PDF woes

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:24:56 +1100
James McDonald <james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> wrote:

> Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
> 
> > Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> http://travel.state.gov/DS-0082.pdf
> >>
> >
> > Prints fine here directly from the acrobat plugin in moz 1.6.
> > Klaus
> 
> I get this when printing to kde print to pdf option
> 
> gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite 
> -sOutputFile=$out{/home/jamesm/print.pdf} -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -c .setpdfwrite 
> -f '/tmp/AcroQHG3Hc' : execution failed with message:
> This PostScript file was created from an encrypted PDF file. 
> Redistilling encrypted PDF is not permitted. Error: /undefine in --get- 
> Operand stack: --nostringval-- --dict:88/200(L)-- quit Execution stack: 
> %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 
> %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 
> %stop ed_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 
> %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval - --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 
> %stopped_push --nostringval-- 2 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostri 
> gval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- Dictionary stack: 
> --dict:1065/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:88/200(L)-- 
> --dict:1065/1123(ro)(G)-- Current allocation mode is local GNU 
> Ghostscript 7.0 : Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

Same here

> If I print to my cups-pdf printer it errors out also.

No doubt, as I think it is the interpretation of the PS file and not the
generation of the printer file that is the problem. I have had an Epson and
an HP and a PDF file as the target, all with failures.

> When I print to a ps file from within acroread it works. and printing 
> the resultant ps file to a pdf printer works

Not same as here. The PS file cannot be handled by EPS ghostscript. And thus
not printed. Since your 'gs' works, I am surprised at your results. Do you
have two ghostscripts installed? Otherwise the command that failed (above)
is not so very different from the one CUPS does when you print from Acrobat.
They should both fail. Unless you have more than one.

> I am using acrobat 5.0.8 (it says 5.05 on the splash but the fine print 
> says 5.08)

Same here.

The mystery continues.

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