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I'm looking for all the hidden settings that can be made to the *.fpi file after it is created in FPImposer. I have found a way to get rid of the gutters between certain pages in a layout, but only by editing the *.fpi file in a text editor and adding 'DiscardGutterR_1=Top' or 'Bottom' where needed. Is there any documentation of all the hidden codes that can be used? We have some layouts that need some extra attention that some hidden codes, might/hopefully provide.
Thanks in advance for any help/advice.
Scott R Simons
Prepress Specialist
Holland Litho
FusionPro 10.0.3
FPImposer 10.0.3
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Dan, your simple question solved my issue. I have been using a rule that a previous employee had setup and has been working for all the other motifs we use. But your simple direction, showed me that there was an error in the rule.
Thanks.
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I have an Expression that uses 3 personalizations, and when I preview it, it looks great. But when I compose it through Fusion Pro, the 2nd and 3rd personalization is using the same data as the 2nd personalization.
I cannot figure out the issue. Any pointers of where to diagnose?
The composed JPG shows it wrong, and the corresponding XML, shows the issue.
Using Expression 3.2 and Fusion
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Sorry about that Dan, next time I will include the attachments in the beginning.
My end goal is to create some Template XMLs, but wanted to glean information from some of the XMLs from previous jobs.
Since I found a bug, is all forgiven?
And thank you very much for the work around. That will be very helpful in the future.
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The XML shows the same way in TextEdit.
Here is a screenshot of what I see in TextEdit. And here is the XML file, I'm trying to open.
Scott
Mac 10.9.5
BBEdit 10.5.13
TextEdit 1.9
Acrobat 10.1.10
FP 9.3.12
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I realized after my last post that this is in the "XML Dialog Boxes" sub-forum, which is about the XML Template Rules.
So yes, in FusionPro 9.2, the built-in XML Templates are now UTF-16, because, as you can see if you open one up, FusionPro now supports Japanese and Chinese names, descriptions, comments, etc., as well as the older 8-bit languages. Thus, Unicode support is required.
I do have BBEdit 10, and I can open the files which it sees them as UTF-16, but the text is all in some Asian dialect that I cannot read. I have looked into them before, as a reference, so I did not have to open the PDF. And now, I want to get field names and such, so I can build my own XML templates. But this makes it quite time consuming and painful.
Before I could just open the XML in BBEdit and read it.
I do not plan on editing the base templates, I just want to create my own.
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I used to be able to open the XML files with FP8 in BBEdit on the Mac. But now with FP9, the XML files are 16-bit, and I can not find a way to edit them with BBEdit. I've tried different settings with BBEdit, but still cannot figure it out. Very Frustrating.
Anyone know of a workaround, another editor of some sort. Again, I'm on a Mac.
Scott
FP 9.1.3 on Mac 10.9.5 with Acrobat 10.1.10
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First let me say, thanks Dan, the Formatted Text Resource, seems to have worked. And will probably take care of some other issues I have been having with some other items.
I did have 'Embed Fonts' box checked.
I am not using Fusion Pro Direct, but was collecting the job to a Zip file to use with EFI Digital StoreFront, running Producer. I'm not sure on the version though. Yes, I am including the Assets.dat file.
I am only using the font via markup tags, so I it appears that, that was my issue all along.
Thanks again Dan.
Scott
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Thanks Dan for explaining the details on how Fusion handles fonts. This will help in troubleshooting issues in the future.
The font 'Previews' fine, and when I 'Compose' the file, the font looks correct. But when I 'Collect for Output' to upload to a server running Fusion Producer, the font does not appear correctly in the update view or when I download a PDF proof. It is acting like the font is not being uploaded.
So I checked the .dif file only mentions 'MyriadPro-Regular' in the 'fontdict'.
The font 'Myriad Pro Black' is not even included. I would think that it should be referenced here, but I could be wrong.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Scott
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I have a job, that is using the font "Myriad Pro Black". I can preview the job just fine, but when I goto compose it, I get a message about the normal style not loaded. I've been having some issues with other fonts that are using Bold, and after researching the problem, I found out that I needed to use HTML coding to get that weight of the font. Although I did not find anything dealing with extended font weights such as: Black, SemiBold, Extended, Narrow, etc.:
Job started 13:44:18 - 1378835058.
Creator: FusionPro VDP Creator 8.2.7
Computer Name: Scott's iMac
Current working folder: /
Template File: /Users/PrepressImac/Documents/ePace_DSF_Files/CRC/2013_Fusion/Banner/Card_Banner.dif
Input File: /Users/PrepressImac/Documents/ePace_DSF_Files/CRC/2013_Fusion/Banner/Banner_Data.txt
Job Config File: /Users/PrepressImac/Documents/ePace_DSF_Files/CRC/2013_Fusion/Banner/Banner_Data-Output.cfg
Composing record #1, input record 1
Failed to load font Helvetica
Font ID 127 is not loaded into DTL properly. Default plain style font is used instead
Font <Myriad Pro Black> normal style is not loaded, using bold style of this font family.
Composing record #2, input record 2
Composing record #3, input record 3
Job ended 13:44:19 - 1378835059.
In the fonts.ini file i have the following entry:
Myriad Pro Black;MyriadPro-Black;Black;1;0;W;0;OpenType PostScript;/Library/Preferences/PTI/FusionPro/Fonts/MyriadPro-Black.bfk;/Library/Preferences/PTI/FusionPro/Fonts/MyriadPro-Black.pfa;/Library/Preferences/PTI/FusionPro/Fonts/MyriadPro-Black.otf;/Library/Preferences/PTI/FusionPro/Fonts/MyriadPro-Black.ufk
In the fonts.err file I have the following entry:
INFO: Using font name "Myriad Pro Black" instead of family name "Myriad Pro".
When i go to the referenced directory, the .bfk, .pfa, .otf, and .ufk files are there.
I am running Mac OS 10.6.8, Adobe Acrobat 10.1.6, and FP VDP Creator 8.2.7.
Thanks
Scott
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I had the same issue. With the help of my co-worker we have found it out and got things working again.
It appears that I did not have all the forms of Helvetica loaded for Fusion. I must have not had them loaded with Fusion 7.2, but now with 8.2, you need them.
So I copied the files over that I needed and it worked. I then changed my default fonts to be Courier. And the problem is truly gone.
All of this after uninstalling/re-installing/uninstalling. Also deleting all folders that I could find that related to either 'PTI' or 'Printable'. And manually removing all plug ins from Acrobat, and InDesign that I could find.
I knew it had to deal with fonts, but would have never guessed it was my default font that I never changed in Fusion.
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Dan, thank you for the kick in the head. I had a brain fart, and forgot about just right-clicking. But I was still hoping for more. But that is ok. Thanks for the quick response.
SRS