Re: PDF generation

From	Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject	Re: PDF generation
Message-ID	<d7fd87d752.harriet@blueyonder.co.uk> (permalink)
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Organization	virginmedia.com
Date	2012-09-30 23:35 +0100

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On 29 Sep 2012 as I do recall,
          Martin Bazley  wrote:

[snip]

> I've frequently had this problem where the printing system deletes all
> of the text in a document but leaves the paths intact.  It happens
> whether converting to PDF with PrintPDF or actually printing
> documents, and the originating application is irrelevant (I've
> witnessed it in EasiWriter, Draw, OpenVector and PDF).
>
> Unfortunately it's intermittent, and although there's no cure (apart
> from converting all the text to paths if possible) once the PostScript
> driver's taken a dislike to a given document, the most reliable
> workaround I have thus found is to print exactly the same document on a
> different computer.

As an appendix to this:   the last time it happened (a few days ago) I
was eventually able to print *exactly the same* file to PDF successfully
using *exactly the same computer* as it had consistently failed on the
day before.   Either the problem is coming from random bits of data in
the Wimpslot or it's date-related.   :-)

NB the problem was in the PostScript output, not the PDF conversion....

-- 
Harriet Bazley                     ==  Loyaulte me lie ==

The attacker must vanquish; the defender need only survive.

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  Re: PDF generation Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-09-26 22:33 +0100
    Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-27 00:11 +0100
    Re: PDF generation Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-09-27 00:21 +0100
      Re: PDF generation Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2012-09-27 09:34 +0200
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      Re: PDF generation Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 10:59 +0100
        Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-27 21:22 +0100
          Re: PDF generation Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-09-27 22:52 +0100
          Re: PDF generation Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 13:06 +0100
            Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-28 21:30 +0100
              Re: PDF generation Dave Wisnia at home <david@wisnia.net> - 2012-09-29 12:39 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-09-29 13:17 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-09-29 17:08 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2012-09-30 23:35 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-10-01 12:33 +0100
                Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-29 20:37 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-09-30 16:32 +0100
                Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-30 21:14 +0100
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                Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-30 21:19 +0100
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                Re: PDF generation Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-09-30 23:10 +0100
                Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-30 23:43 +0100
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