Printing To Pdf Linux Rendering

[Sean Cole (Pi)]

The printer driver for PDF on Linux (CentOS) is handled by the LC inclusion
of the Cairo library into the engine (as I understand it). There are no
printer drivers other than Cups. I have updated Cups to the latest versions
available and there is no difference.

Sean Cole
*Pi Digital *

On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 17:04, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Back in the MetaCard days, I was told that problems like this were often
> caused by the printer driver. If there's an update, I'd install it.
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> On December 4, 2020 10:42:50 AM "Sean Cole \(Pi\) via use-livecode"
> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > Alas, I am still getting the same results with both duplicated and brand
> > new fields. Even in a whole new stack. I'm not getting very far with
> this.
> > What is making the text get so screwed up? Does anyone have any insight?
> >
> > Thanks again, Richard.
> >
> > Sean Cole
> > *Pi Digital *
> >
> > On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 06:42, Pi Digital via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> >> That’s a possibility. Interesting. I’ll give it a go when I’m more
> awake.
> >> Thanks Richard
> >>
> >> Sean Cole
> >> Pi Digital
> >>
> >>
> >> > On 4 Dec 2020, at 06:16, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <
> >> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Sean Cole wrote:
> >> >> I've got a CentOS7 server that I am printing reports from as PDFs. No
> >> >> matter which font or style I use I get occasional anomalies where
> >> >> characters from words get placed over each other like a kerning issue
> >> gone
> >> >> mental.
> >> >> Bad rendering:
> >> >>
> >>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/v09vacw8x3873qh/Screenshot%202020-12-04%20at%2005.53.47.png?dl=0
> >> >> Good rendering:
> >> >>
> >>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ehbdofm3nusgzyh/Screenshot%202020-12-04%20at%2005.54.08.png?dl=0
> >> >> It's very random. Sometimes it's ok. the next report will come out
> bad.
> >> >> There's no real pattern I can identify. I've been going at it for a
> few
> >> >> days trying different font types and styles but they are all very hit
> >> and
> >> >> miss. I can't work out if it is Cairo, Cups or something else. From
> the
> >> >> print card dialogue I get the same issue. I'm so tired and frustrated
> >> from
> >> >> trying to sort it out. Anyone have a fix/workaround/suggestion?
> >> >
> >> > It's been a while since I've seen that, but when I did it was with an
> >> older stack brought forward through many versions to v9.
> >> >
> >> > IIRC I replaced the fields that showed the issue one by one until the
> >> problem went away.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Richard Gaskin
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