> > > Dear Linux Using Friends: > > > > > > I've run into a trouble that Firefox users > who > > "print to file" and > > > create pdf output generate files that acroread > cannot > > open. > > > > > > My teaching assistant first discovered this while > > browsing the web. A > > > variety of pdf created by print to file were > viewable > > in evince, but > > > not acrobat. SInce most students are using > acrobat on > > Windows or > > > Macintosh, this created a problem. > > > > > > In my Ubunutu Linux (Hardy Herron) system, the > error > > message I see > > > when I try to open the file is "There was an > > error processing a page. > > > Error while parsing a Form, Type 3 font, or > > Pattern." I have not seen > > > the Microsoft Acroboat error with my own eyes, > but the > > students > > > complain it says "not a valid pdf > file." > > > > > > In one example, the error says "Adobe Reader > > could not open 'file.pdf' > > > because it is either not a supported file type or > > becausethefile has > > > been damaged (for example, it was sent as an > email > > attachment and > > > wasn't correctly decoded)". However, > the > > EXACT same file can be > > > viewed with Evince: > > > > > > http://pj.freefaculty.org/linux/file.pdf > > > > That's not a PDF file, however. It's > PostScript. > > Display it with > > "less" to see. > > > > -- > > Evince opens both files up, but the first has the second > page not show properly. If the files are ps files disguised > as PDF, then evince will open them, but acrobat won't. > This has happened to me. Solution might be a > # yum install cups-pdf > > and then print to pdf using cups-pdf and the pdf should be > viewable in Acrobat Reader. > > Regards, > > Antonio > > > > > -- BTW, I converted the first file using cups-pdf in Fedora and it should work on Acrobat Reader if you want to verify I posted it here: >From here: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/02/26/222036/is-e-voting-a-threat-to-our-democracy.htm I got a printer friendly version and I printed to pdf using cups-pdf directly from Firefox http://www.geocities.com/olivares14031/Is_e-voting_a_threat_to_our_democracy____26_Feb_2007___ComputerWeekly.pdf Regards, Antonio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
