From claus.gerhardt@urz.uni-heidelberg.de Tue Mar 2 21:45:29 2004 Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 22:15:46 +0100 From: Claus Gerhardt Reply-To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Printing Bug: Metafun Manual with Apple Preview.app As a follow-up: the culprit seems to be cgpdftops. When I used pdf2ps to obtain the ps file and then performed as before ps2pdf the final pdf file okay. Claus On 02.03.2004, at 21:53, Claus Gerhardt wrote: > The problem isn't caused by a printer: I did print p.37 to a file as > ps and then transformed the ps file via pstopdf (gs 8). The pdf file > was blurred if the ps initiating application was Preview (%%Creator: > (Preview: cgpdftops CUPS filter)) but it was fine if Acrobat had been > for the printing to a ps file (%%Creator: (Acrobat: pictwpstops filter > 1.0)). > > Claus > > On 02.03.2004, at 20:43, Wendy McKay wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------- >> On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Julien Salort wrote: >> >>> Jesse Hamner wrote: >>> >>>> I think printing the PDF in Linux was just to show the PDF itself >>>> doesn't contain errors. That's why I printed using a PC/Win2k >>>> immediately after printing using the Dual G4 running 10.2.8. If we >>>> can >>>> isolate the OS, application or hardware as the source of the >>>> problem, it >>>> will be easier to track down the root cause. >>> >>> \begin{Spock} >>> Then it would have been logical to try with Adobe Reader on MacOS X. >>> \end{Spock} >>> ---------------------------------------------------- >> >> Thanks to all who have submitted forms or replied. >> >> Although we know that the pdf created works with Acrobat/Reader, >> Apple would like to know if this is a bug with Preview.app and >> and not a printer driver problem, or ... >> >> We have yet to find a printer that will print page 37-- >> perfectly anytime from Preview.app. >> >> According to some reports the manual prints on PCs and Linux/Unix >> without >> problems. If you try this out please add it to the Comments. >> >> >> Please continue to submit reports and have some Metafun. :-) >> >> ///wendy >> ----------------------------------------------------- Please see for list guidelines, information, and LaTeX/TeX resources.