[pdftex] Problem with printing

[Troy Goodson]

I didn't know I could export to PS using Acrobat 4.0...

I exported to PS using Acrobat 4.0 -- no error reported.
I tried using Distiller from Acrobat 4.0 and got a limitcheck error.
Instead, I used ps2pdf (ghostscript) -- no error reported
I loaded the resulting PDF into Acrobat 4.0 and was able to print it 
using the Macintosh print drivers.  Hopefully, my colleagues can 
print this file, too.


At 5:39 PM -0400 7/24/01, Tom Kacvinsky wrote:
>More information: I tried printing this file using Acrobat 4.0 on my Mac,
>and got print errors.  I used Acrobat Reader 4.0 on a Solaris box (with the
>-toPostScript option), and lpr'd the resultoing PS file with no errors.  So
>I guess the problem has to do with the print drivers on the Mac.  To
>isolate the problem, I did one more test.  I exported to PS using Acrobat
>4.0 on my Mac and printed that, bypassing the print driver.  I did not have
>a problem doing this.  So it must be the Macintosh print driver.  If you
>want, you can have your Macintosh colleagues contact me and I will run them
>through the print procedure I used.
>
>Tom
>
>On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Tom Kacvinsky wrote:
>
>>  The good news is that pdftops handles the PDF just fine (I just tried it
>>  myself on a Solaris box and everything is OK).  I also tried the file with
>>  Acrobat 5.0 (on my Macintosh), and much to my surprise, the file printed
>>  out just fine.
>>
>>  Regards,
>>
>>  Tom
>>
>>  On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Troy Goodson wrote:
>>
>>  > I've made the file available at
>>  > http://www.csun.edu/~kg46825/troy/SOI_sim.pdf.gz
>>  >
>>  > I'll check-out xpdf's pdftops.  Ghostscript had problems with it...
>>  >
>  > > >Most likely printing problems will not go away with Acrobat Reader 5.0,
>  > > >for myriad reasons related to fonts.
>>  > >
>  > > >We would need to see a problem file before we can make any assessment as
>  > > >to why the file won't print.
>>  > >
>  > > >You might want tp try xpdf's pdftops tool to make an EPS file from your
>  > > >PDF graphics/files and then try printing.  I am not sure if there is a
>  > > >Mac port of xpdf.  I ought to ping Tom Kiffe on this.
>>  > >
>>  > >Tom
>>  > >
>>  > >On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Troy Goodson wrote:
>>  > >
>>  > >>  I recently made a pdf with pdfLaTeX and some colleagues tried to
>>  > >>  print it with Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05 on the Mac, which failed.  I
>>  > >>  believe this is due to the problem described below.  I suspect that I
>>  > >>  can ask them to upgrade to Acrobat Reader v5 and the problem will go
>>  > >>  away, but is there a workaround on my end?
>>  > >>
>>  > >>  I thought I'd convert my embedded PDF graphics to EPS and use regular
>>  > >>  LaTeX, but for some reason that's not working.  I run pdf2ps followed
>>  > >>  by ps2epsi and I get "Error: /rangecheck in --.getbitsrect--"
>>  > >>
>>  > >>  Any other ideas on obtaining a PDF compatible with Reader v4.05 ?
>>  > >>     --or-- on converting my PDF graphics to EPS?
>>  > >>
>>  > >>
>>  > >>  localhost% pdflatex --version
>>  > >>  pdfTeX (Web2C 7.3.3.1) 3.14159-0.14h-released-20010417
>>  > >>  kpathsea version 3.3.3.1
>>  > >>  Copyright (C) 1999 Han The Thanh, Petr Sojka, and Jiri Zlatuska.
>>  > >>  Kpathsea is copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>  > >>  There is NO warranty.  Redistribution of this software is
>>  > >>  covered by the terms of both the pdfTeX copyright and
>>  > >>  the GNU General Public License.
>>  > >>  For more information about these matters, see the files
>>  > >>  named COPYING and the pdfTeX source.
>  > > >>  Primary author of pdfTeX: Han The Thanh, Petr Sojka, and 
>Jiri Zlatuska.
>>  > >>  Kpathsea written by Karl Berry and others.
>>  > >>
>>  > >>
>>  > >>  At 8:39 AM +0100 12/2/98, Han The Thanh wrote:
>>  > >>  >Hi,
>>  > >>  >
>>  > >>  >there is a problem with printing document containing included PDF
>>  > >>  >pictures. This problem has been known, and in fact this is a bug of
>>  > >>  >gv and Acrobat Reader (Acrobat Reader can display, but cannot
>>  > >>  >print). Here is a part from discussion with the author of xpdf:
>  > > >>  >
>>  > >>  >>  | In PDF 1.0 and 1.1, all named resources used in the form must be
>  > > >>  >>  | included in the  Resources dictionary of each Page object on
>  > > >>  >>  | which the form appears, regardless of  whether or not they also
>  > > >>  >>  | appear in the Resources dictionary of the form.
>>  > >>  >>
>  > > >>  >>  It goes on to say that in PDF 1.2, form resources can be
>  > > >>  >>  independent of the page.
>>  > >>  >>
>  > > >>  >>  > However, having done some testing, it seems that when Form
>  > > >>  >>  > resources are not included in Page resources, AcroReader
>  > > >>  >>  > displays it well but printing fails. GS fails to display PDF as
>  > > >>  >>  > well as PS produced by printing from AcroReader.
>>  > >>  >>
>>  > >>  >>  Hm, sounds like Adobe can't even keep up with their own 
>>standards :-)
>>  > >>  >
>>  > >>  >I am trying to work around this problem.
>>  > >>  >
>>  > >>  >Thanh
>>  > >>
>>  > >>
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