[cups.general] Acrobat (PDF) print question.

[Reg Clemens]

> Im not sure where to best ask this question, but since a lot of
> printer savey folks read this list, perhaps someone here can
> help me.
> 
> The question has to do with printing Acrobat pdf files thru CUPS.
> I had always thought that the REASON for Acrobat was so that
> a user didnt have all the problems of not having the fonts that
> a Postscript document asked for...
> 
> Yet in recent months, and just now, I have a PDF file that wont
> print, and the error message that is spit out by my printer is that
> it doesnt have TimesNewRoman as a font.
> 
> Is there anything I can do in a case like this (this is a HPLJ4M+
> and needless to say it doesnt have this font).
> 
> I guess I would accept its best shot with some font that it does 
> have (probably TimesRoman), but Ive seen this same error
> with a half dozen different fonts named in the error message,
> and I have a hard time believeing
> 
>     (a) that modern printer have all these fonts built in.
>     (b) that there isnt some way to print these documents...
> 
> Any suggestions/help appreciated.
> 

I hate to answer my own questions, but while Acrobat displays the
document fine, it generates Postscript with unavailable fonts.

The solution was to try xpdf.  It printed the document fine.  
Guess Ill start using it rather than Acrobat for viewing/printing.

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                                        Reg.Clemens
                                        reg at dwf.com