Re: Android Issue #2
The Shelter <the_shelter-/[email protected]> Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:59:19 +0200
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--Apple-Mail-A3E2F4B1-28C1-46BC-84C6-EC4D6DD995F7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Post a sample and run some PDF preflight checks Am 27.06.2013 um 18:09 schrieb Alan Laas <[email protected]>: > I figured out the cause of my previous problem (which actually had=20 > nothing to do with the module but rather with SSL negotiation and the=20 > Android Download Manager) but now I have run into another one that=20 > appears to be at least somewhat related to how the module generates PDFs. >=20 > My script first loads a PDF that I created with Illustrator as a=20 > template then places images, text, and simple graphics on it based on=20 > data in a database before streaming the result back to the browser=20 > requesting it. This all works perfectly fine on a PC and in iOS and=20 > even when the PDF is loaded into Acrobat Reader on Android. However, I=20 > will need to be able to send the PDF to a network printer from an=20 > Android tablet. For security reasons we do not want to send the PDF to=20 > a cloud based solution like Google CloudPrint so that is not an option.=20 > I have been looking for a printing solution that is readily available=20 > that we can recommend that will work with Android. HP ePrint seems=20 > really close. HP ePrint will open the PDF but all that it shows in it's=20 > preview is the original PDF that was loaded as the template without any=20 > of the other content that was added by the script. It also does not=20 > print the content when it is actually sent to the printer. The content=20 > is obviously there in the file as it is displayed properly when opened=20 > by Acrobat Reader. I have opened the file in other PDF apps on the=20 > tablet and they also don't display the content. Furthermore I have=20 > attempted to replicate the issue in HP ePrint on iOS and the iOS version= =20 > doesn't have the same problem. I have spoken to HP support about the=20 > issue and provided them with one of the PDFs that was generated to see=20 > if they can find the problem in the app but who knows if anything will=20 > come from that or not. Does anyone have any ideas about what could=20 > cause this or anything that could be done to address this issue? Could=20 > it possibly be something to do with specifying a specific PDF version=20 > (something that I have not done) when it's generated or something like th= at? >=20 --Apple-Mail-A3E2F4B1-28C1-46BC-84C6-EC4D6DD995F7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #fff;"> <span style="display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text" > <p><div>Post a sample and run some PDF preflight checks<br><br><br></div><div><br>Am 27.06.2013 um 18:09 schrieb Alan Laas <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>>:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <span> </span> <div id="ygrp-text"> <p>I figured out the cause of my previous problem (which actually had <br> nothing to do with the module but rather with SSL negotiation and the <br> Android Download Manager) but now I have run into another one that <br> appears to be at least somewhat related to how the module generates PDFs.<br> <br> My script first loads a PDF that I created with Illustrator as a <br> template then places images, text, and simple graphics on it based on <br> data in a database before streaming the result back to the browser <br> requesting it. This all works perfectly fine on a PC and in iOS and <br> even when the PDF is loaded into Acrobat Reader on Android. However, I <br> will need to be able to send the PDF to a network printer from an <br> Android tablet. For security reasons we do not want to send the PDF to <br> a cloud based solution like Google CloudPrint so that is not an option. <br> I have been looking for a printing solution that is readily available <br> that we can recommend that will work with Android. HP ePrint seems <br> really close. HP ePrint will open the PDF but all that it shows in it's <br> preview is the original PDF that was loaded as the template without any <br> of the other content that was added by the script. It also does not <br> print the content when it is actually sent to the printer. The content <br> is obviously there in the file as it is displayed properly when opened <br> by Acrobat Reader. I have opened the file in other PDF apps on the <br> tablet and they also don't display the content. Furthermore I have <br> attempted to replicate the issue in HP ePrint on iOS and the iOS version <br> doesn't have the same problem. I have spoken to HP support about the <br> issue and provided them with one of the PDFs that was generated to see <br> if they can find the problem in the app but who knows if anything will <br> come from that or not. Does anyone have any ideas about what could <br> cause this or anything that could be done to address this issue? Could <br> it possibly be something to do with specifying a specific PDF version <br> (something that I have not done) when it's generated or something like that?<br> </p> </div> <!-- end group email --> </div></blockquote></p> </div> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <div style="color: #fff; height: 0;">__._,_.___</div> <table cellspacing=4px style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA " > <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-text-pdf-modules/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwbjgxczlnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTczODIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BG1zZ0lkAzM3NzkEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMzc1MTY3NTYy?act=reply&messageNum=3779">Reply via web post</a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; " > <a href="mailto:the_shelter-/[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20%5Bperl-text-pdf-modules%5D%20Android%20Issue%20%232" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD;"> Reply to sender </a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; "> <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20%5Bperl-text-pdf-modules%5D%20Android%20Issue%20%232" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD"> Reply to group </a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; " > <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-text-pdf-modules/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNjJ1cWo4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTczODIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTM3NTE2NzU2Mg--" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD">Start a New Topic</a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #2D50FD; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; " > <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-text-pdf-modules/message/3778;_ylc=X3oDMTM0Nm1oamcxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTczODIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BG1zZ0lkAzM3NzkEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMzc1MTY3NTYyBHRwY0lkAzM3Nzg-" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD;">Messages in this topic</a> (2) </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!------- Start Nav Bar ------> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-vital" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px;"> <span id="vithd" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333; text-transform: uppercase; ">Recent Activity:</span> <ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: inline;"> </ul> <div style="clear: both; padding-top: 2px; color: #1e66ae;"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-text-pdf-modules;_ylc=X3oDMTJldnU3cTBsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTczODIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTM3NTE2NzU2Mg--" style="text-decoration: none;">Visit Your Group</a> </div> </div> <div id="ygrp-grfd" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; padding: 15px 0;"> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<BR> perl-text-pdf-modules-unsubscribe-Km8ibD4bFueDmjp1MlKEbA@public.gmane.org<BR> <BR> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> </div> <div id="ft" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0 2px 0 0; clear: both;"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkNWtkaTZuBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTczODIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3NzA5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMzc1MTY3NTYy" style="float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/yg/logo/us.gif" height="15" width="137" alt="Yahoo! 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