[pdftex] pdftex oddity???

[rhowlett at mail.usyd.edu.au]

I couldn't reproduce the problem, using
pdftex14f and acroread 4 on a digital alpha
system, printing to an HP printer (or
printing to a file and viewing with ghostscript).
You could try upgrading the printer driver.

Bob Howlett

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Quoting Marc van Dongen <dongen at cs.ucc.ie>:

> 
> Dear group,
> 
> 
> I am experiencing a difference between pdftex
> and LaTeX generated documents which I cannot
> explain. I use a recent TeTeX distribution.
> 
> Assume latex and dvips are used to create a
> ps file called and pdflatex and acroread are
> used to produce another from the same source.
> 
> The problem is that the pdf route causes---what
> seem to be---errors in the positioning of
> printable things e.g. commas curly brackets.
> They are normally printed too far to the
> left. I have only experienced this phenomenon
> in math mode. With LaTeX and dvips I do not
> have these problems. I have appended a short
> example which should demonstrate the problem.
> LaTeX and dvips produce good output. With the
> pdflatex route a combination z\,\} in math mode
> results in the z and curly bracket touch each
> other in the postscript. If you view the pdf
> it seems to be okay-ish?
> 
> Am I overlooking anything?
> Any suggestions as to how to solve this?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Marc van Dongen
> -- 
>      Marc van Dongen, CS Dept | phone:  +353 21 4903578
> University College Cork, NUIC | Fax:    +353 21 4903113
>   College Road, Cork, Ireland | Email: dongen at cs.ucc.ie
> 
> 
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> 
> \documentclass[fleqn,12pt,phdthesis]{report}
> 
> \usepackage{a4}
> \usepackage{amsmath}
> \usepackage{amssymb}
> \usepackage{ifthen}
> 
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \usepackage{euler}
> \usepackage{times}
> 
> 
> \newcommand{\tuple}[1]{%
>   (\,#1\,)%
> }
> 
> \newcommand{\set}[1]{%
>   \{\,#1\,\}%
> }
> 
> \newcommand{\C}[1]{%
>   C_{\set{ #1 }}%
> }
> 
> \newtheorem{example}{Example}[chapter]
> \newcounter{ctr}
> \newcommand{\blah}[1]{%
>   \setcounter{ctr}{0}%
>   \whiledo{\value{ctr}<#1}{%
>      \stepcounter{ctr}%
>      \ blah%
>   }%
> }
> 
> \begin{document}
>   
>  \begin{example}[What is Wrong Here?]
>      Is there anybody who knows what causes the
>       curly first closing bracket in the second line
>       of the next example to be printed too far to the
>       left with the route: pdf\TeX\ to ps via acroread?
>      With \LaTeX\ to ps via dvips this does not happen
> 
>      Blah \blah{17}.
>      $\C{ x,y,z } % This is where things screw up.
>        = \set{ \tuple{ 2,1,1 } }$.
>      Blah \blah{30}.
>  \end{example}
> 
> \end{document}
> 
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