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On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:25:09 -0600 |
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Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 09:43:06AM -0700, Joseph wrote: |
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> > I have a document "letter" size in landscape mode and I'm trying to |
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> > print it with e-document viewer 4-pages per side and it will not |
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> > print. Some documents prints OK but this one will not print it. |
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> > |
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> > Are there better programs in Linux for printing pdf files? |
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> > |
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> > pdfinfo Biol_321_2013_Lec_06_Biogeography_1_per.pdf |
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> > Title: Microsoft PowerPoint - Biol 321 2013 Lec 06 |
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> > Biogeography.pptx Author: hproctor |
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> > Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2 |
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> > Producer: Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows) |
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> > CreationDate: Wed Jan 23 17:43:54 2013 |
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> > ModDate: Wed Jan 23 17:43:54 2013 |
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> > Tagged: no |
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> > Pages: 18 |
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> > Encrypted: no |
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> > Page size: 612 x 792 pts (letter) |
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> > File size: 961318 bytes |
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> > Optimized: yes |
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> > PDF version: 1.4 |
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> |
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> lp still does a good job for me: |
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> |
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> mingdao@workstation ~ $ lpstat -a |
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> Officejet_Pro_8500_A910 accepting requests since Wed 23 Jan 2013 |
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> 02:52:15 PM CST mingdao@workstation ~ $ lp -d Officejet_Pro_8500_A910 |
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> -o scaling=75 HOW-TO/apcupsd.pdf request id is |
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> Officejet_Pro_8500_A910-19 (1 file(s)) |
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> Bruce |
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I haven't printed anything in a long time, but: |
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CUPS drivers make all the difference. I used to pretty much get |
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pathetic results using whatever was TheOfficialDriverOfTheDay for a |
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given printer, and would get amazingly successful results using good |
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old vanilla postscript or Generic PCL5/6 drivers. Go figure. |
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There was a time the company went through just about every printer |
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manufacturer in the business in 6 months trying to find a printer that |
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actually worked (for sane values of work). In each case the official |
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CUPS driver simply would not offer double-sided or shrink 2 pages onto 1 |
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mode for *ANY* model. Postscript and generic PCL always worked every |
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single time. |
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/me baffled |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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