Thanks to Ken, Kevin and Rob for the tips and suggestions so far.
     There don't seem to be any graphics, visible or hidden. (I used=20
"pdfimages" to try and extract any images but got nothing [as expected].)
     Fonts are another matter, however. The "on screen" and "in print" ou=
tput=20
all appear to be using the same fonts (even from the Windows machine) but=
 I=20
wouldn't trust my eye to be that accurate a judge.
     Instead, I used "pdffonts" on the file and it says there are seven (=
7)=20
fonts needed, none of which are embedded in the file. This continues,=20
therefore, to sound like a pathname-to-the-font problem somewhere in the=20
print-chain that starts with "lp" and ends up in "cups" and on my laser=20
printer.
     So, I'm turning my focus to the print subsystem and how its various=20
filters and such are configured.
     (Suggestions and tips appreciated as I begin making a stack of Linux=
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books and listing web sites to search on the subject.)



On Monday 04 August 2003 21:14, Kevin Brown wrote:
> Having seen a similar behavior on MacOSX under PDF.  I would guess that
> somehow you are missing a font that is being used by the PDF.  Do the f=
onts
> of the text look different on the screen vs the printed version of the =
PDF?
>
> If so, then that is the problem.
>
> > I havn't investigated this problem close enough to know exactly what =
the
> > problem is, but it ussually happens when there is an image involved..=
=2E
> > especially a gif with a transparency.  About the only way that I have
> > found to "solve" the problem is to remove the image, save the file to
> > another format (.doc format seems to be fine), close the document, re=
open
> > the newly saved file and resave it in a native format.  As for the im=
age,
> > if you change it to something without a transparency, it should work.
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Ed Skinner wrote:
> >>     I have an OpenOffice original that I "print" to a postscript fil=
e
> >> that looks (in "gv") and prints (via "lp") correctly. I then use
> >> "ps2pdf" to convert it to PDF and, in "acroread" and "xpdf" it still
> >> looks fine. Printing from OpenOffice of the original, or using "lp" =
on
> >> the postscript file looks great. But when I print ("lp") the PDF
> >> version, it looks like all the text is overprinted (in very large po=
int
> >> sizes) in the bottom left-hand corner of the page. My system is RedH=
at
> >> 8.0 and printing is via CUPS (which I think is irrelevent). Other PD=
Fs
> >> created via this same path print fine.
> >>     The "data" is my professional resume which needs to go to
> >> prospective clients and/or employers as PDF: I am hesitant, therefor=
e,
> >> to send something that may or may not be printable. (It looks and pr=
ints
> >> correctly from a Windows 98 machine, too.)
> >>     Any clues where I should begin?
>
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