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as a precision about the mentioned patch. The patch is for Acrobat Reader
and Acrobat Exchange. It is ONLY useful and needed if you are printing to a
PCL printer. It does not affect PostScript printers or other non-PostScript
printers.
Hope, this can help.
Max Wyss
PRODOK Engineering AG
Technical documentation and translations, Electronic Publishing
CH-8906 Bonstetten, Switzerland
Fax: +41 1 700 20 37
e-mail: mailto:prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch or 100012 -dot- 44 -at- compuserve -dot- com
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>There have been an awful lot of messages about PDF traumas
>lately. (I know that I've had my share of headaches!) I found out
>earlier this week that I wasn't just hallucinating or being a dolt
>when my docs were printing to PCL printers and looked like
># -at- *!
>
>Adobe has a patch for Reader/Distiller and calls it version 3.01R.
>It is only for folks who have the distinct displeasure of printing
>to non-PostScript printers and it makes a world of difference. My
>screen shots actually resemble the originals when they print!
>(Now if they could just fix the display problem so that I don't have
>to zoom to 134%. Adobe told me that comes with the next release...)
>
>This is where it lives:
>http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/LIBRARY/505e.htm
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>Kathy Ellis kathy -at- tibinc -dot- com
>Tiburon, Inc. (925)447-4005 ext. 5521
>7415 Southfront Rd.
>Livermore, CA 94550
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