The library on campus has been noticing that long URL's for PDF documents won't print in Acrobat Reader 6.0 or Acrobat Pro 6.0. From the Adobe help desk, we have learned that 261 characters is the limit in 6.0. Apparently there is no limit in 5.0 so the Library is re-installing Acrobat Reader 5.0 on all it's walk-up data base stations.
The long URL's are generated by the library database when it is doing the search for the article needed.
The user cannot save the PDF to the workstation because of the database copyright restrictions. The articles can only be accessed and/or printed but not saved.
Has anyone else encountered this restriction and found a work-around for 6.0? Or knows why there is a limit in 6.0 but not 5.0?
Kathy Tadlock
Support Services, Publishing Services
Wilson Library 564
M.S. 9058
(360)650-3545
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
