Re: [CGUYS] PDF Printing Problem
Tom, Does this mean that if I want to make a pdf file on my Mac for someone else, I should use the Print option of Save pdf as PostScript? Steve Tom Piwowar wrote: This is why I tell my professional clients to stick to genuine PostScript -- to avoid PostScript clones. HP didn't want to pay for genuine PostScript so wrote their own clone. Apple uses a mix of Adobe and non-Adobe software, which generates non-standard PDFs. Sending a non-standard PDF to a non-standard printer produces non-standard results. Should you be surprised? This document prints without any problem from my HP 4ML laser printer. I wanted to email the document to someone, so I made a pdf file using the Print function in Mac OS 10.4.10. I tried to print this file, and the processing of the file in the computer seemed to proceed normally. However, when the printer got a hold of it, the indication was that it was doing its processing but the file never printed. After many experiments, I found that if I changed the lines from a hairline made into a dotted line by the pattern pallet, to a solid hairline, the pdf file would print normally. I also found that while Adobe Reader sees the dotted or solid hairlines in the pdf file, when Preview looks at the pdf file, it sees just a barely discernable blue-looking line. Has anyone else had this problem? What's going on here? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] PDF Printing Problem
This is why I tell my professional clients to stick to genuine PostScript -- to avoid PostScript clones. HP didn't want to pay for genuine PostScript so wrote their own clone. Apple uses a mix of Adobe and non-Adobe software, which generates non-standard PDFs. Sending a non-standard PDF to a non-standard printer produces non-standard results. Should you be surprised? This document prints without any problem from my HP 4ML laser printer. I wanted to email the document to someone, so I made a pdf file using the Print function in Mac OS 10.4.10. I tried to print this file, and the processing of the file in the computer seemed to proceed normally. However, when the printer got a hold of it, the indication was that it was doing its processing but the file never printed. After many experiments, I found that if I changed the lines from a hairline made into a dotted line by the pattern pallet, to a solid hairline, the pdf file would print normally. I also found that while Adobe Reader sees the dotted or solid hairlines in the pdf file, when Preview looks at the pdf file, it sees just a barely discernable blue-looking line. Has anyone else had this problem? What's going on here? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] PDF Printing Problem
I made a simple AppleWorks Draw document, containing a (originally) tiff file from GraphicConverter, and some lines drawn with the AW line tool. This document prints without any problem from my HP 4ML laser printer. I wanted to email the document to someone, so I made a pdf file using the Print function in Mac OS 10.4.10. I tried to print this file, and the processing of the file in the computer seemed to proceed normally. However, when the printer got a hold of it, the indication was that it was doing its processing but the file never printed. After many experiments, I found that if I changed the lines from a hairline made into a dotted line by the pattern pallet, to a solid hairline, the pdf file would print normally. I also found that while Adobe Reader sees the dotted or solid hairlines in the pdf file, when Preview looks at the pdf file, it sees just a barely discernable blue-looking line. Has anyone else had this problem? What's going on here? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
