any acrobat experts here?

[Bruce Marshall]

On Wednesday 17 September 2003 18:33 pm, Tim Wunder wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 September 2003 9:15 am, someone claiming to be Bruce
> Marshall
>
> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 17 September 2003 8:52 am, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > > On 9/17/2003 8:44 AM, someone claiming to be Bruce Marshall wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 17 September 2003 8:34 am, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > > >>On 9/17/2003 8:29 AM, someone claiming to be Bruce Marshall 
wrote:
> > > >>>On Tuesday 16 September 2003 23:03 pm, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > > >>>>On Tuesday 16 September 2003 7:58 am, someone claiming to be
> > > >>>> dep
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >>>>>greets.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>i've been printing from acrobat via cups. the command is lp
> > > >>>>> -d LJIIIDSS. problem is, i cannot get acrobat to remember
> > > >>>>> this, and i cannot find where in the damned thing the print
> > > >>>>> command is stored. i do not object to cracking open just
> > > >>>>> about any part of it in order to hardwire this, but i cannot
> > > >>>>> for the life of me find it. anybody know?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>tia.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>Well, while we're on the subject of pdf files and printing...
> > > >>>>For some reason, I can't print a particular .pdf file and I'm
> > > >>>>puzzled as to why. Other .pdf files print fine, but not this
> > > >>>>particular one. I was able to print it at work using the
> > > >>>> Windows version of Acrobat Reader 6.0, but not at home using
> > > >>>> acrobat 5.0.5, xpdf, or ggv.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>If you wanna try, you can find the file here:
> > > >>>>http://www.thewunders.org/files/CFSStephen.pdf
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>Regards,
> > > >>>>Tim
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Printed fine here on an HP4000.
> > > >>
> > > >>damn, that sucks.
> > > >>You using CUPS by chance?
> > > >
> > > > Yup,  Acroread  5.0.5  with kprinter specified as the printer,
> > > > into CUPS and then to the HP4000 which is a postscript printer.
> > > >
> > > > I've had similar problems in the past (unprintable files) and it
> > > > seems to usually be due to a 'bad character' (binary zero?) in
> > > > the file.  The same printer would light it's 'processing' light
> > > > and receive the data but would then just turn it off again with
> > > > nothing happening.   I have also seen the printer get screwed up
> > > > where I had to turn it off and back on for a reset to get it to
> > > > print.
> > > >
> > > > Have you tried printing it to a file and then printing the file?
> > >
> > > I've tried printing it to a file, but the resulting file would be
> > > unreadable by ggv, and doesn't print. My printer is an HP960c,
> > > which is not a postscript printer. I'm using Acrobat 5.0.5 and
> > > kprinter into CUPS, just like you. Perhaps the problem lies in the
> > > conversion from PDF to PostScript. What handles that, ghostscript?
> > > the printer driver? something else?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Tim
> >
> > Most likely  enscript
>
> Hmmm...
> Doesn't look like I even *have* an enscript executable...
> # locate enscript
> /usr/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.desktop
> /usr/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.xml
> /opt/kde3/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.desktop
> /opt/kde3/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.xml
> /opt/kde32/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.desktop
> /opt/kde32/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.xml

/usr/bin/enscript
/usr/bin/genscript
/usr/share/doc/packages/enscript
/usr/share/enscript
/usr/share/zsh/4.0.6/functions/_enscript






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+ Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         09/17/03 
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