Thanks for the clarification. Bob
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 01:16:17AM +0100, Erdmut Pfeifer wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:34:45PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > > I had a similar problem with only certain .pdf documents. The error > > light on my Lexmark Optra E312 would flash when lpr was sending data to > > the printer and nothing was printed although there were no error > > messages. I used pdftops to convert the file to .ps and noticed that > > the first line said "%!PS-Adobe-3.0". My printer only handles PS > > just a short note: > contrary to what one might think, the 3.0 in "%!PS-Adobe-3.0" does not > refer to the PostScript language level. Instead it states that the > PS document adheres to the Adobe DSC (document structuring conventions) > version 3.0 (with versioning independent from the PS level). The DSC > mainly specify the syntax and sematics of the "%%"-comments. > > Erdmut > > > level 2, so I believe this was the problem. I think it had something > > to do with the way the document was created and neither acroread nor > > pdftops could convert to level 2 postscript, although I had selected > > level 2 in the acroread print dialog box. >