On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 02:08:51 +0100, someone wrote:
> Subject: Re: acrodos link update...
>> > BUT: Do you know if these DOS versions of the Adobe Acrobat Reader can
>> > read all the newest PDF files? I doubt it, because I experienced an
>> > incompatibility (what a word!) trying to read a new *.pdf (I think it
>> > was a manual for McAfee's virus scanner) with v2.0 of the Acrobat Reader
>> > for 16-bit Windows.
>
I don't think that I'd bother any more at all with trying to
use Acrodos. I went through all of this months ago and I found
that most 'modern' .PDF chip data sheets, etc., simply wouldn't
work with it.
I ended up getting a version of Ghostscript. Now - its
documentation is about as clear as mud, but after hours of
fiddling, I can report that it will print out many more .PDF
sheets than would Acrodos.
A very handy by-product is that it will also print out
postscript format to an ordinary laserjet, so we can AT LAST get
decent print-outs from Arachne mail messages, web pages and so
on. I use it by EXPORTING a .PS file using Alt-P in Arachne.
Outside Arachne, I then call up Ghostscript to print the .PS
file generated by Arachne. There is a suggestion that Arachne
can invoke Ghostscript directly but this uses some sort of .DGI
file, about which I know nothing - anyone else??
Ron.
