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  1. PDFBox
  2. PDFBOX-4709

PDFBox prints text poorly in comparison to Adobe, Chrome, other apps

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Details

    • Bug
    • Status: Reopened
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 2.0.14
    • None
    • Rendering
    • Windows 10
      AdoptOpenJDK 11
      PDFBox 2.0.14

    Description

      When printing a PDF from PDFBox to a Zebra GK420d thermal label printer, the text from the PDF is blurry and appears to have the top and bottom cut off compared to printing the same file through Adobe Acrobat.

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        1. Screen Shot 2019-12-22 at 2.21.00 PM.png
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          Tres Finocchiaro
        2. Screen Shot 2019-12-22 at 2.20.54 PM.png
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          Tres Finocchiaro
        3. PrintedWithPDFBox.pdf
          5 kB
          Tilman Hausherr
        4. PDFBoxVSgraphicsobj.jpg
          2.32 MB
          Lite M Finocchiaro
        5. PDFBoxresult.jpg
          1.82 MB
          Lite M Finocchiaro
        6. linux-thermal-test-pdfbox-4pt.pdf
          7 kB
          Maruan Sahyoun
        7. linux-thermal-test-graphics-frc-4pt.pdf
          7 kB
          Maruan Sahyoun
        8. linux-thermal-test-graphics-frc.pdf
          7 kB
          Maruan Sahyoun
        9. IMG_20191219_130048_2.jpg
          1.42 MB
          Tres Finocchiaro
        10. Drug-print.pdf
          72 kB
          Lite M Finocchiaro
        11. Drug-print.pdf
          72 kB
          Lite M Finocchiaro
        12. Adoberesult.jpg
          1.83 MB
          Lite M Finocchiaro
        13. 4d6a9ed5-45ef-4742-a21f-0903a883e2e8.jpeg
          1.17 MB
          Tres Finocchiaro

        Issue Links

          is related to

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. PDFBOX-5093 Pass PDFRenderer to PDFPrintable constructor

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Closed

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