[NBLUG/talk] Printing PDF files - slow...

[Dave Sisley]

Dave Sisley wrote:
> I'm afraid I didn't have time to play with this today, but I hope to 
> actually sit at my desk tomorrow (who knows?).  I'm grateful for all the 
> input.  It sounds to me like the place to start is by installing the 
> correct PPD file - my habit up to now has been to let cups install one 
> of the PCL drivers and let it go at that.  So far, that's been fine - 
> I'm only now finding out about this pdf problem, as it's only 
> manifesting on certain files.
>
> I'll try and install the PPD file as suggested and let you know how it 
> goes...
>
> -dave.
As a follow-up, I was able to install the PPD file and it improved 
things, sort of.  I think that the graphics in the file just mean that 
it's going to take a while to load.  Further, I was impressed with the 
performance of the Adobe PDF reader (Adobe Reader, v. 8.1.2).  I always 
liked Evince, but it totally choked on that particular file (and there 
will be others like it we need to deal with in the future).  Kpdf was 
better than Evince, but very slow to send the print job.  The winner, 
for this particular file was Adobe.

Thanks for the help, everybody.

-dave.

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Dave Sisley
dsisley at sonic.net
roth-sisley.net