The latest version seems to have a bug. One of my users went to look at a
paper in Phy Rev E, and the firefox pdf view looked fine... but what
printed had garbage for scales on the graphs. Then I had him use the
firefox print preview... and it was garbage. Looked at it on my system,
ditto, and firefox was updated yesterday on all our systems.
Save as (why isn't there an "open"?) a .pdf, pull it up in
acroread, and
print, and everything's fine.
mark
On 02/11/2014 01:40 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> The latest version seems to have a bug. One of my users went to look at a > paper in Phy Rev E, and the firefox pdf view looked fine... but what > printed had garbage for scales on the graphs. Then I had him use the > firefox print preview... and it was garbage. Looked at it on my system, > ditto, and firefox was updated yesterday on all our systems. > > Save as (why isn't there an "open"?) a .pdf, pull it up in acroread, and > print, and everything's fine. > > markI just tested a dozen or so PDFs from the internet and did print preview ... all looked OK (on CentOS-6). Is it just this one PDF or others too. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20140211/15c3b697/attachment-0002.sig>
Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 02/11/2014 01:40 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> The latest version seems to have a bug. One of my users went to look at >> a >> paper in Phy Rev E, and the firefox pdf view looked fine... but what >> printed had garbage for scales on the graphs. Then I had him use the >> firefox print preview... and it was garbage. Looked at it on my system, >> ditto, and firefox was updated yesterday on all our systems. >> >> Save as (why isn't there an "open"?) a .pdf, pull it up in acroread, and >> print, and everything's fine. > > I just tested a dozen or so PDFs from the internet and did print preview > ... all looked OK (on CentOS-6). Is it just this one PDF or others too.Phys Rev E, vol 77, article 030902. Do a print preview, which takes a long time, then look at the scales to the graphs on pages two and three. mark
On 2/11/2014 12:40, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> > Save as (why isn't there an "open"?) a .pdf, pull it up in acroread, and > print, and everything's fine.The Firefox PDF engine is new, and PDF is complex. Hence, Firefox PDF still has problems. This is almost certainly not the right list to get this fixed. This belongs in Mozilla's bug database. If it used to work right in a past version, you need to be able to show that. If it works on other platforms, or in later versions not yet available on CentOS, you need to show that instead. If it doesn't work right in any current version of Firefox, then what you probably need to file is a request for enhancement, rather than a bug report, since Firefox probably isn't implementing every last legal behavior defined in the PDF spec. Unfortunately, you're going to have a tough time getting any developer attention on this, since PRE articles are behind a paywall. That leaves you without a ready testcase. You support computers. How does it work when someone comes up to you in your professional capacity and says "when I do X, it does Y", but then refuses to let you watch while they do X?
On 11.02.2014 19:40, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> The latest version seems to have a bug. One of my users went to look > at a > paper in Phy Rev E, and the firefox pdf view looked fine... but what > printed had garbage for scales on the graphs. Then I had him use the > firefox print preview... and it was garbage. Looked at it on my > system, > ditto, and firefox was updated yesterday on all our systems. > > Save as (why isn't there an "open"?) a .pdf, pull it up in acroread, > and > print, and everything's fine.Firefox' built-in PDF viewer blows the hell out of my laptop's fan. I turned it off, Evince is so SO much better. -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro
m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> The latest version seems to have a bug. One of my users went to look at a> paper in Phy Rev E, and the firefox pdf view looked fine... but what > printed had garbage for scales on the graphs. Then I had him use the > firefox print preview... and it was garbage. Looked at it on my system, > ditto, and firefox was updated yesterday on all our systems.Don't print from firefox (i.e. don't use CTRL-P or print from the menu) use the print icon on the PDF viewer bar (i.e. the one with Page N of M and possibly "Automatic Zoom" displayed on it). Cheers, Roy