Non-trivial PDFs won't print. I got it down to a single page PDF, with a fair amount of formatting and 4 images. It goes to the print queue, and just sits there saying "processing". The printer gets hit immediately, locking it out for all other computers and users until this job finishes. I left one go for 8 hours, it never moved.
All these PDFs display just fine, they just won't print.
I can print simple PDFs - the problem seems to be mainly with multiple photos on the page. I find many instances of this problem, going back at least several years, and never any resolution except one guy was able to avoid it by using a PCL print driver instead of a postscript one.
I tried installing Adobe Reader and printing from that instead of from the default document reader, same deal.
I started up Windows XP in a VirtualBox session, loaded print drivers and Adobe Reader, and the documents printed in a few seconds.
When it gets to the point where at least one thing that I do every day requires me to start the Windows box, and there's no compelling reason to stay with Linux (when I'm running Windows, I never have to start a Linux box to do something) I may as well go run Windows.
I'm still undecided whether I'll run XP or 7. Probably 7, it's already installed, and my machine is right at the edge of what XP is able to handle (4 cores, 4GB RAM).
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All these PDFs display just fine, they just won't print.
I can print simple PDFs - the problem seems to be mainly with multiple photos on the page. I find many instances of this problem, going back at least several years, and never any resolution except one guy was able to avoid it by using a PCL print driver instead of a postscript one.
I tried installing Adobe Reader and printing from that instead of from the default document reader, same deal.
I started up Windows XP in a VirtualBox session, loaded print drivers and Adobe Reader, and the documents printed in a few seconds.
When it gets to the point where at least one thing that I do every day requires me to start the Windows box, and there's no compelling reason to stay with Linux (when I'm running Windows, I never have to start a Linux box to do something) I may as well go run Windows.
I'm still undecided whether I'll run XP or 7. Probably 7, it's already installed, and my machine is right at the edge of what XP is able to handle (4 cores, 4GB RAM).