[pdftex] Pale print with Adobe Reader

[Rodolfo Medina]

Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina at gmail.com> writes:

> [...] the print comes out very pale. I tried all the
> possible settings and options in print dialog window with no result: please,
> can anybody help also with this matter?
>
> [...]
>
>   > In LaTeX, if you put \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}, Computer Modern
>   > gets embedded as a postscript font, so it should print fine using
>   > Acrobat.
>
>   > Can anyone suggest how to get the same result in plain TeX?



Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de> writes:

> I get:
>
> $ pdftex \\relax
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> entering extended mode
>
> *hello\bye
> [1{/home/reinhard/.texlive-alpha/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}]
> </home/reinhard/dev/texlive/svn/trunk/Master/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/
> cmr10.pfb>
>
> It obviously loads cmr10.pfb.


The same for me:

$ pdftex \\relax
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b (Web2C 7.4.5)
{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg}
*hallo\bye
[1{/var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/pdftex.map}]{/usr/share/texmf/dvips/tetex/f7b6d3
20.enc}</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb>
Output written on texput.pdf (1 page, 5223 bytes).
Transcript written on texput.log.

. But the print through Adobe Reader is still pale.

Thanks,
Rodolfo