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Re: mysterious pdf file won't be printed, all others will!



On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 03:15:30PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> In my sister's home directory there is a pdf file that won't respond to the
>> `lp' command.  All others pdf files in the same directory behave all right,
>> and the permissions are the same.  The only difference is the creation date,
>> which is today wheras the other files are older.
>> 
>> The thing looks mysterious to me.
>> 
>> Can anybody suggest any explanation/remedy?



"Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@vianet.ca> writes:

> 1.	Are you sure that it is a .pdf file?  run file on it.


Yes, `file' says it is, and besides it can be viewed by xpdf.



> 2.	Did she put that file there?

Yes, she did.



> 4.	If the file opens with a pdf viewer, what happens if you try to
> 	print from the viewer?


It won't be printed either!

Thanks
Rodolfo


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