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

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

Jeff Chimene 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?
> 
> ISTR that PDF files can be locked against printing. Perhaps that's the
> case?

That illness can be fixed by unchecking kpdf's "Obey DRM limitations"
option. 8-)

... as long as you don't require proprietary plugins to view the pdf...

Cheers,
Johannes