<div dir="ltr">Over the years, I always end up with Adobe Reader on staff and patron computers. It's what just about every program, organization, instruction guide, and user expects. It's also been my experience that some pdf documents (IRS forms!) DO sometimes have problems with alternative readers, although that may be a bit less common these days save for some more obscure and less-used pdf document features that may or may not be implemented correctly in whatever non-Adobe Reader. Built-in browser pdf readers seem to be less robust for sure. Ultimately, as a rule, Adobe Reader goes on every patron and staff computer. It is what it is.<div><br></div><div>Chad</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>______________________________<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">My personal listserv policy:</b></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><i><font color="#ff0000">I may not respond off-list to topical replies sent only/directly to me.</font></i></div></div><div><div><div><div><font color="#ff0000"><i>Libraries have a wonderfully amazing reputation for openness and sharing, a concept I support and encourage. Your thoughts are useful and valuable. I beg you to share them publicly so that other libraries can benefit from them too and perhaps participate in an open conversation...which can't occur off-list.</i></font></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><b><div><b><br></b></div>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in public libraries</i></font><br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 4:00 PM Phil Shirley via OPLINTECH <<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>What software do you use to open PDFs on public computers? We
just use the free Adobe software. The problem we have is that
sometimes a PDF will have multiple layers and take a very long
time to print; when that happens, if the patron comes to a staff
member, then we can tell them how to flatten the PDF first, but it
would be nice if it just printed quickly in the first place. I
haven't found a way in this software to automatically flatten
before printing.</p>
<p>At some point we had the web browsers set up to open PDFs in the
browser but there was some problem, probably with printing (you
can't use the browser's print function I don't think), some reason
that we had to tell patrons to save the PDF and then open it in
the Adobe software.</p>
<p>I worry that anything but the Adobe software might not support
everything that patrons need to do with a PDF, like maybe fill out
a form before printing, though I know there are alternative PDF
readers out there.<br>
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<p>Phil<br>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Phil
Shirley</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><br>
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Manager</i><br>
<b>Cuyahoga Falls Library</b></span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<b>a. </b>2015 Third Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221</span></p>
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