Printing pdf files, Acroread and lpr

2005-01-07 Thread David Baron
As I no longer succeed in doing this in acroread--the print-job icon appears and then disappears and this has been a long time problem--I have been going directly through lpr. Lpr worked just fine. Since A4 pages were going into a letter size printer, it intelligently cut off images on top and

Re: Printing .pdf files

2001-09-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 03:27:22AM -0400, Jason Boxman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Monday 17 September 2001 03:10 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:55:45PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 11:02:52AM +1000, [EMAIL PROT

Re: Printing .pdf files

2001-09-17 Thread Jason Boxman
On Monday 17 September 2001 03:10 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:55:45PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 11:02:52AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 02:17:25AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > >

Re: Printing .pdf files

2001-09-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:55:45PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 11:02:52AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 02:17:25AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 09:37:45AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL

Re: Printing .pdf files

2001-09-16 Thread mdevin
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 11:02:52AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 02:17:25AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 09:37:45AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I am getting totally frustrated with trying to print .pdf files

Re: Printing .pdf files

2001-09-16 Thread mdevin
On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 02:17:25AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 09:37:45AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I am getting totally frustrated with trying to print .pdf files. > > > > Here is my setup: > > Printer: HP1220 - Laser with post-script l

Re: Printing .pdf files

2001-09-16 Thread mdevin
On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 02:17:25AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 09:37:45AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I am getting totally frustrated with trying to print .pdf files. > > > > Here is my setup: > > Printer: HP1220 - Laser with post-script l

Re: Printing .pdf files

2001-09-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 09:37:45AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am getting totally frustrated with trying to print .pdf files. > > Here is my setup: > Printer: HP1220 - Laser with post-script level 2 emulation > Print driver: CUPS (the potato version - cupsys_1.0.4-9_i3

Printing .pdf files

2001-09-13 Thread mdevin
I am getting totally frustrated with trying to print .pdf files. Here is my setup: Printer: HP1220 - Laser with post-script level 2 emulation Print driver: CUPS (the potato version - cupsys_1.0.4-9_i386.deb) What happens is, I have heaps of trouble trying to stop the edges of pages being chopped

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-16 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > 1) I also run into problems with the postscript that acroread produces. My gs > version is 3.33. Yes, that one is known to fail. > 2) gs-aladin is in non-free. I use gs-aladdin5.03-0.99 which prints pdf files nicely. Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-16 Thread shaul
1) I also run into problems with the postscript that acroread produces. My gs version is 3.33. 2) gs-aladin is in non-free. I have tried xpdf (with the included pdftops) version 0.6, which is declared as beta. It did not worked for me. Perhaps you will have more luck. Maybee there is a new versi

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-13 Thread Avery Pennarun
On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 09:06:27PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > > In any case, ghostscripts starting at about 4.0 (I think) can print pdf > > files natively. Skip the acroread step, and just ghostscript it directly. > > (I'm not sure magicfilter can handle this on its own though!) > > How does one

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Carl Fink wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 01:15:06AM -0800, Matt Thompson wrote: > > > I find that printing from Acroread produces some postscript that ghostscript > > doesn't like. This may be a bug in either package, I don't know. > > I've seen this also. > > > In a

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-13 Thread Carl Fink
> On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 01:15:06AM -0800, Matt Thompson wrote: > I find that printing from Acroread produces some postscript that ghostscript > doesn't like. This may be a bug in either package, I don't know. I've seen this also. > In any case, ghostscripts starting at about 4.0 (I think) c

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-12 Thread Jameson Burt
I believe I had a similar problem last year with IRS forms. I have but 4MB of printer memory. Perhaps you have too little printer memory for such a large file. Maybe there is a slick way around low printer memory. In the end, I selected a few pages at a time for printing. > I hope the cross-posti

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-12 Thread Adam P. Harris
[You (Avery Pennarun)] >(I'm not sure magicfilter can handle this on its own though!) Yes it can. .A. P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 08:06:53AM -0500, Avery Pennarun wrote: > I find that printing from Acroread produces some postscript that ghostscript > doesn't like. This may be a bug in either package, I don't know. Well, you're in some trouble if you can't trust Adobe to produce valid postscript ...

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-12 Thread Avery Pennarun
On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 01:15:06AM -0800, Matt Thompson wrote: > I hope the cross-posting is OK. I'm running a fully-updated hamm system > and wasn't sure if one was more correct than the other. > > I was trying to print out my tax forms with Acrobat Reader. I have an HP > DJ660Cse, with magicf

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-12 Thread joost witteveen
In an attempt to save the world from disaster, Matt Thompson wrote: > I hope the cross-posting is OK. I'm running a fully-updated hamm system > and wasn't sure if one was more correct than the other. > > I was trying to print out my tax forms with Acrobat Reader. I have an HP > DJ660Cse, with ma

Re: printing .pdf files

1998-02-12 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > I hope the cross-posting is OK. I'm running a fully-updated hamm system > and wasn't sure if one was more correct than the other. > > I was trying to print out my tax forms with Acrobat Reader. I have an HP > DJ660Cse, with magicfilter, djtools and GV installed. I was able to > print: > >

printing .pdf files

1998-02-12 Thread Matt Thompson
I hope the cross-posting is OK. I'm running a fully-updated hamm system and wasn't sure if one was more correct than the other. I was trying to print out my tax forms with Acrobat Reader. I have an HP DJ660Cse, with magicfilter, djtools and GV installed. I was able to print: ftp://ftp.fedworld

Re: printing pdf files

1996-12-23 Thread Anthony Fok
Hello Lars! On 21 Dec 1996, lars wrote: > I know how to view pdf files now, and like to use gs... which happens > to be the main filter in apsfilter... however, when I try to print pdf > files with something like "lpr .pdf" i get an error > message. I want to modify apsfilter to recognize PDF fil

printing pdf files

1996-12-22 Thread lars
I know how to view pdf files now, and like to use gs... which happens to be the main filter in apsfilter... however, when I try to print pdf files with something like "lpr .pdf" i get an error message. I want to modify apsfilter to recognize PDF files, but can't figure it out. Can someone please po