kpdf vs Adobe Reader

Paul S paulatgm at gmail.com
Thu Sep 20 16:47:36 UTC 2007


D. Michael McIntyre said the following on 09/19/2007 10:29 PM:
> On Wednesday 19 September 2007, Paul S wrote:
>> Try this: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/requestformfinal.pdf
> 
> OK, I printed it out with KPDF, and it came out what I would have defined as 
> perfectly.  Everything was on the page, and it was perfectly legible.
> 
> Then I installed Acroread, and printed it from there.  There is a very 
> negligible difference.
> 
> Let's see...  Solid boxes in the four corners.  Width.
> 
> KPDF printout:  0.260"
> Adobe printout:  0.249"
> 
> Width of all the hollow boxes for Appartment No/Private Mailbox.
> 
> KPDF:  2.61"
> Adobe:  2.51"
> 
> (Yes, I got out my dial calipers.  Whee!)
> 
> So the Adobe printout is actually just a little smaller and more compact for 
> me.  I don't think I would have noticed the difference if I hadn't been 
> looking for it though.

OK, I'll give kpdf another try.  The last time I tried it was too big 
(cut off the margins).




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