Re: PDF problems

[Dave Swenson <Dave_Swenson -at- TRENDMICRO -dot- COM>]

I think I've seen this problem before. As I recall, the .pdf recipient needs
to open the file using vi editor and then remove the first three lines of
header ("PS-Adobe 3.0" should be the first header line of the .pdf). Back up
the .pdf first!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Burke [SMTP:miburke -at- WSICORP -dot- COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 8:50 AM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      PDF problems
>
>      Hello --
>
>      I am being told something I find rather dubious, so I was wondering
> if
>      any one else has seen this problem.
>
>      One of our clients has an operating system for which Adobe has no
>      version of Reader. One of the UNIX Solaris formats, I believe. They
>      are using a non-Reader pdf interpreter XPDF. At least I think it is a
>      non-Reader .pdf interpreter.
>
>      They say can read a .pdf manual that was created through the Save As
>      PDF function in FrameMaker. But they cannot read a .pdf manual I
>      created by first creating a .ps file and running the .ps file through
>      Distiller. They get errors that will not allow them to open the .pdf.
>
>      Is it that the FrameMaker-generated .pdf file is different than the
>      .pdf created directly through Distiller? Perhaps there's some header
>      info that allows XPDF able to read the files?
>
>      Or is it just a coincidence?
>
>      Has anyone had any experience with XPDF who might know what is going
>      on?
>
>      Thanks.
>
>      Michael Burke
>      Technical Writer
>      WSI Corporation
>      Billerica, MA
>
>
> ~