I think some banks utilize some feature built in PDF Readers to PREVENT printing of “SENSITIVE” information in a PDF, by blocking parts with black bars.
The issue does not appear when printing using other software, like Adobe Reader or Microsoft Edge, to print the PDF. But it DOES occur with Firefox and Chrome. So it’s not a driver issue.
Is this a form of DRM? I want to know how it works whatever is causing it, and be able to REMOVE it from the PDF itself completely.
Why does Firefox obey this “DRM” crap, while Edge has the balls to ignore it?
And to make things even more complicated, I am able to print the PDF fine on another computer, using the exact same OS, browser, and printer. So it appears to be a specific setting or version of .e.g Firefox?
If only I had NAME for this, then I’d be able to search for it online.
that sounds like an interesting idea. Perhaps there is a simple linux terminal command for that
yes of course. it’s pdf2ps and there are multiple ps2pdf* . They are part of Ghostscript. However, there’s a chance it gets blackened during the first conversion as well. so i wish you the best of luck
thanks I’ll try to convert to ps and back. A normal pdf survived the interdimensional travel. Now with the weird pdf, when I can get my hands on it again.