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@@ -1,21 +1,37 @@ # Print -## Direct print to Brother +## Garbled text -Use pdf 1.3 +LibreOffice Writer 7.5 exports PDF 1.6 files +with embedded subset fonts, +which renders garbled text +e.g. using "direct print" from a USB dongle +on a Brother HL-4040CN Laser printer. +A workaround is to [downgrade](#Downgrade) to PDF 1.2 like this: -Convert pdf: + ps2pdf12 infile outfile - localps2pdf +## Unsupported PDF data -...or try tab-complete for alternative scripts, -or look at underlying scripts `pdftops`and `pstopdf13`. +Some PDF generators, +e.g. from Deutche Bahn or Microsoft Word on Windows, +contains some yet unidentified PDF data, +which is replaced by an error message +e.g. using "direct print" from a USB dongle +on a Brother HL-4040CN Laser printer. +A workaround is to [refry](#Refry) like this: -## Direct print odd format + pdf2ps infile - | ps2pdf12 - outfile + +or using this custom wrapper, where available: + + localpdf2ps2pdf infile + +If the above fails to work, +then try replace `pdf2ps` +with either `pdftops` or `pdftocairo`. +Beware that options may differ. - pdftocairo -pdf -paper A4 infile outfile - pdftops %f - ps2pdf13 infile outfile ## PDF resizing and/or scaling @@ -167,3 +183,15 @@ Source: <https://stackoverflow.com/a/26989410> [overridden]: <https://stackoverflow.com/a/59608992> "stackoverflow answer mentioning importance of Ghostscript argument order" + +## Terminology + +### Downgrade + +To parse a PDF file and recreate a new PDF file using reduced features +is called [downgrading](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50868207#comment88765513_50871699). + +### Refry + +To "flatten" a PDF file to Postscript and then recreate as new PDF file +is called [refrying](https://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/refrying). |