Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> writes: > >>>> In my sister's home directory there is a pdf file that won't respond to the >>>> `lp' command. All others pdf files in the same directory behave all right, >>>> and the permissions are the same. The only difference is the creation >>>> date, which is today wheras the other files are older. >>>> >>>> The thing looks mysterious to me. >>>> >>>> Can anybody suggest any explanation/remedy? > > > > "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtu...@vianet.ca> writes: > >>> 1. Are you sure that it is a .pdf file? run file on it. >> >> Yes, `file' says it is, and besides it can be viewed by xpdf. >> >> >> >>> 2. Did she put that file there? >> Yes, she did. >> >> >> >>> 4. If the file opens with a pdf viewer, what happens if you try to >>> print from the viewer? >> >> It won't be printed either! > > > > Norbert Zeh <n...@cs.dal.ca> writes: > >> What paper format does the file use? I've had printers refuse to print >> files that used odd page sizes (such as Springer online files). If the >> paper size is odd, there should be a way to scale it to letter size, >> even though I don't remember how. > > > > With the same printer, MS Windows Adobe Reader prints the file normally. > > Rodolfo > >
Well, you could try saving it as a PS file first, opening that PS file in a gv (or any other PS file viewer) and see if you get the right looking document. If yes, try printing from there. If no, then perhaps it is a font problem. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
