Allegedly, on or about 28 April 2013, Joe Zeff sent:
I've now installed xpdf, and it printed. Not quite correctly,
because
it cut the bottom off, but it did print. Presumably, there's
something wrong with evince, which is what I was using before. (I
suspect that the file I was working with wasn't designed with 8.5X11
in mind and xpdf wasn't able to compensate.)
I've certainly come across PDF files that some programs couldn't handle
in one way or another (on-screen and/or print), yet others could. You
hadn't mentioned whether all PDF files failed, or just some.
And, perhaps related, anytime I have to print a US-letter formatted page
on my A4-only printer, I go through a lot of grief. My ye olde HP
Laserjet 4, wants me to insert paper that I don't have (with a load
letter warning on its display), instead of something letting me squeeze
the page in to fit. So, is the PDF page size compatible with your
printer's paper size?
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