John Jason Jordan wrote:
I could swear I have seen messages on this e-list regarding exporting
to PDF from OOo 3.0. Of course, I wasn't using 3.0 until just today, so
I didn't save anything about 3.0. I can search in the archives, but the
search function doesn't seem to allow sorting by date. So I get pages
and pages of posts in random date order back to 2002.
I am using 3.0 on Ubuntu Intrepid x86_64, installed from the download
file. I have used OOo since 0.9 and I have never had a problem with a
PDF exported from OOo.
However, today I exported a simple text file to PDF and Adobe Reader
8.1 prints garbage. Okular prints it, but its print dialog box is
messed up - lots of bugs. Evince, the least fully featured PDF reader I
have, prints it just fine. And all three of them display it fine on
screen. It's just that Adobe Reader prints stray garbled characters
randomly on the page and that's all.
I am printing to a Laserjet 4M+, which has both PCL5 and genuine Adobe
PostScript Level 2. The output from Adobe Reader is messed up
regardless of which driver I use, although the mess is slightly
different.
Somewhere there has to be a bug report list or some documentation. Can
someone point me to it?
Here is a thought. Have you looked into the printer? How about the file
itself?
I run into trouble with the same printer using XP/pro. File reads fine
on the
screen, but it prints out 1/4 normal size on the paper. There were two
problems
that crept up. One: Some stray hidden characters got into the file at
the beginning
and caused the trouble. All I had to do was cut/paste the whole file
EXCEPT the
first few words to a new document. The other cause was something did
something
to the Laser 4M+'s driver. If the cut/paste did not work, then
reinstall the driver
did. If all else failed, I deleted the user install info files and did
a clean install. Once
and a while I get something changed in the user's system setup file for
OOo and the
only way I get it fixed is to do a clean install with no user preference
file on the
system.
I know you use Linux, but this is what happened to me. I know use Vista and
my Laser 4M+ is in need of repair, so I have not had to deal with it for
a while.
This "error" was a problem with both OOo 2.x and 3.x. So it may be in your
version of OOo coding as well.
I hope this gives you a thought on what may be wrong.
[ Also, for you Vista haters, like me, older Acrobat "printers" do not
work as well
as doPDF does. Acrobat gave me trouble with images and errors. doPDF
works better and faster than Adobe's product. I had Acrobat 6 and then 7.]
Tim L.
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