Re: can't print from acroread
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 11:18:00AM -0800, peanut butter wrote:
> Hi, I'm using lprng with filter /etc/magicfilter/ljet4-filter to an HP
> Laserjet 5M printer. Though things print fine from the command line,
> if I open a pdf with acroread, nothing prints when clicking the print
> button from within the application. A pop-up window will appear saying
> that the print job has been submitted and it will sequentially course
> through each page number of the document giving every sign that things
> should be printing yet nothing ever appears in the print
> queue, nothing ever comes out of the printer and an error message
> never shows up in any system log file (that I've ever checked, anyhow).
>
> Supposing this is too specific a problem for anyone to immediately
> have an idea as to the cause, can anyone at least suggest
> some manner at which to attempt to trace what's going on here and
> where the failure is occurring?
can you print the file in question if you have acroread direct its
output to a file, which you then send to the printer manually?
Can you view the resulting PS-file in ghostscript?
Erdmut
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