RE: [OT] Adobe Reader 8 and Vista...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This is very similar to problems I have had at work. Some bright
spark
> (who
> shall forever remain nameless) decided to require Adobe 8 for one of
> our
> proprietary systems, and as a result no-one was able to print
> correctly.
> Sometimes Adobe crashed, sometimes the spooler service crashed (both
on
> the
> local machine and print server). After much discussion, searching and
> fiddling we worked out that Adobe Reader 8 has a crap print system
> which
> does not work correctly with PostScript print drivers, and moving all
> of our
> printers to PCL drivers sorted the problem.

Ahha - I have an HP Laserjet 5Si MX whish is postscript...

...I'll try installing the PCL driver instead.

> This is now a known Adobe bug which they are supposedly working to
fix,
> but
> is NOT just tied to MS Vista.

Strangely I get the same problem with Adobe Reader 7 on the same Vista
machine too but did not have any problems with Reader 7 on this machine
when
running XP.

> Hope this helps someone else.
>
> Dave

Well I'm gonna give it a try!

Phil