Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> writes: >>> In my sister's home directory there is a pdf file that won't respond to the >>> `lp' command. All others pdf files in the same directory behave all right, >>> and the permissions are the same. The only difference is the creation >>> date, which is today wheras the other files are older. >>> >>> The thing looks mysterious to me. >>> >>> Can anybody suggest any explanation/remedy?
"Douglas A. Tutty" <dtu...@vianet.ca> writes: >> 1. Are you sure that it is a .pdf file? run file on it. > > > Yes, `file' says it is, and besides it can be viewed by xpdf. > > > >> 2. Did she put that file there? > > Yes, she did. > > > >> 4. If the file opens with a pdf viewer, what happens if you try to >> print from the viewer? > > > It won't be printed either! Norbert Zeh <n...@cs.dal.ca> writes: > What paper format does the file use? I've had printers refuse to print > files that used odd page sizes (such as Springer online files). If the > paper size is odd, there should be a way to scale it to letter size, > even though I don't remember how. With the same printer, MS Windows Adobe Reader prints the file normally. Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
