Re: Printer problem (Lexmark PCL)

[Jay Smith <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brenda,

The answer lies in the "PCL" designation.  It sounds like this printer may not
be postscript-capable.  I am going out on a thin limb here, but it is my
understanding that printing from Adobe Acrobat (read "POSTSCRIPT") to a
PCL-only printer is not likely to work.

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Jay Smith

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Jeanette Feldhousen wrote:
> 
> See Document number 320225: "Freeze When Printing PDF File to Lexmark
> Optra from Acrobat Exchange or Reader" on the Adobe Support webpage.
> It may not be the same problem but it's worth a shot.
> 
> --Jeanette
> 
> "Robert J. Opitz" wrote:
> >
> > I can't solve it, but you're not alone. A few months ago, I created a PDF file from a Word document and sent it to someone with a UNIX system and Lexmark printers. He complained of not printing properly, even after I replaced all the fonts with just the basics. It printed on his new Lexmark color printer, but his older B&W printer gave the problem.
> >
> > I tried it on my laptop (minimal setup) to my 12-year-old dot-matrix printer, and it looked fine---even the color graphic was a passable grayscale. So it's not that older and/or B&W printers are a problem with PDF, but at least one Lexmark printer (I don't know the model) was.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > Brenda McGuire wrote:
> >
> > > Subject: Printer problem
> > > From: "McGuire, Brenda A" <mcguireb@BATTELLE.ORG>
> > > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:36:25 -0400
> > >
> > > Good morning Frame gurus,
> > >
> > > We have a book I created in FrameMaker 5.5.6 on the PC. The book uses
> > > Palatino font, which I have on my system. When I created a PDF, I told
> > > Distiller to Embed All Fonts in the Job Options tab. The PDF was created
> > > without error or incident. The problem is that when a co-worker tries to
> > > print the file, the font is all messed up. The letters are jammed close
> > > together and in some places actually overlap one another.
> > >
> > > She doesn't have Palatino on her system and uses a Lexmark PCL printer.
> > >
> > > I'm using an HP Laser 4V/4MV here at work and it prints fine.
> > >
> > > I took a copy home to try it. I don't have Palatino on my system at home and
> > > I use a Xerox P8 laser printer there. It prints fine from that printer.
> > >
> > > I tried to look at her properties on the printer she's using and it doesn't
> > > have the same fonts tab as I do where you can tell it to use the font
> > > substitutions table if necessary for true type fonts.
> > >
> > > Suggestions/ideas? Please reply directly to me because I get the digest and
> > > won't see your replies until later today or tomorrow.
> > >
> > > Brenda McGuire
> > > Battelle, Information Systems Engineering
> > > 614/424-5505
> > > mcguireb@battelle.org
> >

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