PDF files are by their very nature (since they're essentially graphical
images) difficult for PCs and printers to get around -- the results are
great in that they're a facsimile of the actual journal page, but they
represent some limitations such as being able to manipulate the text in any
way. I've not seen any sort of work-around for getting PDFs to print as
quickly or efficiently as HTML documents and I regularly urge our users to
have patience in printing or to e-mail the PDF to themselves so that they
can print it off at their leisure (i.e., when they have more time to wait
for the results).

Dr. Peter V. Picerno
Scarborough-Phillips Library
St. Edward's University
3001 South Congress Ave
Austin  TX  78704-6489
512.464.8825
fax 512.448.8737
Please note that my new e-mail address is: petervp@admin.stedwards.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of mgodbout
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:21 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Printing from JSTOR

I'm not sure that this list is where I should turn to for this
problem but I'm hoping that someone has encountered the
problem and has come up with a workaround solution.

We subscribe to JSTOR but our students are having difficulty
printing articles because they are PDF files and the printer
does not process these files very well.  Has anyone encountered
this problem and if so, what is the solution.

Thank you for any suggestions.
Muriel
Muriel K. Godbout
Systems Librarian
Long Library
Wells College
Aurora, New York  13026
Tel: (315) 364-3355
Fax: (315) 364-3412
Fax: 775-244-9826
Email: mgodbout@henry.wells.edu