The PDF may have been created using Acrobat. I also encountered one like this. It's password-protected. They're primary function, usually for a free sample of a book, is for readers to appreciate the contents, when you like it, buy it. It's meant to discourage printing online book samples.
Save yourself the frustration. Unless you want to scour through the file to decrypt it, which may be a waste of time anyway. Hope that helps. On 5/16/05, Mhac Janapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is quite interesting to encounter this. I was trying to print out > an article for my research. It was a PDF file and I opened it up in > KPDF (then later Acrobat7 for Linux). After I hit print, It just sat > there a Looooong Tiiiime. I became impatient and started killing every > process involved. I tried to just print to file (.ps) and then move on > from there. After printing it out, even gv was not able to read it. It > just showed me the first word on the first page of the article and > then quit with an error. > I tried Print Preview in KPDF and it showed me the same thing and just > sat there for a loooong tiiiiime. > > It's not the printer nor KPDF nor Acrobat. It's the PDF file. I was > wondering if this file has a sort of "print protection" with it. > > The file can be downloaded here: > http://www.pbts.net.ph/goodies/speech_act.pdf > > It would be nice to get it printed though; although I can read off my screen. > > Mhac > > -- > Peace! > .---. .----------- > / \ __ / ------ > / / \( )/ ----- > ////// ' \/ ` --- > //// / // : : --- > // / / /` '-- > // //..\\ > =============UU====UU==== > '//||\\` > ''`` > Mozilla Firefox 1 - getfirefox.com > Mozilla Thunderbird 1 - mozilla.org > OpenOffice.org 1 > ============= > http://mulingsilang.blogspot.com > I'm an Open Source Enthusiast. c",) > ============= > Be a hero! > http://www.herowar.com/blitz/recruit.phtml?id=893 > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Tito Mari Francis H. Esca�o Computer Engineer and GNU/Linux Proponent _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
