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RE: PDF documents are gobble-de-gook when printing
Subject:RE: PDF documents are gobble-de-gook when printing From:"Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 27 Sep 2001 11:23:34 -0400
You are using the wrong printer to create the PDF or fonts are missing from
those machines, probably the former. Reinstall the Distilller printer
instance.
Cheers,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ann Waterhouse [SMTP:Ann -at- Crescendo -dot- ca]
> I've gone through the archives and I can't seem to find a solution to this
> problem so I'm hoping someone out there can help.
>
> There are some people in the office who can't seem to print legible .PDF
> documents. The graphics are fine yet the text is garbage (random symbols
> replace the actual text). I can take the
> same document and print it from my machine with no problems.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I should be looking for and how I can fix this?
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