These are not in ascending difficulty ... but the files we currently test for rendering are at trunk\src\test\resources\input\rendering
Daniel On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:11 PM, steve poling <[email protected]> wrote: > Andreas, > > I archived all my code changes and retrieved the latest sources from svn. >>> So, I should be running the latest and greatest code. >>> >>> If you goto PDFBOX-490 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, >>> you'll find attached file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've >>> been seeing this with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print >>> looks bad. I can attach another file to PDFBOX-483 < >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like. >>> >> I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some misplaced >> characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and a HP Laserjet >> 2550N. >> >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but your Laserjet 4P is a quite old model, isn't >> it? >> Did you update the driver? Has it a postscript option or is it a pcl only >> model? >> How much memory is installed to the printer? Probably that could be a >> potential >> bottleneck. >> > > My printer is as old as the hills. <grin> However, I've been seeing this > issue when I print to other devices, such as the Canon iR 5570. I'll perform > my experiment on all the different printers I can find. If memory serves > (and sometimes it doesn't) I ran the experiment on the HP 990cxi, too (with > the same effect). I am using Windows XP. So, that's a difference (between > working for you and breaking for me). Keep in mind, the copy on the display > looks grand, it's just the printed output that looks bad. I hate working > bugs that require killing trees to reproduce. > > > Can you point me to where I should look to see why text appears on screen, >>> but not on paper? >>> >> Hmmm, good question. Perhaps you should try to find differences between >> working documents and those which don't work. Or you will probably find >> something that documents have in common which don't work, e.g. font tpye >> (true type, type1, etc.), fonts are embedded or not, font encoding (ansi, >> CID, identity-H, etc.), acroform included or not .... >> > > I'll give that a go. Can you point me to a test repository of PDF files of > ascending difficulty? Does such a thing exist or would it be worthwhile to > create one? > > Thanks again, > > steve >
