Having seen a similar behavior on MacOSX under PDF. I would guess that somehow
you are missing a font that is being used by the PDF. Do the fonts of the text
look different on the screen vs the printed version of the PDF?
If so, then that is the problem.
> I havn't investigated this problem close enough to know exactly what the
> problem is, but it ussually happens when there is an image involved...
> especially a gif with a transparency. About the only way that I have
> found to "solve" the problem is to remove the image, save the file to
> another format (.doc format seems to be fine), close the document, reopen
> the newly saved file and resave it in a native format. As for the image,
> if you change it to something without a transparency, it should work.
>
> On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Ed Skinner wrote:
>
>
>> I have an OpenOffice original that I "print" to a postscript file that
>>looks (in "gv") and prints (via "lp") correctly. I then use "ps2pdf" to
>>convert it to PDF and, in "acroread" and "xpdf" it still looks fine. Printing
>>from OpenOffice of the original, or using "lp" on the postscript file looks
>>great. But when I print ("lp") the PDF version, it looks like all the text is
>>overprinted (in very large point sizes) in the bottom left-hand corner of the
>>page. My system is RedHat 8.0 and printing is via CUPS (which I think is
>>irrelevent). Other PDFs created via this same path print fine.
>> The "data" is my professional resume which needs to go to prospective
>>clients and/or employers as PDF: I am hesitant, therefore, to send something
>>that may or may not be printable. (It looks and prints correctly from a
>>Windows 98 machine, too.)
>> Any clues where I should begin?
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