On Wednesday 17 September 2003 8:52 am, Tim Wunder wrote: > On 9/17/2003 8:44 AM, someone claiming to be Bruce Marshall wrote: > > On Wednesday 17 September 2003 8:34 am, Tim Wunder wrote: > >>On 9/17/2003 8:29 AM, someone claiming to be Bruce Marshall wrote: > >>>On Tuesday 16 September 2003 23:03 pm, Tim Wunder wrote: > >>>>On Tuesday 16 September 2003 7:58 am, someone claiming to be dep > > > > wrote: > >>>>>greets. > >>>>> > >>>>>i've been printing from acrobat via cups. the command is lp -d > >>>>>LJIIIDSS. problem is, i cannot get acrobat to remember this, and > >>>>> i cannot find where in the damned thing the print command is > >>>>> stored. i do not object to cracking open just about any part of > >>>>> it in order to hardwire this, but i cannot for the life of me > >>>>> find it. anybody know? > >>>>> > >>>>>tia. > >>>> > >>>>Well, while we're on the subject of pdf files and printing... > >>>>For some reason, I can't print a particular .pdf file and I'm > >>>>puzzled as to why. Other .pdf files print fine, but not this > >>>>particular one. I was able to print it at work using the Windows > >>>>version of Acrobat Reader 6.0, but not at home using acrobat > >>>> 5.0.5, xpdf, or ggv. > >>>> > >>>>If you wanna try, you can find the file here: > >>>>http://www.thewunders.org/files/CFSStephen.pdf > >>>> > >>>>Regards, > >>>>Tim > >>> > >>>Printed fine here on an HP4000. > >> > >>damn, that sucks. > >>You using CUPS by chance? > > > > Yup, Acroread 5.0.5 with kprinter specified as the printer, into > > CUPS and then to the HP4000 which is a postscript printer. > > > > I've had similar problems in the past (unprintable files) and it > > seems to usually be due to a 'bad character' (binary zero?) in the > > file. The same printer would light it's 'processing' light and > > receive the data but would then just turn it off again with nothing > > happening. I have also seen the printer get screwed up where I had > > to turn it off and back on for a reset to get it to print. > > > > Have you tried printing it to a file and then printing the file? > > I've tried printing it to a file, but the resulting file would be > unreadable by ggv, and doesn't print. My printer is an HP960c, which > is not a postscript printer. I'm using Acrobat 5.0.5 and kprinter into > CUPS, just like you. Perhaps the problem lies in the conversion from > PDF to PostScript. What handles that, ghostscript? the printer driver? > something else? > > Thanks, > Tim
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