Hi Mike, On 09-Jul-2003 Mike Stroud wrote: > Hi, I have been printing out a lengthy pdf file on my Personal > Laserwriter 320. I have a beige g3 tower, 466mhz upgrade, 384 RAM > and OS 9.2.2. > I have been getting an unbearable number of postscript errors. I > have tried a lot of things, printing only a few pages, resetting the > pram, rebuilding the desktop, increasing the memory to the desktop > printer, downloading Adobe's postscript printer, unplugging the > printer to reset it, countless restarts of the computer. Many of > these things give a short term fix (particularly getting the Adobe > postscript printer) but gradually the problem comes back and now its > gotten fairly consistent in that it will print about two or three > pages and then I get a postscript printer error and it either gives > up entirely or asks me if I want to try again. > I have this problem with no other application that I know of. I have > tried printing other pdfs and get the same postscript errors > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
this sounds suspiciously like the pdf problems I encounter frequently on *nix systems. For pdf files printed with acrobat reader I've about a 50-50 chance of actually getting anything on the printer. Sometimes it just wont print. What occasionally (but not always) helps to process the pdf in ghostscript (I think there is a MAC version too) and rerun the ps again with pswrite as output device, setting explicitly page size. If that doesn't help and I *really* need the printout I run them through ghostscript with a picture format as output (png, gif,...) and print *these*. I personally blame acrobat for pdf/postscript problems due to imcompatibilities and plain garbage in the created ps files. This is valid for any version or *nix-acroread. I couldn't see any improvement with the versions. Printing in Windows acroread to a *non ps printer* seems to work mostly as this is converting to graphics in the first place. K.-H. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
