Jaws ToPDF application open use the Settings gt Configure option and then click the Open Control Panel button Mac OS X versions of the Config Editor contain buttons that allow you to create modif
64. quired application PDF Creator sends the nominated application an Open Document AppleEvent If the application is not already running it will be launched Within the Jaws PDF Creator Scripts folder two scripts are available for selection The scripts Create Eudora Message and Create Outlook Message open the respective applications with the previously generated PDF selected as an attachment View the PDF file after creation Select this option to automatically open your generated PDF file using the system registered PDF viewing application If a viewing application is not installed nothing will happen Overwrite an existing PDF file With this option selected PDF files with the same name as an existing file overwrite the existing file rather than create a file name with an increment This option only applies when the Do not prompt for a destination option is selected If Always prompt for a destination is selected you always have the choice of overwriting or creating anew name Advanced Classic Mac only Click the Advanced button in the General tab to open the Advanced Options dialog box and access extra configuration options Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference 5 3 1 Advanced Options dialog box Note On Classic Macintosh platforms advanced options are accessed by clicking Advanced in the General tab to open the Advanced Options dialog box The options in this dialog box as the same as those in the Ad
65. r for your version of Jaws PDF Creator you can use it at installation time This will immediately give you a licensed and fully fea tured version of the application If however you wish to evaluate the product you can install it without a serial number To do this click the Evaluation button This will provide you with a working copy of the application In this case all PDF files generated by the application will contain a watermark on every page 2 3 Upgrade from evaluation to a fully working version When you have evaluated Jaws PDF Creator you may wish to upgrade to a fully working version Mac OS X Open the Jaws ToPDF application and choose the Jaws ToPDF gt About Jaws ToPDF menu option Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 2 Installing and uninstalling PDF Creator Classic Mac Open the Jaws ToPDF application and select About Jaws ToPDF from the Apple menu The About dialog will appear If you do not have a valid serial number select the link to the Jaws web site www jawspdf com and go to the How to buy page and follow the instructions When you have your serial number you can upgrade your version of Jaws PDF Creator Mac OS X Click the Enter Serial Number option in the About Jaws PDF Creator dialog box Classic Mac Open the Jaws ToPDF application and select Enter Serial Number from the Apple menu The following dialog will appear To activate Jaws PDF Creator v3 0 from evaluation mode to a full w
66. s With this option selected any halftone changes requested by the job are passed through to the PDF file You should select this option when pro ducing PDF files for print and disable it when producing PDF files for on screen viewing 40 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference Preserve overprint With this option selected any changes to the PostScript graphics state overprint parameter requested by the job are passed though to the PDF file This feature along with Preserve OPI comments Transfer functions Under Color Removal and Black Generation Information is intended prima rily for use within a pre press environment Preserve under color removal and black generation information This option allows you to preserve or remove under color removal and black generation information from the PostScript language file This is normally only used in pre press environments Use BoundingBox for As well as the conventional page size request embedded in the PostScript language file many files also contain comments describing the actual extent of marks on the page The Use BoundingBox for option lets you ignore these comments by selecting Nothing use the bounding box for the PDF page size by selecting Page size or use the bounding box for the optional page cropping box by selecting crop box Acrobat Reader always displays pages as if they were the size specified for the page cropping box Some applicat
67. s PDF Creator option from the Apple menu 6 3 Registering PDF Creator Jaws PDF Creator can be registered on the World Wide Web Point your browser at www jawspdf com and select the Support page and fill in the form You should have the following information ready e Your name e Company name and address e E mail address e Company size e Where PDF Creator was purchased e Number of copies purchased e The serial number supplied with the software 6 4 Contact information If you need to contact Global Graphics Software Limited directly for any reason you can use the address and numbers below Global Graphics Software Limited Barrington Hall Barrington Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 6 Support Cambridge CB2 5RG United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1223 873 800 Fax 44 0 1223 873 873 Web site www jawspdf com Mail regarding PDF Creator can be sent to sales jawspdf com 6 5 Troubleshooting This section offers some troubleshooting advice Acrobat Reader displays text as bullets This is normally a problem with Acrobat incorrectly calculating the size of text displayed when using an embedded TrueType font In Acrobat Reader s File gt Preferences gt General dialog deselect the check box labelled Greek text below pixels Acrobat Reader does not display some text There are some undocumented restrictions on the commands which Acrobat Reader accepts in embedded CFF fonts PDF Creator uses the CF
68. s PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 6 Support 6 Support This section offers support and troubleshooting advice 6 1 Downloading PDF Creator You are able to download further copies of PDF Creator from e www jawspdf com To download an installer you must either provide a valid serial number or legitimate e mail information Have the following information ready e Serial number if you have one e Your name e Job title e Company name e Telephone number e E mail address e Platform on which PDF Creator is going to be used e Language 6 2 Reporting problems There is a FAQ section under the Support page at www jawspdf com If your problem is not covered here you should submit a bug report When submitting a problem you should provide the following information e Operating system For example Classic Macintosh or Mac OS X e Version of PDF Creator e Kernel build time the kernel build time uniquely identifies the PDF Creator kernel you are using Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 49 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 50 e Class of problem kills application kills PDF Creator kills Operating System incorrect output e Detailed description of problem e Contact details The kernel build time is available in the About Jaws PDF Creator splash screen Mac OS X To open the splash screen choose the Jaws ToPDF gt About ToPDF menu option Classic Mac To open the splash screen choose the About Jaw
69. s ToPDF not to prompt for a destination the default output folder is used If you have asked Jaws ToPDF to prompt you the browser dialog still allows you to change the output folder Standard PostScript language files begin with the comment Ps If this com ment is missing PDF Creator is still able to recognize the file as a PostScript language file and process it in the normal way On Classic Macintosh platforms with the Warn for non DSC Standard PostScript option checked as it is by default any PostScript language file encountered without a Ps com ment will cause an error message to be displayed You then have the choice whether to continue to process the file or not When you convert an EPS file Jaws ToPDF uses the bounding box in the file to determine the page size for the PDF file and ignores the currently selected Use BoundingBox for option See Section 5 3 1 for more information When the configuration for the Jaws ToPDF application is completed select OK Selecting Cancel aborts the changes made to the configuration Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 17 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 5 Config Editor reference This section describes all the options available in the Config Editor Note The Config Editor is known as a Control Panel on Classic Mac platforms 2 86 8 Config Editor Configuration Untitled 1 Z Create Rename Remove Description None Com
70. sed and the file name is constructed from the document name provided by the application You may change either of these before clicking OK to save the PDF output file Jaws ToPDF does not prompt you for the output file name by default Instead the output file is created in the same folder as the input file and with the same name except for a pdf extension If you enable the Always output files to option in the General tab Jaws ToPDF places the file in this folder but with the same name as the input file and a pdf extension Note that the output files are saved as a PDF file type On Classic Macintosh platforms if you select Always prompt for a destination in the Configure Jaws PDF Creator dialog box a prompt for an output file name appears for each file See Section 4 2 for more information about configuring the Jaws ToPDF application When the prompt for a name and destination folder appears you can also change the security options For more information see Section 5 6 3 6 Stop PDF Creator prompting for a file name In the PDF Creator Config Editor Control Panel click the General tab and select the Always output files to check box Then select the folder in which you want to save the PDF files For more information see Section 5 3 3 7 Turn off warning for non DSC PostScript On Classic Macintosh platforms you are able to turn off warnings when PDF Creator encounters non DSC PostScript language files For more information
71. the modified configuration with a new name Leading and trailing spaces are removed from the name Configuration names must be unique and are not case sensitive that is configName and configNAME are considered to be the same Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 23 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 5 3 General tab The General tab provides options to configure the type of PDF file the loca tion for the file and the actions to perform when the PDF has been created 000 Config Editor Configuration Untitled 1 E Create Rename Remove Description None Compression Font Embedding Security Advanced File Options PDF File Format v1 3 wy Thumbnail Generation None E Resolution dpi ASCII Format v Auto Rotate Pages C Optimize for Fast Web Viewing Output Options C Always Output Files To Users Shared Choose C Launch on Job Completion Choose C View the PDF Document After Creation C Overwrite an Existing PDF Document 24 Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 File Options o Jaws PDF Creator Settings General Imaging Font Embedding f Security Reporting PDF File Format PDF 1 4 Thumbnail Generation Resolution dpi Mw Auto rotate Pages Output Options M view the PDF File After Creation Oo Overwrite an Existing PDF File Always Output Files To Folder Launch Applicatio
72. times you may be surprised at the file names that PDF Creator generates in this way The reason for this is that the document name is not normally used by the printing system except in dialogs to provide information about the status of the job This means that there is no official format for the document name and most applications make up their own rules Therefore PDF Creator may offer a default file name that is different to that which was expected However the file name that PDF Creator generates is always legal Note The colon is the only character that is not valid in a Macintosh file name PDF Creator never overwrites an existing output file without prompting unless the Overwrite an existing PDF file option in the General tab of the Config Editor Control Panel is selected If you have selected Always output files to from the General tab and a file with the same name already exists PDF Creator appends a unique number to the file name When you use Jaws ToPDF to convert existing files PDF Creator uses the input file name instead of the document name because there is no document name as the basis for the output file name PDF Creator uses the name and location of the input file as the default destination except that the file exten sion is replaced by pd If Always output files to is selected from the General tab the file is saved in this location If not PDF Creator displays the browser dialog and allows you to change
73. tions are auto matically enclosed in brackets For example my_conf becomes my_conf and my_conf becomes my_conf 5 1 2 Renaming a configuration Mac OS X Click the Rename button in the Config Editor to open the Rename Configuration dialog box which allows you to change the name of the cur rently selected configuration Check the Current name details to ensure that you are renaming the correct configuration You must enter a unique name for the configuration in the New name text box Note If you have administrator privileges you can make an existing configu ration available to all users by clicking the Make available to all users check box The names of shared configurations are automatically enclosed in brackets For example my_conf becomes my_conf and my_conf becomes my_conf Jaws PDF Creator Edition 3 July 2003 5 Config Editor reference 5 1 3 Deleting a configuration Mac OS X Click the Remove button in the Config Editor to delete the currently selected configuration Note that you cannot delete any of the predefined configura tions Web Press Ready Print Quality You cannot delete configurations created by other users unless you have administrator privileges 5 2 Settings tab Classic Mac only Note On Mac OS X platforms the controls described below are located at the top of the Config Editor rather than within a tab See Section 5 1 on page 20 for more details Typically the options in
74. tor 49 Reporting problems 49 Registering PDF Creator 50 Contact information 50 Troubleshooting 51 A Technical Information 55 How PDF Creator works 55 Advanced topics 56 Map of installed files 63 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 1 Introduction Jaws PDF Creator converts PostScript language files into PDF files Portable Document Format These files can subsequently be used with PDF viewing and editing applications such as Jaws PDF Editor and Adobe Acrobat products plus any other third party PDF tools The PDF files produced by PDF Creator are fully compliant with the PDF 1 3 and 1 4 specifications pub lished by Adobe PDF Creator has two modes of operation Embedded mode The application is embedded into the printing system of your com puter s operating system OS so that it appears as a PostScript compati ble printer to applications running on that computer You can produce a PDF file from any document by printing the document to the Jaws PDF Creator printer in the same way that you would produce hard copy by printing to a real printer When creating PDF files the printing system produces an intermediate PostScript language form of your document which PDF Creator imme diately converts to PDF and writes to disk Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms Jaws PDF Creator works with PostScript printer drivers from Apple and Adobe Because PDF Creator is inte
75. ument is limited by whatever restrictions have been specified in the Security options section of the dialog The Change security password allows the user to open the PDF and modify the security settings When a file is opened with a Change security password you have unrestricted access to the document in effect the security restric tions are temporarily disabled If you wish to limit access to your file you should apply a Change security password otherwise anyone who opens the file is able to remove the restrictions It is important to note that the PDF viewing application will not prompt for a password if no Open document password is entered when creating a secured PDF This means that when only a Change security password is used the doc ument is opened without the user having to provide a password and use of the file is limited by whatever security restrictions have been imposed As a result if the user only has the free version of Acrobat they are never able to obtain unrestricted access to the document With Encrypt PDF Files selected you can choose various options to define the level of user actions allowed It is important to note that the options available in the Security Options and Changes Allowed sections are different depending on whether you are creat ing PDF 1 3 or PDF 1 4 documents When you are creating PDF 1 4 documents you have independent control over the Allow Content Access for the Visually Impaired Document Assem
76. use the Software on the terms of this LICENSE For the avoidance of doubt the End User is responsible for the installation of the Software and installation must be performed in accordance with the terms of the documentation accompanying the Software 2 2 The End User s rights and obligations in respect to the use of the Software is as follows For a single user LICENSE the End User may 2 2 1 install and use the number of copies indicated on the inside cover of the End User License Agreement booklet provided always that only one copy of the Software is used on a single computer subject to both the following conditions being satisfied a End User interaction is required to operate the Software b there is a one to one 1 1 relationship between the End User and the Software For a server based LICENSE the End User may 2 2 2 install one copy of the Software on a single file server for use on a local or wide area network provided that the End User must not exceed the total numbers of licensed copies per server indicated on the inside cover of this booklet For the avoidance of doubt server based Software may only be accessed by users in the same company or group of companies as listed on the Purchase Order 2 3 The End user may install an additional copy of the Software on a home or portable computer provided that the End User is the primary user of the computer on which the Software was first installed However the Software on the sec
77. vanced tab of PDF Creator on Mac OS X platforms See Section 5 7 for a description of advanced options 5 4 Compression tab The sections in the Compression tab allow different compression techniques to be applied to different types of images 5068 Config Editor Configuration Untitled 1 i Create Rename Remove Description None General Font Embedding Security Advanced Color Images Downsample None wy Resolution 150 Compression None B Grayscale Images Downsample None zs esolution 150 Compression None a Monochrome Images Downsample None E Resolution 150 Compression None wy v Compress Text and Line Art Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 29 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms o Jaws PDF Creator B Imaging Font Embedding Security Reporting Color Images Downsample Resolution 72 i Compression JPEG Medium Compression gt Grayscale Images Downsample Resolution 72 i Compression _JPEG Medium Compression gt Monochrome Images Downsampie Resolution 00 Compression CCITT Group 4 Mw Compress Text Figure 5 8 Compression tab Downsample These options allow you to control whether and how PDF Creator reduces the resolution of images in the PostScript language file input Set this to Don t downsample
78. wing receipt by the End User of the Software To make a warranty claim the End User must return the Software to the location where obtained it together with a copy of proof of purchase within such ninety 90 day period 3 2 If the Software does not perform substantially in accordance with the documentation supplied with the Software the entire and exclusive liability and remedy shall be limited to either at Global Graphics option 3 2 1 the replacement of the Software or 3 2 2 the refund of the Total Charges 3 3 The warranty set out in this Clause 3 1 and the entire and exclusive liability and remedy set out in Clause 3 2 states the sole and exclusive obligation of Global Graphics to the End User and sets out the entire remedies which Global Graphics and or its licensors have to the End User for breach of this warranty LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 Neither party excludes or limits liability to the other party for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation nor where liability cannot be excluded or limited as a matter of law e g breach of any obligations implied by Section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 as amended or Section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 Subject to the provision of Clause 3 1 and 4 1 all representations warranties conditions whether implied by statute or otherwise are excluded from this LICENSE In the case of representations
79. x 70 M Map of installed files General files used by all operating sys tems 67 MacOS installation files 64 P PDF Creator Advanced topics 56 Custom PostScript language files 60 File names 56 Font embedding 58 PostScript ProcSet Resources 59 Control Panel reference Compression tab 29 Font embedding tab 32 General tab 24 Reporting tab 42 Security tab 34 Settings tab 21 Integration with the operating system 56 R Reporting tab Create individual log files for each job 43 Discard messages 43 Display messages 42 Log all messages to 43 Only log errors 43 S Security tab Encrypt PDF files 34 Passwords 36 Serial number 4 Settings tab About PDF Creator 43 Font management button 45 System Requirements 3 T Troubleshooting 51 TrueType fonts MacOS LaserWriter driver 59
80. y and remove configurations as described in Section 5 1 In Classic Macintosh versions of PDF Creator equivalent controls are located in the Settings tab within the Control Panel The PDF Creator Config Editor Control Panel has a number of tabs for differ ent tasks Click the various tabs to access and change the information con tained under that heading Section 5 2 through to Section 5 8 describe the options contained within each tab Edition 3 July 2003 Jaws PDF Creator 19 Jaws PDF Creator on Macintosh platforms 20 5 1 Managing configurations on Mac OS X platforms You can use the Create Rename and Remove buttons in the Config Editor to add modify and delete configurations 5 1 1 Creating a new configuration Mac OS X Click the Create button in the Config Editor to open the Add Configuration dialog box which allows you to create a custom configuration You must provide a unique name for the configuration in the Configuration text box Optionally you can provide a Description of the configuration such as its intended use If you wish to duplicate the settings from another configuration you should choose it from the Based On menu If you have administrator privileges you can click the Make available to all users check box if you wish to allow other users to access the configuration Otherwise this option is disabled Note that only administrators can edit or delete shared configurations The names of shared configura

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