Well, the user mentioned acroread, so I think the assumption was that they were refering to the UNIX version as that is the name of the executable.
---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Thies Meincke wrote: > I have not used xpdf as replacement for acroread so far. > Most of our users have Windows OS. As far as I know, xpdf > is for X-window systems only and thus would be an > alternative for UNIX or Linux users. > > Thies Meincke > > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > can you compare that with xpdf ps output ? i had it that > > acroread output resulted in 1 page where xpdf output was printed flawless. > > > > > > walter > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I think this is a general problem for PS files created from pdf by > > acroread, as I have the same problem > > with our Lexmark printers. In some cases ps2ps helped, mostly however gs > > crashed with an error message like > > "ERROR: typecheck" > > "OFFENDING COMMAND: where" > > > > A workaround is to use the option "print as image" (or so, as I have a > > German version only, there the option is called "als Bild drucken" which > > means "print as image") in acroread. > > With this option set I have not seen any problems so far. > > > > Regards, > > > > Thies Meincke > > > > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Toby Blake wrote: > > > > > Is there such a thing? > > > > > > We're having problems with some (HP) printers complaining about the > > > postscript in certain files (generally generated by acroread), but > > > other (also HP) printers print the same file OK. > > > > > > So, what I want to do, for any particular file, is be able to run it > > > through something that will at least be able to tell me whether it's a > > > valid PS file, so I can get some idea whether it's the printers > > > postscript emulation or the file that's the problem. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Toby Blake > > > University of Edinburgh > > > > +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ > > | Thies Meincke | Tel. : 040/42838-6355 (BN: 0.42838-6355) | > > | Universitaet Hamburg | Fax : 040/42838-6270 (BN: 0.42838-6270) | > > | Regionales Rechenzentrum | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > | Schlueterstr. 70 | URL : http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/ | > > | 20146 Hamburg | RRZ/Personal/TMeincke.html | > > +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. 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