> Usually, when I get problems with xpdf on a PDF, it is a PDF
> 1.5. Either it simply doesn't work, or very slowly, or text search
> doesn't work in the PDF.
Lionel,
In my experience, the Xpdf upstream author is very responsive to bugs.
If you provide him with a suitable test case, I have no doubt he'll
solve your problem.
Juliusz