Strange PDF printing problems

[Art Alexion]

On Tuesday 16 September 2008 1:58:35 pm Nigel Ridley wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > 2008/9/16 Nigel Ridley <nigel at rmk.co.il>:
> >> I recently downloaded a user manual from Mackie.com:
> >> http://www.mackie.com/pdf/onyx1640_om.pdf
> >>
> >> After downloading it I wanted to print it - but it would only print some
> >> colored heading but not the actual text. This was using both Adobe
> >> Reader 8 and KPDF. Actually I couldn't even highlight and copy any text
> >> (the resulting box only gave the option of copying a graphic to the
> >> clipboard).
> >>
> >> I ended up printing it from my wife's XP computer at work. Why should
> >> the Windows version of Adobe Reader 8 print it when the Linux version
> >> wouldn't?
> >>
> >> OK. things got stranger. I also use Scribus and somebody offered a
> >> script to reduce the size of large PDF's. It uses pdftops and pstopdf
> >> with a simple perl script (being lazy and tired, I just ran the script
> >> on the PDF - 'just to see').
> >> Anyway, there were a couple of errors:
> >>
> >> nigel at laptop:~/Documents/PDF_scripts$ ./compress-newsletter.pl
> >> /home/nigel/Hamaayan/Newsletters/September-08/Test/onyx1640_om.pdf
> >> Running pdftk ...
> >> Error: Failed to open PDF file:
> >>    /home/nigel/Hamaayan/Newsletters/September-08/Test/onyx1640_om.pdf
> >>    OWNER PASSWORD REQUIRED, but not given (or incorrect)
> >> Errors encountered.  No output created.
> >> Done.  Input errors, so no output created.
> >> Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
> >> ./compress-newsletter.pl line 202. Running pdftops ...
> >> Running gs ...
> >> Running pdfopt ...
> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 nigel nigel  2071083 2008-09-15 19:13
> >> /home/nigel/Hamaayan/Newsletters/September-08/Test/onyx1640_om_new.pdf
> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 nigel nigel  1897192 2008-09-06 15:25
> >> /home/nigel/Hamaayan/Newsletters/September-08/Test/onyx1640_om.pdf
> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 nigel nigel 63134149 2008-09-15 19:12
> >> /home/nigel/Hamaayan/Newsletters/September-08/Test/onyx1640_om.ps_8U1cYk
> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 nigel nigel  2068838 2008-09-15 19:13
> >> /home/nigel/Hamaayan/Newsletters/September-08/Test/onyx1640_om.tmp_XXJ0D
> >>b nigel at laptop:~/Documents/PDF_scripts$
> >>
> >> but it did produce a PDF that I could highlight and copy text from - but
> >> on copying the text (and some graphics) into OpenOffice - it still
> >> wouldn't print (as if the text was invisible) BUT, and this is a bit
> >> weird - I then changed the fonts/text to a different color (80% gray - I
> >> try to save ink!) and it printed!!??
> >>
> >> What's going on? Anybody care to enlighten me?
> >
> > Nigel, for me on Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 3.5.10 the PDF opened fine in
> > Okular. I could copy text (text, not only image) and test prionting in
> > the Print Preview and Print To PDF both worked fine.
> >
> > Which KDE do you use? How does Print To PDF turn out? As the problem
> > is common to both KPDF and to Acrobat, which I do not think share any
> > code, I suspect your print drivers (or even the printer, if it is not
> > the same machine as your wife connects to).
>
> Hi Dotan,
>
> Using KPDf I can 'see' the text in the print preview but it doesn't print.
> If I open it in Acroread and print to file, then open the resulting .ps
> with KGhostView, I again can 'see' the text in the print preview but it
> doesn't print. Actually the printer (an Epson Stylus CX3700) does all the
> sounds and mechanical works - I can hear the print head going back and
> forward, nice and slowly as if it's printing something but it's invisible!
> It just prints a piece of text on the side column (vertically) "Owner's
> manual      ONYX 1640" in a light blue color.
>
> My wife's XP box is in her office at work - not connected at all to mine
> (at home).
>
> I am using Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 3.5.9
>
>


I can select text and it prints fine to both color and monochrome laser 
printers here.  The problem is likely with your printer drivers or your ink 
cartridge.
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