Evince Save copy no longer works as expected

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2013/1/8 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>:
> On 01/08/2013 01:26 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>> 2013/1/8 NoOp ...
>>> Were it me, I'd tag that bug as invalid. Then I'd file a different bug
>>> against Evince because it doesn't warn you about the above like acroread.
>>>
>>> If you'd like to experiment with a PDF form that you _can_ save with the
>>> data filled in try: <http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf>
>>
>> So it is a feature after all… :P
>>
>> So what I need to do is to ask those who provided the file if they can
>> change, and if there is a reason why they won't, I guess. It's just
>> strange that I'm not supposed to edit a file that is a piece of paper
>> that I can collect at any bank anyway. I could, of course, print them
>> out, but at the moment I'm out of black toner and my printer refuse to
>> print anything without until I replace the toner thing…
>
> $ sudo apt-get install cups-pdf
>
> Set up as a PDF printer & then print to PDF. That way you save the info
> & don't waste paper.
>
> Just be aware that unless you are running 12.10 or above, poppler-utils
> have not been updated to 0.20.x, so evince, okular, et al that use
> poppler will not render PDF's that are readable by acroread, acrobat,
> foxit reader & similar.

Well, that has been my workaround so far, but I didn't need to install
something. Or maybe I just don't remember that I did. I always have
the PDF option in the print dialogue, I think. At least it's there
when I need it.

>
>>
>> Well, thanks anyway for clearing this up.
>
> You are quite welcome.
>
>>
>>
>> Johnny Rosenberg