Can't print a .pdf

[Clay Weber]

On Friday, August 15, 2014 08:54:04 PM Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
> 
> Weird problem, I have a .pdf that  renders on screen ok, but
> I can't print it.  Using acroread to view it, and send it to the printer,
> it will munch along on the file (its north of 22 megabytes) for about
> 20-25 minutes, eventually reporting the failure.
> 
> This file contains about 4 places in it where the page is, I assume,
> intended to be cut down the middle of a double wide page, 
presumably on 2
> facing pages with a binder ditch between them that does not show 
on
> screen.
> 
> But its apparent that the filters in the 10.04.4 LTS version aren't
> capable of doing the one double wide renderings I see on screen 
into 2
> facing pages at the printer output.
> 
> Is this something that may have been fixed in the 14.04.1 LTS, or is
> someone playing illegal tricks in the generation of a .pdf as a doc file
> for a line of semi-conductor opto-devices Toshiba is trying to sell us?
> 
> Thanks for any help in this.
> 
> Cheers all, Gene Heskett

What about Okular or the command lpr name-of-doc.pdf? Will it print 
from those? I have no idea what Adobe uses for printing, something 
built in or using the OS/system printing bits. 

Have  you looked at newer acroread from Adobe? Though since they 
dropped Linux support after version 9.x, you are likely hit and miss on 
being able to install it. Not sure if 14.04 will be any better in the 
acroreader department due to the lack of new Linux versions, but 
Okular has improved a bit in the past 4 years. Not up to Adobe 
reader's level, but better.

Hmm  looking at dates, it looks like 9.x is likely what you already have.

There may be some dolphin service menus that send pdfs directly to 
the printer that should still work on 10.04, if direct printing of the file 
works.


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