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Missing WordPro Equation Characters when printing

Started by djcaetano, 2011.01.05, 19:20:28

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djcaetano

  Since many many years ago I am fighting with an annoying problem
with WordPro versus PostScript printing. Whenever I try to print a
WordPro document which uses equations in PostScript format (so
I can compile a PDF), the result is a PS/PDF with missing equation
elements ( radical signs, fraction bars, exponents etc. ). This is
VERY annoying and now is turning into a real problem, since I need
a PDF version of my thesis (university request).

 I am using "Apple Color Laser Writer 12/600", found on the
latest version of "PSCRIPT.DRV". Tried other drivers but no
luck with any of them. Searching on Google I've noticed some
people had this problem using eCUPS (which I have installed
here). I downloaded the latest fix suggested on the page
( http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.ecups.devel/667 )
and installed it and then created a new printer object with the
"Generic PostScript Printer" found on eCUPS.drv, but the
problem remains. I have also tried other eCUPS drivers
such as "HP Color Inkjet Printer CP1700", but again, no
luck.

  Anyone knows how can I solve this annoying problem (besides
migrating to OpenOffice or MS Word, *grin*)?

  Thanks in advance!

PS: I tried both Acrobat Distiller 5.0 e ePDF to compile .PS into
.PDF... and both presented the very same problem... this is why
I believe the problem is on the .PS generated by the driver.
PS2: *** CORRECTION *** printing directly to a non-PS printer
(such as HP LaserJet 4) is ALSO generating erratic results. Maybe
the problem is in Lotus SmartSuite? ARGH!

*** CORRECTION 2 ***
Disabling "use downloaded fonts / use device fonts" and when printing
just some pages directly to HP LaserJet 4 it prints correctly. It seems a
problem with memory management (?) inside the printing driver. The
behavior is really erratic. I have tried these instructions:
http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/smartsuite-os2/message/5389
but was not able to reproduce the results.
Anyway, it seems now only fraction lines are missing (!!)

Terry

Lotus WordPro should import a TEX-file => TEX is equation-friendly.  Perhaps an alternative formatting solution might be to employ an OS2 TEX/LATEX application to reformat your document => Continued improper equation printing, even on a simple equation-test basis, would certainly confirm a faulty driver.