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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I don't have an exact answer, but
something similar recently happened to me. I have a PDF with a
bunch of Old Italic characters. It displays correctly on screen
regardless of what computer I use. If I print from my laptop
downstairs to the Brother network printer in my study upstairs,
the Old Italic characters all come out as nonsense (some accent
shapes, a few odd letters). If I print it upstairs on a different
computer, but using the same network printer, all is well. It's a
Brother multifunction machine with the latest Windows driver
installed on both machines. Moral: PDFs aren't as bulletproof as
we think.<br>
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I assume you have already considered: are the fonts embedded in
the PDF? Did he enter the characters as precomposed combinations
or by using combining marks? First option more likely, I imagine.<br>
<br>
This is a real shot in the dark, but here goes:<br>
Is it possible that, at some point in the process, the precomposed
characters were decomposed and then put back together in a way
that affected the output? If the font in use contains precomposed
combinations but does not support positioning of combining marks
this might happen. ???<br>
<br>
David<br>
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On 1/18/2016 5:14 PM, Dominik Wujastyk wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">A student of mine is preparing
a PhD thesis with XeLaTeX. He recently sent me his draft as
a PDF (xelatex -> dvipdfmx (20150315)). I attach a page of
this, kkk.pdf, extracted from the thesis with pdftk.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">The Sanskrit text in roman
script contains a number of letters that have under-dots, like
ṣṭḥṃ etc. He is typing this with a Unicode-aware editor,
SublimeText.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">His PDF output from XeTeX
displays on the screen just fine, using Okular or Evince
(Linux Mint 17.3 etc.).<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">But when I <i>print</i> his
document on my HP LaserJet Pro 400 MFP printer, the underdots
have turned into overdots, and are shifted slightly
horizontally. I attach a scan of the printed output,
kkk-pdf-scan.pdf. <br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I haven't encountered anything
quite like this before, and it baffles me. I've tried
outputting the PDF to PS and printing that. Printing the PDF
to another PDF. I've tried using Evince not Okular. Always
the same problem. Everything points to the printer or the
printer driver. But this is not a hole-in-the-wall printer,
and I'm using HP's own driver. HP knows how to interpret
PostScript, surely.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">The system details for the
installed printer and driver are: <br>
<br>
<div style="margin-left:40px">HP_LaserJet_400_MFP_M425dn<br>
--------------------------<br>
Type: Printer<br>
Device URI:
hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_400_MFP_M425dn?serial=CNF8H3NM1D<br>
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_400_MFP_M425dn.ppd<br>
PPD Description: HP LaserJet 400 MFP M425 Postscript
(recommended)<br>
Printer Sending data to printer.Jet_400_MFP_M425dn is idle.
enabled since Mon 18 Jan 2016 14:27:39 MST<br>
Required plug-in status: Installed<br>
Communication status: Good<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I've run HP's diagnostics, and
it is satisfied that the printer is properly installed and
everything's up to date.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Can anyone shed any light on
this problem?<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dominik<br>
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