[cups.general] Problem printing pdf document

[Franz Pfoertsch]

Ambrose Li wrote:

> On 06/09/06, Helge Blischke <h.blischke at srz.de> wrote:
>> Seeme the chinese font (the first one used) is corrupted.
>> I tested the file on 2 different HP printers which died
>> witz "79.00FE" error on the printer's display, and a level3
>> (3015.xxx) printer with a true Adobe RIP  complained with
>> an invalidfont error.
>>
>> Queer enough, my hacked Ghostscript 7.00 (quite old, isn't it?)
>> rendered it successfully (at least without complaining).
>>
>> Helge
> 
> This is no surprise at all. Some fonts work with Ghostscript 7 way
> better than Ghostscript 8, and I still use Ghostscript 7 from time
> to time because Ghostscript 8 sometimes just doesn't work.
> 
> Ghostscript 8 does seem to be (needlessly, IMHO) much stricter
> about fonts than Ghostscript 7, and when Ghostscript 8 first came
> out some Chinese fonts just stopped working.  (There were only
> a handful free ones back then, so it was really bad and I put off
> upgrading for as long as I could.)
> 
> I suppose the PS level 3 printers are similarly stricter than old
> printers...
> 
I have done some more test.

When I try to view that file using xpdf the chinese fonts not viewed!

My question is do we have any chance to generate a valid postscript with
pdftops or is the pdf-file broken.

my software vendor of the pdf generator told me "acrobat is working, so
everything is ok!".

regards and thanks
Franz