Type 1 Font Embedding Problem / Postscript errors printing FOP PDFs

[David Wood <ob...@panix.com>]

Does anyone have experience with postscript errors while printing FOP PDFs? 
I thought I had seen a similar thread on the list a while back, but can't 
find it in the archives.

The PDF looks perfect, prints on a variety of printers (both inkjet/PCL, 
and some SOHO postscript laser printers), but when I sent it to a service 
bureau to get it run off, all of their equipment (both a big xerox monster 
and several smaller more ordinary laser printers) generated postscript 
errors when trying to print it.

These guys can print non-FOP PDF's fine, and have experienced this failure 
with our FOP-output PDF from Acrobat Reader 5 and Acrobat 4.2 on both 
Windows and Mac.

My template is pretty ordinary but does use embedded fonts, both TrueType 
and Type 1. I'm wondering if that's the source of the problem. If I view 
the PDF in ghostscript/ghostview, I get the following warning messages in 
the output:

    **** Warning: Embedded Type1 font in PFB format is not valid PDF.
    **** Warning: Type 1 PFB segment length and Length 2 value do not match.
    **** Warning: Type 1 PFB segment length and Length 3 value do not match.

I am in the process of sending test PDFs to the printer without embedded 
fonts to see if that makes the difference. I have a hunch it will.

If anyone else has had a similar problem, or if anyone can offer guidance 
about possible issues with the Type 1 font handling in FOP, I'd love to 
hear it.

-David