[iyonix-support] Re: Persistent font problem when printing PDFs
- From: george <george.greenfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 14:38:55 +0100
In message <f63ae7d751.acld75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
george <george.greenfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Apologies if this is not the right forum, but I have a persistent
> problem printing out PDFs on an Iyonix running 5.16: the text is not
> printed even though it is present on screen. I have two printers, an
> HP Laserjet II mono and a Canon iP4000 colour printer and the problem
> afflicts both equally.
>
> I'm using Chris Gransden and others' PDF app, version 3.02.1.23 to
> view PDFs by default, Ian Hamilton's Print Spooler 2.17f and Printers
> 1.72 to print them out. I have copied a large number of (legally
> purchased) EFF fonts to my !Boot.Resources.!Fonts directory, but this
> long predates the occasion of this problem. Artworks 2.X.00 will print
> PDFs including text, but substitutes Trinity for whatever font is
> being used. GView 1.52 renders PDFs and prints them correctly, but as
> bitmaps (sprites) so the font issue does not arise. However GView
> takes much longer to display PDFs so I am reluctant to make it my
> default PDF viewer, and outputting bitmaps to print is long-winded and
> results in some loss of quality.
>
> Clearly there is some kind of font-mapping issue when printing out; if
> anyone has encountered this or can advise me, I would be most
> grateful.
>
> Thanks
>
> George
>
>
>
PS: Creating my own PDF by printing a document to MW Software's
PoScript3 driver results in the same problem: PDF will display the
file but the text is missing from the printout. Interestingly,
underlining /is/ printed correctly.
George
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