[OS X TeX] OT: PDF display problems

[Bob Kerstetter]

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On Aug 15, 2005, at 2:37 PM, Keith M. Chugg wrote:

> I posted a problem with pdf on Tiger to this list just after 10.4  
> came out.  My problem is that I cut equations from the texshop  
> preview (I usually use a blank document format with just an  
> equation on the page) to an Omnigraffle figure.  I do this to label  
> figures with latex-type symbols.  I then export the omnigraffle  
> figure to pdf and include using includegraphix in the standard manner.
>
> With 10.4 preview, some of the equations on the figures print  
> "fuzzy" despite looking good on screen.  If the same pdf document  
> is opened with 10.3 preview or AAreader, then it prints fine (i.e.,  
> the figure equation/symbols come out at high-resolution).
>
> Odd think is that it happens only on some of the figure-symbols.  I  
> never got any feedback on this problem and have been waiting for a  
> 10.4 upgrade to make it go away.
>
> Does anybody else have this issue?  Do you know how to report to  
> apple?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 15, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Christian Heine wrote:
>
>
>> Dear list,
>> does anyone encounter problems displaying/printing PDFs in Tiger?  
>> Since upgrading I have massive troubles in Preview, TeXShop,  
>> BibDesk's preview and with the PDF Browser Plug-In when I open and  
>> print PDF files. Sometimes just images are displayed, sometimes  
>> just cryptic characters, sometimes just section titles, sometimes  
>> just text paragraphs without headings, sometimes just one specific  
>> font in a document is displayed, sometimes everything is fine. I  
>> can't reproduce it, seems to happen randomly. I have various  
>> screenshots on my public ftp at ftp://ftp.geosci.usyd.edu.au/pub/ 
>> users/christian/PDFproblems in case someone wants to have a closer  
>> look. I have googled for this and also searched the Apple  
>> Discussion pages but haven't found a solution nor anyone else  
>> experiencing this kind of problem.
>> Everything is perfectly fine using Acrobat, so it appears to have  
>> something to do with the native OS X pdf kit. Furthermore, this  
>> only happens on my G5 not on the Powerbook (also running the same  
>> version of Tiger).
>> Any clues?
>>
>> Cheers, Christian
>>
>> --
>> Christian Heine
>> ph.d. student
>>
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