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List:       openoffice-discuss
Subject:    Re: [discuss] help needed
From:       "Zitan Broth" <zitan () mediasculpt ! net>
Date:       2003-01-30 1:22:55
Message-ID: 03be01c2c7fe$216c1ff0$3201a8c0 () zitan
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Can you actually print PDF docs with OOo?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Hollis Weber" <jean@jeanweber.com>
To: <discuss@openoffice.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [discuss] help needed


> Henrique wrote:
> >I'm using OOo 1.01 and Mandrake 9.0 . ... I have created a document and
have
> >formated it, and when I print it in pdf, the document changes its format
> >and pictures and other stuff just go off their places.
> >
> >What I believe it is happening is that in this process OOo assumes
> >different page settings and the increased number of pages is just due to
> >the page breaks getting off their places. But why is this happening? Any
> >ideas?
>
> This happens all the time in Windows, and the cause is probably the same
in
> Linux. It's a printer driver problem.
>
> If the default printer driver in use when you are creating the document is
> not the same as the printer used for creating the PDF, then when you go to
> print to PDF, the new printer driver is applied to your OOo document. A
> change in printer driver frequently leads to different line and page
breaks.
>
> So if you're creating the file to print on your local printer, and then
> printing it again to PDF, that's likely the problem. Change the printer to
> the PDF printer when you're creating the document and see if that works.
If
> that means you can't print drafts to your local printer, then create the
> PDF and print that to the local printer.
>
> Regards, Jean
> Jean Hollis Weber
> jean@jeanweber.com
> The Technical Editors' Eyrie  http://www.jeanweber.com/
>
>
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