Last modified: 2009-06-03 09:45:25 UTC
PDFs created by Wikipedia can be viewed using Acrobat - but attempting to 'Print" creates an error which prevents printing. The message from Acrobat does not provide diagnostic information, so I tried using the "pdf2ps" utility program. It does produce a readable and printable PS file - but in the process produces the following error messages: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's) **** This file had errors that were repaired or ignored. **** The file was produced by: **** >>>> ReportLab http://www.reportlab.com <<<< **** Please notify the author of the software that produced this **** file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF **** specification. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The URL shown above is a representative example used for illustrating this bug (and the above error messages). However I have found the same errors are being generated by virtually every PDF I've created on Wikipedia. BTW: I didn't put a "Version" above because I wasn't able to figure out how to discover it ;-)
Works fine for me. Mac OS X, printed via standard pdf viewer. What exactly are you trying to print from, and what are you printing to, and can you attach the exact file you're having trouble with?
Created attachment 6157 [details] PDF created from "
Created attachment 6158 [details] PDF created from "
Trying to print from Adobe Reader 8 (Version 8.1.5 03/05/2009) running under opensuse Linux 2.6.27.21-0.1-pae #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 (most current). The file is downloaded, Adobe displays it properly. I then request "Print" and Adobe begins the print processing and fails before printing anything with "The document cannot be printed". I just tried it again on the URL above (Leó Szilárd) and it failed. I then tried "pdf2ps" and got the error messages above which indicate the error condition (too bad Adobe didn't do that!). I don't have trouble printing any other PDFs (no matter what the source) with this same Adobe Reader. I just attached the PDF created from the Wikipedia for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Szilard (I accidentally sent it twice). So viewing is O.K - Printing fails - likely based on the diagnostic errors show by "pdf2ps"; i.e., "**** Warning: File has imbalanced q/Q operators (too many q's)"
The PDF generated (In the attachment), my version of Adobe Acrobat (8.1.3) on windows wont print. "The document cannot be printed" http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Book/download/&collection_id=4d87f4cdb5a9b75f&writer=rl&return_to=Le%C3%B3+Szil%C3%A1rd from en.wp generates exactly the same error
Document View 2.26.1 on ubuntu 9.04 is also fine.. Waiting for a download of acrobat 9 for my desktop to try it on (and foxit on windows)
Confirmed Evince (default PDF viewer) fine on Ubuntu 9.04; Acrobat 9 for Linux freshly installed loads up the attached PDF for inline viewing, but gives "The document cannot be printed" error when attempting to print to file as in comment #5.
FoxIt Reader on Windows is fine Adobe 9.1.0 on windows errors too. It also gives an error of "There were no pages selected to print"..
Printing out to another PDF printer gives me that error.. Printing to the "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" works fine.. Can't try to a "proper" printer, though curious one works and the other doesnt
fixed with http://code.pediapress.com/hg/mwlib.rl/rev/5922a9a7f504 will be online on wikipedia within the next couple of days
