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2009-06-16 08:29:13
GuyBMeredith
Registered: Jun 15 2009
Posts: 5

When printing from Acrobat 7 the document prints correctly. When printing from Acrobat 9 some of the fonts are replaced with boxes containing x. Known issue?

I have the following from a coworker, is it correct? Does it affect this issue and are there other possibilities?

"Try setting up the print driver for: Binary and Optimize for Speed.

There is a bug in Acrobat, where fonts always get sent as Binary, even if the driver is set to ASCII, so this confuses the RIP.

If you are just dropping the PDFs into a hot folder on the printer, then you have another issue."

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2009-06-16 12:46:57
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Freelancer
Registered: May 26 2009
Posts: 71
Hi,

make sure that those fonts you need are embedded into PDF document,
otherwise text will be shown and print with system fonts...

Freelancer

According to most IT HelpDesk people, the most common reason for user error (regardless of Operating System) is ID 10T.

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2009-06-16 14:54:10
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GuyBMeredith
Registered: Jun 15 2009
Posts: 5
I do believe the fonts are embedded. Also worked out of Acrobat 7.
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2009-08-17 06:33:05
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crashnburn
Registered: Aug 14 2009
Posts: 14
Freelancer wrote:
Hi,make sure that those fonts you need are embedded into PDF document,
otherwise text will be shown and print with system fonts...

Freelancer
I have some PDF's that use a set of Serif Fonts (Times New Roman like) and I hate reading them and hate printing them in that font.

What would be the simplest way to OVER-RIDE the font and SHOW the PDF in a Sans Serif Font (Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, etc). and then also be able to print it accordingly.

Is there a Global way / command to change the Font Family / Type throughout the PDF or a Reader that can do so for VIEWING purposes.

Is there some way to make the PDF ignore default font?
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2009-08-17 06:44:42
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UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
crashnburn - it's not that simple, as PDFs are assumed to be typeset documents. If you change the font, you'll probably change the space needed for the text, and Acrobat/Reader doesn't like that as it'd have to understand the visual layout of the document to reflow it. Also, the PDF doesn't always contain the text as you're reading it, but rather an array of glyph sequences - converting to a different font often means the characters on screen change or vanish, even if you're going between two Unicode typefaces.
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