Johan Bengtsson wrote: > > Although only a small percentage of PDF files cause printing problems > > (eg. "Offending command" errors, printer hangs, gibberish), this is out > > of an ever-increasing total, and it's starting to be a real problem. > > We have exactly the same problem here, but we are running Solaris.
That's discouraging since, on a Unix platform, one is really stuck with whatever PostScript Adobe Reader chooses to put out > >They have a point. They also have everyone over a barrel. That's why > >I'm going to be looking for manufacturers which offer licensed Adobe > >PostScript next time I buy printers. > > I don't think you will find _any_ new lasers with licensed Abobe > postscript. I believe that Xerox uses licensed Adobe on their and Tektronix's printers. The Tektronix 860 also has reasonable IP address restriction and good page counting and busy status via SNMP, so we're using them. However, it flunked on printing a PDF file which worked on the Lexmark printer. As I remember, Xerox non-Tektronix printers flunk on the IP address restriction requirement. > Approx. a year ago we had problems with some PDF files that wouldn't > print. Then I upgraded lprng and removed some old print filters. And > the PDF problems got worse, an absolute nightmare. What fixed this problem > was 1) enabling tbcp - the lexmarks we have requires this to be > able to print certain docs. and 2) downgrading Acrobat Reader from 4.05 > --> 4.0. Apparently the > 4.05 has some bugs related to printing, although the changelog says "fixed > printing related bugs" for this version....thanks Adobe!;-) One actually > has to check carefully which version of Acrobat Reader is installed, > because if one looks in the "About Acrobat Reader..." dialog it says > "4.0" for both versions. 4.0 is the version from June 24 1999. Thanks for this information. How do you "enable TBCP"? My acroread says 4.0 January 24, 2000. I haven't tried any of my "problem PDFs" on it yet. Perhaps Adobe simply "improved" the PostScript spec. -Rick -- |Rick Cochran phone: 607-255-7618| |Cornell CIT - Systems & Operations - Net-Print FAX: 607-255-8521| |730 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
