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Re: Adobe Reader 7.0 won't print SOME PDF Docs.

#735
From: PJF
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:18
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Agreed!  Adobe has a lot of fixing to do om v.7.  It sure doesn't seem ready
for prime time!

PJF


"PawleysGrits" <pawleysgrits@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I have installed, uninstalled, and reinstalled v7 3 times now, and find
> numerous problems; I have reverted to a 6x release, and it is stable.
>
> The most apparent problem is that a link to a pdf file from a PowerPoint
> slide show will not open.  If the Reader is opened first (WHY should you
> have to do that???), the link works better, but not the way it should.
>
> Beyond that, the installation corrupted my system, and disabled some
> "background" functions, running from the system tray.  Included were the
> Google  local search, my firewall, Microsoft AntiSpam, and Spybot S & D.
I
> am very diligent about "pest control", so I'm confident that nothing of
that
> sort was causing problems.  Further, I uninstalled v6, and set a restore
> point (Thank God!) before doing the v7 install, and, once uninstalled, the
> restore point brought me back to where I should have been all along.
>
> My advice to my students and customers?  AVOID ADOBE READER V7.
>
>
> "PJF" <pjfNOSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:frCEd.82139$mA3.73147@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> >I installed 7.0 and it worked fine except that it won't print some PDF
> >docs.
> > Had to uninstall 7.0 and reinstall 6.0.1 (from which I had upgraded) and
> > all
> > PDF's printed properly. Tried both Netscape 7x and IE 6x.  Same printing
> > problem.
> >
> > Also, ran into a problem with doing searches in 7.0 when all PDF docs
were
> > retrieved off the Internet via FireFox browser.
> >
> > Running WIN 2000 Pro, SP4.  Intel 3 GHz processor, 1 GB memory. Printer
is
> > an HP OfficeJet G85xi (USB). Driver is HP version 2.50.
> >
> > I sent this info to Adobe's Bug Report site but after filling out my
> > pedegree and laborously inputting the symptons and related data, they
then
> > tell me don't expect a reply!
> >
> > Any suggestions or insights would be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > PJF
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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