Wrong line weight when printing if compared to Acrobat print

[ciroettorre]

Hello,

I am running in a serious issue related to the default line weight for printing both texts that vectorial data.
Attached is a sample PDF where, if printed with the PDF-XChange ActiveX, the line weights are bigger than if printed with Acrobat Reader last version.
For testing, please print it on a printer with the default DPI value, first with the PDF-XChange ActiveX and then with Acrobat Reader.
You will see that the table on the right side of the PDF is unreadable if printed with PDF-XChange, and readable if printed with Acrobat Reader.
The parameters I have used are ( only a sample ):

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hRes = spViewer->OpenDocument(...,PXCVA_NoUI);
Print.PrinterName = ...
Print.PaperName = "A3"
Print.Copies = 1
Print.RangeType = 2
Print.ScaleType = "FitToMargins"
Print.ScaleSimple.AutoRotate = "1"
Print.ScaleSimple.AutoCenter = "1"
Print.ScaleSimple.PaperByPage = "1"
spViewer->PrintDocument( ..., PXCVA_NoUI );

Our customers are not happy with such difference, and wont use the ActiveX for printing ( we bought the full OEM license of it )
Is there any way for fixing it ?
The issue is quite urgent

Regards,
Ciro Ettorre

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Ciro Ettorre,

Please zip the file and attach it again as the first time it got removed.
Also could you please tell us which build are you using?

Regards,
Stefan Dzhukelov

[ciroettorre]

Build is:

03/30/2009 02:31 PM 8,429,848 PDFXCview.exe
03/30/2009 02:33 PM 996,632 PDFXCviewAx.dll
03/30/2009 10:08 AM 3,869,696 pxcview.dll

Regards,
Ciro

[ciroettorre]

For your further info, I have attached also two scans from the "true" paper print-outs on an HP A3 printer of both the Acrobat print and the PDFXCView print.
( Since I am not quite sure that the attachments have been correctly uploaded ( they have a big size ) ) I placed a copy of them in:
http://www.mechworks.com/ftproot/TrackerSoftware
Let me know if you have any trouble in accessing them

Regards,
Ciro

[ciroettorre]

sorry, the correct address is:
http://www.mechworks.com/ftproot/OutGoi ... erSoftware

[ciroettorre]

... last info:
I saw in the PDFXCview.exe that it is possible to assign an "Advanced Print Setup" ( Print text as curves, Max resolution for print as images, resolution for gradient fills )
In which way can I set such options through the API ?
Thanks,
Ciro

[ciroettorre]

Hello, it is me again
After having tested the print with the advanced parameters, the print looks GOOD and very similar to Acrobat default printing
So I only need to set the Advanced Printer Options, but still don't know how

Regards,
Ciro

[Corwin - Tracker Sup]

You can use next properties for setting advanced print options:

"TextAsCurves" - allows the text to be printed as curves.
Type - integer
Possible values:
0 - Auto
1 - For embedded fonts
2 - Always
(Default value is 0)

"AsImagesMaxResol" - Maximum resolution for Print as Images.
Type - integer
(Default value is 300)

"GradientsResol" - Resolution for Gradient fills.
Type - integer
(Default value is 150)

"NotesAndPopups" - Print notes and popups.
Type - boolean (Integer/String)
(Default value is 0)

"PopupsAlpha" - sets the degree of opacity for poups.
Type - double
(Default value is 0.75)

Just a little sample:

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spViewer->SetProperty("Print.TextAsCurves", 2, 0);
spViewer->SetProperty("Print.AsImagesMaxResol", 600, 0);
spViewer->SetProperty("Print.NotesAndPopups", 1, 0);

[ciroettorre]

Thank you very much for your help
I have just installed the new options and they appear to work perfectly
Regards,
Ciro

[John - Tracker Supp]

Pleased all is well