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Posted to dev@pdfbox.apache.org by steve poling <sd...@i2k.com> on 2010/03/04 01:03:26 UTC
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Hello again,
I got distracted by other work from this issue and I've returned to it
today. Here are the experiments I've performed:
1) view PDF with PdfReader (it renders correctly)
2) print PDF to HP LaserJet 4P (it renders with many lines and text omitted)
3) comment-out W/W* in PageDrawer.properties
4) restart PdfReader and repeat #1 and #2 (with same result)
I archived all my code changes and retrieved the latest sources from
svn. So, I should be running the latest and greatest code.
If you goto PDFBOX-490
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, you'll find attached
file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've been seeing this
with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print looks bad. I can
attach another file to PDFBOX-483
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
Can you point me to where I should look to see why text appears on
screen, but not on paper?
Thanks in advance,
steve
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by Daniel Wilson <wi...@gmail.com>.
These are not in ascending difficulty ... but the files we currently test
for rendering are at trunk\src\test\resources\input\rendering
Daniel
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:11 PM, steve poling <sd...@i2k.com> wrote:
> Andreas,
>
> I archived all my code changes and retrieved the latest sources from svn.
>>> So, I should be running the latest and greatest code.
>>>
>>> If you goto PDFBOX-490 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>,
>>> you'll find attached file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've
>>> been seeing this with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print
>>> looks bad. I can attach another file to PDFBOX-483 <
>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
>>>
>> I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some misplaced
>> characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and a HP Laserjet
>> 2550N.
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but your Laserjet 4P is a quite old model, isn't
>> it?
>> Did you update the driver? Has it a postscript option or is it a pcl only
>> model?
>> How much memory is installed to the printer? Probably that could be a
>> potential
>> bottleneck.
>>
>
> My printer is as old as the hills. <grin> However, I've been seeing this
> issue when I print to other devices, such as the Canon iR 5570. I'll perform
> my experiment on all the different printers I can find. If memory serves
> (and sometimes it doesn't) I ran the experiment on the HP 990cxi, too (with
> the same effect). I am using Windows XP. So, that's a difference (between
> working for you and breaking for me). Keep in mind, the copy on the display
> looks grand, it's just the printed output that looks bad. I hate working
> bugs that require killing trees to reproduce.
>
>
> Can you point me to where I should look to see why text appears on screen,
>>> but not on paper?
>>>
>> Hmmm, good question. Perhaps you should try to find differences between
>> working documents and those which don't work. Or you will probably find
>> something that documents have in common which don't work, e.g. font tpye
>> (true type, type1, etc.), fonts are embedded or not, font encoding (ansi,
>> CID, identity-H, etc.), acroform included or not ....
>>
>
> I'll give that a go. Can you point me to a test repository of PDF files of
> ascending difficulty? Does such a thing exist or would it be worthwhile to
> create one?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> steve
>
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by steve poling <sd...@i2k.com>.
Andreas,
>> I archived all my code changes and retrieved the latest sources from
>> svn. So, I should be running the latest and greatest code.
>>
>> If you goto PDFBOX-490
>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, you'll find
>> attached file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've been
>> seeing this with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print
>> looks bad. I can attach another file to PDFBOX-483
>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
> I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some
> misplaced characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and
> a HP Laserjet 2550N.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but your Laserjet 4P is a quite old model,
> isn't it?
> Did you update the driver? Has it a postscript option or is it a pcl
> only model?
> How much memory is installed to the printer? Probably that could be a
> potential
> bottleneck.
My printer is as old as the hills. <grin> However, I've been seeing this
issue when I print to other devices, such as the Canon iR 5570. I'll
perform my experiment on all the different printers I can find. If
memory serves (and sometimes it doesn't) I ran the experiment on the HP
990cxi, too (with the same effect). I am using Windows XP. So, that's a
difference (between working for you and breaking for me). Keep in mind,
the copy on the display looks grand, it's just the printed output that
looks bad. I hate working bugs that require killing trees to reproduce.
>> Can you point me to where I should look to see why text appears on
>> screen, but not on paper?
> Hmmm, good question. Perhaps you should try to find differences
> between working documents and those which don't work. Or you will
> probably find something that documents have in common which don't
> work, e.g. font tpye (true type, type1, etc.), fonts are embedded or
> not, font encoding (ansi, CID, identity-H, etc.), acroform included or
> not ....
I'll give that a go. Can you point me to a test repository of PDF files
of ascending difficulty? Does such a thing exist or would it be
worthwhile to create one?
Thanks again,
steve
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi Andreas,
I can do a test on our Windows test server (Windows 2003, 32bit) and let you know the results around lunch time (german time) if that helps
Maruan Sahyoun
Am 09.03.2010 um 08:11 schrieb Andreas Lehmkuehler:
> Hi,
>
> steve poling schrieb:
>> Andreas Lehmkuehler schrieb:
>>>>> If you goto PDFBOX-490 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, you'll find attached file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've been seeing this with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print looks bad. I can attach another file to PDFBOX-483 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
>>>> I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some misplaced characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and a HP Laserjet 2550N.
>>> I've made another test on my MacBook (MacOSX 10.6., jdk 1.6.0_17 64bit, same printer) and it works well too.
>> I'd like to know if anyone has repeated the experiment on any Windows-based platform, since Ubuntu and OSX are both Linux-based. If someone else can reproduce the failure on Windows, I'll start trusting my sanity again.
> I'm a software development for a lot of years and sometimes it leads to
> insanity, but we all have to do our best not to end in the programmers
> nuthouse ;-))
>
> I'll see if I can find some time to run that test on my rarely used windows box.
>
> BR
> Andreas Lehmkühler
>
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by steve poling <sd...@i2k.com>.
I said "Linux" but I was thinking "Unix." <grin>
we work in a field where nits can bite you in the butt.
Martinez, Mel - 1004 - MITLL wrote:
> Minor correction - OSX is based on Darwin which is based on BSD, not Linux.
> Your basic point is not about that, so I know this is just a nit. :-)
>
RE: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by "Martinez, Mel - 1004 - MITLL" <m....@ll.mit.edu>.
Minor correction - OSX is based on Darwin which is based on BSD, not Linux.
Your basic point is not about that, so I know this is just a nit. :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: steve poling [mailto:sdp@i2k.com]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:57 PM
To: dev@pdfbox.apache.org
Subject: Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Andreas Lehmkuehler schrieb:
>>> If you goto PDFBOX-490
>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, you'll find
>>> attached file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've been
>>> seeing this with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print
>>> looks bad. I can attach another file to PDFBOX-483
>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
>> I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some
>> misplaced characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and
>> a HP Laserjet 2550N.
> I've made another test on my MacBook (MacOSX 10.6., jdk 1.6.0_17
> 64bit, same printer) and it works well too.
I'd like to know if anyone has repeated the experiment on any
Windows-based platform, since Ubuntu and OSX are both Linux-based. If
someone else can reproduce the failure on Windows, I'll start trusting
my sanity again.
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by Andreas Lehmkuehler <an...@lehmi.de>.
Hi,
steve poling schrieb:
> Andreas Lehmkuehler schrieb:
>>>> If you goto PDFBOX-490
>>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, you'll find
>>>> attached file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've been
>>>> seeing this with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print
>>>> looks bad. I can attach another file to PDFBOX-483
>>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
>>> I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some
>>> misplaced characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and
>>> a HP Laserjet 2550N.
>> I've made another test on my MacBook (MacOSX 10.6., jdk 1.6.0_17
>> 64bit, same printer) and it works well too.
>
> I'd like to know if anyone has repeated the experiment on any
> Windows-based platform, since Ubuntu and OSX are both Linux-based. If
> someone else can reproduce the failure on Windows, I'll start trusting
> my sanity again.
I'm a software development for a lot of years and sometimes it leads to
insanity, but we all have to do our best not to end in the programmers
nuthouse ;-))
I'll see if I can find some time to run that test on my rarely used windows box.
BR
Andreas Lehmkühler
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by Maruan Sahyoun <sa...@fileaffairs.de>.
Hi,
I did some initial "debugging" and it seems that the content of the form fields (date part) is being printed but the form template itself being held in Pages:Kids:Resources:XObject are not printed. Unfortunately as I'm currently in the stage of learning about the PDFBox code at that point in time I can't provide more help.
Kind regards
Maruan
Am 09.03.2010 um 21:01 schrieb Andreas Lehmkuehler:
> Hi,
>
> steve poling schrieb:
>> Andreas Lehmkuehler schrieb:
>>>>> If you goto PDFBOX-490 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, you'll find attached file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've been seeing this with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print looks bad. I can attach another file to PDFBOX-483 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
>>>> I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some misplaced characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and a HP Laserjet 2550N.
>>> I've made another test on my MacBook (MacOSX 10.6., jdk 1.6.0_17 64bit, same printer) and it works well too.
>> I'd like to know if anyone has repeated the experiment on any Windows-based platform, since Ubuntu and OSX are both Linux-based. If someone else can reproduce the failure on Windows, I'll start trusting my sanity again.
> Good news Steve you're obviously not insane. ;-) Maruan confirmed your issue on
> W2K and I've tested it on my WinXP with jdk 1.6.0_13 with the same result. The
> print looks bad. I have no explanation yet, except that it seems to be windows
> only. For now I don't have a clue where to look. Perhaps I will have an idea in
> a few days ...
>
> BR
> Andreas Lehmkühler
>
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by Andreas Lehmkuehler <an...@lehmi.de>.
Hi,
steve poling schrieb:
> Andreas Lehmkuehler schrieb:
>>>> If you goto PDFBOX-490
>>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, you'll find
>>>> attached file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've been
>>>> seeing this with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print
>>>> looks bad. I can attach another file to PDFBOX-483
>>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
>>> I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some
>>> misplaced characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and
>>> a HP Laserjet 2550N.
>> I've made another test on my MacBook (MacOSX 10.6., jdk 1.6.0_17
>> 64bit, same printer) and it works well too.
>
> I'd like to know if anyone has repeated the experiment on any
> Windows-based platform, since Ubuntu and OSX are both Linux-based. If
> someone else can reproduce the failure on Windows, I'll start trusting
> my sanity again.
Good news Steve you're obviously not insane. ;-) Maruan confirmed your issue on
W2K and I've tested it on my WinXP with jdk 1.6.0_13 with the same result. The
print looks bad. I have no explanation yet, except that it seems to be windows
only. For now I don't have a clue where to look. Perhaps I will have an idea in
a few days ...
BR
Andreas Lehmkühler
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by steve poling <sd...@i2k.com>.
Andreas Lehmkuehler schrieb:
>>> If you goto PDFBOX-490
>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, you'll find
>>> attached file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've been
>>> seeing this with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print
>>> looks bad. I can attach another file to PDFBOX-483
>>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
>> I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some
>> misplaced characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and
>> a HP Laserjet 2550N.
> I've made another test on my MacBook (MacOSX 10.6., jdk 1.6.0_17
> 64bit, same printer) and it works well too.
I'd like to know if anyone has repeated the experiment on any
Windows-based platform, since Ubuntu and OSX are both Linux-based. If
someone else can reproduce the failure on Windows, I'll start trusting
my sanity again.
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by Andreas Lehmkuehler <an...@lehmi.de>.
Hi,
Andreas Lehmkuehler schrieb:
>> If you goto PDFBOX-490
>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, you'll find
>> attached file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've been
>> seeing this with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print
>> looks bad. I can attach another file to PDFBOX-483
>> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
> I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some misplaced
> characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and a HP
> Laserjet 2550N.
I've made another test on my MacBook (MacOSX 10.6., jdk 1.6.0_17 64bit, same
printer) and it works well too.
BR
Andreas Lehmkühler
Re: Reopen PDFBOX-483?
Posted by Andreas Lehmkuehler <an...@lehmi.de>.
Hi,
steve poling schrieb:
> Hello again,
>
> I got distracted by other work from this issue and I've returned to it
> today. Here are the experiments I've performed:
>
> 1) view PDF with PdfReader (it renders correctly)
> 2) print PDF to HP LaserJet 4P (it renders with many lines and text
> omitted)
> 3) comment-out W/W* in PageDrawer.properties
> 4) restart PdfReader and repeat #1 and #2 (with same result)
OK, so the clipping has nothing to do with that issue.
> I archived all my code changes and retrieved the latest sources from
> svn. So, I should be running the latest and greatest code.
>
> If you goto PDFBOX-490
> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-490>, you'll find attached
> file filled.pdf that manifests this error, but I've been seeing this
> with a lot of different PDFs: display looks good, print looks bad. I can
> attach another file to PDFBOX-483
> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483> if you'd like.
I've tried that pdf and it works like a charm except for some misplaced
characters. I'm using ubuntu linux, java 1.6.0_15 32bit and a HP Laserjet 2550N.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but your Laserjet 4P is a quite old model, isn't it?
Did you update the driver? Has it a postscript option or is it a pcl only model?
How much memory is installed to the printer? Probably that could be a potential
bottleneck.
> Can you point me to where I should look to see why text appears on
> screen, but not on paper?
Hmmm, good question. Perhaps you should try to find differences between working
documents and those which don't work. Or you will probably find something that
documents have in common which don't work, e.g. font tpye (true type, type1,
etc.), fonts are embedded or not, font encoding (ansi, CID, identity-H, etc.),
acroform included or not ....
BR
Andreas Lehmkühler