Simplifying the print job
Hello everyone, I have created a lyx document and converted it to pdf using pdflatex. When I print the pdf document, the HP laser printer gives me an error message "21 Page Too Complex" and some of the pages print in half only, I googled that error and found http://www.printertechs.com/tech/error-codes/error-codes-20-49.php which advices to simplify the print job. My question, how can I ensure my lyx document is "simply" when I convert it to pdf? Sincerely, Yousef A. Raffah Join FSF as an Associate Member at: member.fsf.org Get a real browser! Get Firefox signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Simplifying the print job
Yousef Raffah wrote: I have created a lyx document and converted it to pdf using pdflatex. When I print the pdf document, the HP laser printer gives me an error message "21 Page Too Complex" and some of the pages print in half only, I googled that error and found http://www.printertechs.com/tech/error-codes/error-codes-20-49.php which advices to simplify the print job. My question, how can I ensure my lyx document is "simply" when I convert it to pdf? Haven't seen this problem (and don't use an HP laser), but what happens if you use a different method of producing a PDF? LyX supports at least three different approaches: direct to PDF using pdflatex; through dvi using dvipdfm; or through Postscript using ps2pdf. On the LyX export menu the last one is denoted PDF with no qualifier. In my experience, the last one generates the smallest files, which may well imply less complex page output once converted to PCL. There have been several posts to the list about the relative merits of the three methods (particularly when graphics are involved?), and I know that the beamer package requires pdflatex, but you might try one or the other two and see if you like the output quality and if your printer finds it more digestible. -- Paul
Re: Simplifying the print job
Yousef Raffah wrote: I have created a lyx document and converted it to pdf using pdflatex. When I print the pdf document, the HP laser printer gives me an error message "21 Page Too Complex" and some of the pages print in half only, I googled that error and found http://www.printertechs.com/tech/error-codes/error-codes-20-49.php which advices to simplify the print job. My question, how can I ensure my lyx document is "simply" when I convert it to pdf? As far as I know, that's difficult to do in LyX itself without changing the content of the document. There are probably places where you could achieve the same final appearance with different LaTeX constructs which would produce a simpler PDF structure, but I don't know any easy way to find them. I'd recommend starting with the settings for your printer driver (if this is Windows - remember when posting a question to say what your platform is!) and the program you're using to print the PDF. Adobe has some suggestions at [1] for problems printing PDF documents to a Postscript printer. The easiest solution, though, is to add more memory to your printer, if that's an option. 1. http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/316508.html -- Michael Wojcik
Re: Simplifying the print job
Yousef Raffah wrote: Hello everyone, I have created a lyx document and converted it to pdf using pdflatex. When I print the pdf document, the HP laser printer gives me an error message "21 Page Too Complex" and some of the pages print in half only, I googled that error and found http://www.printertechs.com/tech/error-codes/error-codes-20-49.php which advices to simplify the print job. My question, how can I ensure my lyx document is "simply" when I convert it to pdf? There are some utilities you could try: * pdfopt: this program optimizes pdf files so acrobat can show them quicker. It might also help your printer. * Convert to postscript (pdftops, pdf2ps) before printing. You can then use ps2ps/pstops to further optimize the postscript file. ps2ps can change postscript language level, if that helps your printer. Helge Hafting
