Re: [ARMini-support] PDF printing
- From: John Norris <jrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <armini-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:55:16 GMT
In message <47826c7754.rcomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
A Rawnsley <rcomp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <7c14597754.John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> John Norris <jrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Re-reading the above I see I have, once again, written beyond my level
>> of knowledge. In my case, trying to print pdf files via PCL to a
>> non-PostScript printer, the PS driver issue is largely if not
>> completely irrelevant. This is because even if a PS driver problem
>> were in some way responsible for my own pdf files printing without
>> text it wouldn't be relevant to pdf files generated by others, for
>> example using Acrobat on a PC. Yet these too print without text from
>> my PandaRO (but print correctly from my Pi and RiscPC).
> Can we confirm the same version of !PDF is in use on Pi, and similar
> RISC OS version?
Version 3.02.1.24 (11 July 2011) on Pi, Panda and RiscPC
PDFTest (20 May 2013) also tried on Panda; still no text printed
> One possibility was that it could be related to the
> Unicode font manager in some way, which would explain why a) older
> versions of !PDF are OK (maybe not using UniCode font manager) and b)
> why RiscPC was unaffected.
> However, if Pi/Iyonix is OK with same version of PDF and (roughly)
> similar versions of RISC OS, it doesn't help.
> For reference, I don't *think* this is Panda specific, as I've heard
> of the same issue with Cortex A8/Beagle. Pi can be set to ARMv5 or
> ARMv6/7 if memory serves via the !Configure plugin - might be worth
> testing the same version of !PDF/!Printers on that in ARMv5/6 modes?
I've tried !Printers (31Jan14) from the Pi on the Panda instead of
!Printers (17 Sept14) normally used on the Panda. Still no text
printed.
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