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?
Just a guess, but....
I had a similar problem with only certain .pdf documents. The error
light on my Lexmark Optra E312 would flash when lpr was sending data to
the printer and nothing was printed although there were no error
messages. I used pdftops to convert the file to .ps and noticed that
the first line said "%!PS-Adobe-3.0". My printer only handles PS
level 2, so I believe this was the problem. I think it had something
to do with the way the document was created and neither acroread nor
pdftops could convert to level 2 postscript, although I had selected
level 2 in the acroread print dialog box.
Bob
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