Using the Save for Service Provider plug-in, you can copy your
publication, all linked image files, fonts, and other files
required to print your document. Save for Service Provider also
helps you resolve broken links by prompting you to locate the
folders containing linked files. Similarly, this plug-in can also
check the status of links and fonts in a PostScript file generated
by PageMaker 6.5.
You can also create a concise report of the information your
service provider needs to create output from a PageMaker or
PostScript file. The report includes details about fonts, linked
graphics, a summary of your print settings, as well as information
about who to contact regarding your publication.
To save files and generate a report using Save for Service
Provider:
1 Choose Utilities > Plug-ins > Save for Service
Provider.
The Summary dialog box opens.
The plug-in works on the active publication if you click Check Pub.
If you want to check a PostScript file, click Check .PS, and then
double-click the PostScript file you want to send to the service
provider.
2 Click Fonts, Links, Printing, or Colors to see a detailed
report on that aspect of the publication or PostScript file. You
can print the status information by clicking Print at any time.
3 If the Links dialog box shows one or more linked files
needing attention, click Re-link or Re-link All, and navigate to the
correct image files.
4 To save the publication, click Package, and set options as
follows:
• From the Report Type pop-up menu, choose Formatted (for a
PageMaker publication) or Text only (for an ascii text-only
file).
• Select Auto Open Package Report if, after saving the
publication and associated files, you want to display the summary
report in a new window on your desktop.
• Select Update Links to bring out-of-date links up-to-date in
the original publication before making a package.
• For Include, select Copy Fonts to avoid missing fonts at
print time, and then select the kind of fonts--All, Type 1
(PostScript), or TrueType.
• Click Notes to enter contact information, such as your
name and phone number, any comments on printing the publication,
and then click OK.
5 Specify a location in which to save all necessary
files.
6 Click Save to copy the necessary files to the destination
folder.
