PDF woes

[Klaus-Peter Schrage]

Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

> 
> That all makes sense to me. It would explain the problem running ps2pdf on
> the ps file from acrobat.
> 
> However, I still do not know why I cannot print the file or view it in
> ghostscript, while others can. The postscript I get from acrobat 5.0.8 for
> Linux must be the same as others get. So the difference here must be in
> ghostscript. Can you see what version of Ghostscript your CUPS is using?
> 

If only I could tell ... The documentation included with my version of 
cups (1.1.17) clearly says:

'CUPS also includes a customized version of GNU Ghostscript (currently 
based off GNU Ghostscript 5.50) and an image file RIP that are used to 
support non-PostScript printers. Sample drivers for HP and EPSON 
printers are included that use these filters.'

On the other hand, looking into some of the scripts coming with cups 
(eg. /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster) I find that ghostscript is invoked 
via a 'gs' command, and that points to the ghostscript version supplied 
by the system - in my case:

[kp at kp kp]$ gs
GNU Ghostscript 7.07 (2003-05-17)

Looking at
http://www.cups.org/ghostscript.php
also suggests that cups is now relying on the ghostscript version 
installed by the respective distro.

Perhaps you could really send me your PS file generated by Acrobat's 
print-to-file option and I'll try if a can print it by a simple
	lpr roger.ps
That should work!
Klaus