[OPLINTECH] PDF software on public computers

[Phil Shirley]

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.

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.

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.

Phil

*Phil Shirley*

/IT Manager/
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