Ahand to add, he has Windows 7 with little likelyhood of changing.
In the past 2 weeks, something changed and he no longer can print PDF
It says Postscript file must be installed.
When I emmulated on another computer, if I got past that, (on a windows 10)
..Pagemaker was then looking for Distiller installation in order to complete the PDF process
On his Windows 7 postscript connection, possibly distiller as well seems to have vanished.
On his machine adobe acrobat 5.0 was installed pre 2017 and adobe 2017 was installed in 2017
I could assume that something disconnected or some file modified..
..I could assume, ok, so let's reinstall acrobat 5.0(having distiller) or adobe2017(having distiller in it's folders)
Only the original disks... can not locate
As on my tests, it appears Pagemaker looks FIRST for postscript install, then jumps to distiller
..I and looking at the many adobe installs and tries in 2017
..I believe the acrobat 5.0 with distiller was the operational path and adobe2017 may not have been successful, as it seems the process PM uses to hit first Postscript then Distiller may or may not be the same.
Searching Adobe forums, links to download acrobat 5.0 are all removed/broken
And many spam sites with virus downloads exist
Is there a way, with the files existing in a normal install, currently on his machine
..to reinstall/repair itself without asking for keys, or able to locate the keys on his machine before doing reinstall
Windows 7, an Old Pagemaker.
He's a dear old friend and upgrades to modern indesign are pretty much out of the question now.
And the almost 1000 page book, orphan page settings, margins, margin notes, etc become lost
I need to find a path in locating to repair what is there, or to get a fresh 5.0 or 7.0 download with PS and Dist
Can anyone assist?... without the spam virus files...
Acrobat Distiller is a separate application from Adobe Acrobat and it still comes with Adobe Acrobat, although using it is considered archaic these days because there are newer, better methods of making a PDF. It still works, though.
I don't know much about Windows 7 as I pretty much jumped to 8 when it came out. I do know that it was possible to install PM 7 and Acrobat/Distiller on a Win 8 ( I did: although it squacks about compatibility issues). Unfortunately, despite that, the printer install portion of that does NOT install nor will it work anyway as the newer system handles printers differently.
That being said, this just means you can't use the default "click the Acrobat icon" Export PDF workflow as it will not function. All that button does anyway is the same thing as if you pull down the File menu and select Export to PDF.
INSTEAD, I suggest your friend will have to change their workflow either to A) PRINT to another installed PDF driver (like the "Microsoft Print to PDF" driver, or better yet, B) print the file to Postscript and distill it manuallywith whatever Distiller that's installed an functioning. You would need is to have an installed Postscript printer driver (as you can't create a PS file without one) even if you don't have that printer.
As you have found, you cannot find these installers online.. and you won't.. this is 20 years ago stuff you're talking about. And even if you could find them, you need the legal serial numbers to install them both. FYI: although if this computer had them installed at some point it is possible to retrieve the full install serial numbers using a program like Belarc (google it to find where to download it) . If so, at least you can attempt to use them for a reinstall should you be lucky to find installers.
yes thanks for the suggestion, But my all old files are in pagemaker 7. if i am moving on indesign or scribus then i think i will not be able to open my old documents. is there any way to open my documents ? and that all are in Gujarati language.
On click the button, it should drag and drop the selected text file (selected by open file dialog) to another application which runs on windows (it may be Windows Word/Excel/Adobe Pagemaker/SAP Logon Application etc).
We are working with SAP GUI Application. A VB Script file (having customer details and SAP Server logon information) has to be drag and drop on the SAP GUI Appliction. So that it will reads the VBScript file and log-in to the SAP Server.
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