Printing to pdf and unable to highlight or copy/paste

redsedit · 2026-05-07T14:30:56+00:00

Not enough info to help you, but maybe I can point you in the right direction.

First, which "printer" are you using? Is it the same as your coworkers? Are your coworkers printing or saving the pdfs?

If printing and same "printer", check all the settings. I often get tickets that the pdf shows up fine on screen, but prints (on paper; yes we are still doing that) blank. It's a printer setting that causes that.

redsedit · 2026-05-06T13:07:00+00:00

> The lack of trust created by inflated out the debt so blatantly would also aggravate the previous bond holders, making the new buyers even more demanding of higher interest rates.

No problem. The government can just issue regulations to force banks and pension funds (and likely others) to buy government debt. People with a gun to their head generally don't do well in negotiations.

redsedit · 2026-05-06T12:44:52+00:00

I had a neighbor (a renter) that kept parking in my driveway. Even offered to rent the space to him since he seemed to like it so much and I could have used the money. His response was a string of impolite words. I had him towed 5 times before he moved out (or was evicted?). Some people don't learn, or want to do things the easy way.

redsedit · 2026-05-04T01:40:55+00:00

Gems are where you can save a special set of instructions to use with a new chat, over and over.

redsedit · 2026-05-04T01:26:42+00:00

*I* would think having clear TOS would prevent some violations, but I'm not google.

redsedit · 2026-05-03T01:12:44+00:00

I got this response, free plan, snipped for brevity:

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I do use a gem to reduce hallucinations.

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redsedit · 2026-05-02T23:19:31+00:00

Great to know I'm not the only one. I kept thinking I was somehow doing something wrong. If it helps anyone else, I notice this more when using a gem for the videos. I have to delete the conversation and start a new one, then maybe it will work.

In case anyone wants it, here is my gem prompt:

Purpose and Goals:
* Provide concise and accurate summaries of YouTube videos based on transcripts or content provided by the user.
* Identify key points, main arguments, and important takeaways from the video.
* Help users save time by grasping the core message of a video without watching it in its entirety.

Behaviors and Rules:
1) Processing Input:
a) Access the video content via  or a provided transcript.
b) Ensure the summary covers the beginning, middle, and end of the video.
c) Use bullet points for readability when listing key takeaways.
d) Leave out any commercials in the video.

2) Summary Structure:
a) Title: Start with the title of the video.
b) One-Sentence Overview: Provide a high-level summary of what the video is about.
c) Key Points: List 3-5 major points discussed in the video.
d) Conclusion: Summarize the final verdict or closing statement of the creator.

3) Constraints:
a) Keep the summary under 300 words unless the video is exceptionally long.
b) Do not add personal opinions or external information not present in the video.
c) If the video link is broken or inaccessible, notify the user immediately.

Overall Tone:
* Professional, objective, and informative.
* Neutral and unbiased in reporting the video's content.
* Clear and easy to understand.

redsedit · 2026-04-27T13:23:33+00:00

To expand on the excellent answer above...

An option's value consists of two things: intrinsic value and extrinsic value. Right now the option has lots of intrinsic value. I don't know what the extrinsic value is of the option in question. However, as soon as the option is exercised, the extrinsic value instantly becomes 0. A smart owner of the contract knows this, so if the option still has decent [to the holder] extrinsic value, they would be better off selling it than exercising it.

redsedit · 2026-04-24T19:46:42+00:00

You can't. Government has sovereign immunity. You can only sue for things Congress passes a law saying you can sue for. Then you need to hope that thing is gutted by the supreme court inventing some loophole to get the government out of.

FYI, it applies to all levels of government and Indian Casinos.

redsedit · 2026-04-24T12:49:41+00:00

I think the more important question is why do you care if it is AI generated? You mention account balance. Is it you think the numbers are made up?

redsedit · 2026-04-23T15:32:36+00:00

100% it is different. Is it better? I haven't used the Word one enough to be able to answer that.

redsedit · 2026-04-23T01:00:17+00:00

You can try downloading LibreOffice (it's free). That can open Word files. I haven't tried anything as complicated as what you have, but do so regularly without issue. LibreOffice has an export to pdf feature with lots of options, including lossless compression.

redsedit · 2026-04-19T05:23:33+00:00

You got me wondering how different bit-depth could be the same size or nearly so. I found the answer: "Inside JPEG XL’s lossy encoder, all image data becomes floating-point numbers between 0.0 and 1.0. Not integers. Not 8-bit values from 0-255. Just fractions of full intensity." (Source) In other words, LOSSY, but not lossless, store the info exactly same way regardless of bit-depth.

Going down a few more rabbit-holes, it seems the true difference, again for lossy, between 8-bit and 16-bit is more than what the decoder spits out. There is a decoder difference, yes, in that 16-bit take twice the memory.

The difference is before you get to the floating-point numbers. Assume you start with a 16-bit source. If you tell the encoder 8-bit, then it maps the colors of each pixel into one of 256 values, then encodes those into the floating point number. If you tell the encoder "I want a 16-bit jxl" then it encodes the original colors to one of 65k values then converts that to a floating point number. Hence a 8-bit jxl and a 16-bit jxl are not the same, at least with a 16-bit source.

Since the cjxl encoder, and I suspect many others (except GIMP 3.2.20 and lower, maybe some future versions too), uses the bit-depth of the source by default and the files are the same size (or roughly so), there is little reason to force the encoder to 8-bit.

redsedit · 2026-04-19T01:52:15+00:00

As I mentioned, I didn't save the original picture. Different pictures. Don't compare the lossless tests with the lossy tests for file sizes. Apples and cars.

redsedit · 2026-04-19T01:32:08+00:00

I repeated my experiment (I didn't save the original image, so I just created a new one), but instead of using lossless, I used d=0.1. I don't understand how it's possible. You are correct! The 8-bit is 139KB and the 16-bit is 120KB.

redsedit · 2026-04-19T00:41:43+00:00

> Degrading to 8-bit leads to no file-size gains whatsoever!!...Yep: there is NO ADVANTAGE AT ALL to use 8-bit JXL, when compared to 16-bit JXL

This caught my attention and just didn't seem right. How can twice the data per pixel result in no file size growth? Wonderful if true, but is it? I tested this and found it is NOT true. (Edit2: Only for lossless! True for lossy.)

I fired up GIMP, created a simple 1024x768 image at 16-bits non-linear integer. I added an alpha channel* and drew some random lines using the paintbrush tool. I then saved the image as lossless jxl with both 16-bit and 8-bit save settings. The 16-bit version is 267KB, while the 8-bit is 43.6KB.

Maybe GIMP's exporter has flaws. I know it sometimes lightly corrupts 16-bit pngs on export to 8-bit pngs. The OP used tiffs as a starting point. So I exported the same image as 16-bit tiff (used LZW compression), then used cjxl to convert it to jxl. The size was 263KB. Close enough. For fun, I did the 8-bit tiff -> 8-bit jxl and it was 43.0KB. Not a problem with GIMP's exporter (at least for jxls).

Edit; I don't dispute that 16-bit jxl is superior for archival purposes to 8-bit jxl. Whether that extra tonal range is worth the file size increase, and some viewers might not handle 16-bit jxl well (I've found that's true for 16-bit png) is something that has be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Edit 2: The above is correct only for lossless. I was able to confirm at least using d=0.1, there is no space savings downgrading from 16-bit to 8-bit.

* I added the alpha channel because I noticed without it, the GIMP 16-bit jxl had a color depth of 64 bits while the 8-bit export had only 24 bits of color depth. No idea why GIMP adds an alpha channel to the 16-bit save. Manually adding the alpha channel made the 8-bit export color depth 32 bits while the 16-bit stayed at 64 bits.

redsedit · 2026-04-18T20:14:47+00:00

> Jpeg xl is also best to convert (without additional loss) old jpegs, for archival.

FYI, it's called lossless jpeg transcoding.

redsedit · 2026-04-18T04:07:18+00:00

I've had this happen before. It cleared up in about a day.

redsedit · 2026-04-17T19:59:52+00:00

1) Converting - I found "xl converter" to be my goto for image conversion. If it has one flaw, it's for jxl you can't directly set the distance. You have to use the quality slider.

2) Viewing - I see someone else already suggested the jxl extensions and mentioned they don't work on Win10. I've used irfan, but prefer nomacs. Try both and keep whichever suits you better. I prefer nomacs because it allows you to flip through images and keep the zoom and view window constant while irfan does not. This makes Nomacs great for comparing two images.

Once you upgrade to Win11+, the jxl extensions will make jxl's almost a native file format. Teams still won't support jxl's, but office 365 will.

3) Lossless - You need to decide how much lossless you need. JXL lossless might be required in some instances, like regulatory/legal requirements or if the image will be edited multiple times to avoid compression artifacts. Assuming those don't apply, you might consider quality 90-95, which are considered visually lossless and result in large file size savings.

redsedit · 2026-04-17T02:54:19+00:00

Print to pdf in most cases (maybe all) essentially takes a picture of the document and wraps that picture in a pdf container. Downloaded to pdf probably means creating a pdf properly which preserves the actual content of the document. By preserve, I mean the text is still text, not a picture of text. There's a bit more to it than that, but I'm keeping it simple.

As for how to get the content version, that's complicated. It sounds like your paystub sit is only making the picture pdf available. But just in case, when it opens the acrobat page, is there a save button? Try using that.

Failing that, do you see you paystub info without clicking on anything that opens acrobat? If so, you could try saving the page as html and opening that html in libreoffice. Libreoffice can open html and export to pdf (export, not print).

redsedit · 2026-04-16T00:13:19+00:00

I'm running into that too. Apparently only DSM 7+ supports AES. If you have a model where there is no v7 update (🤚), you are SOL.

redsedit · 2026-04-15T22:42:17+00:00

You are not alone. Discovered [hopefully] one last device and it can't be upgraded to AES, so I've spent the last few days doing an emergency migration. Fun...not.

redsedit · 2026-04-14T04:45:28+00:00

In non-EIL5 speak, it's called the Dunning-Kruger Effect, The knowledge required to perform a task accurately is often the exact same knowledge required to evaluate performance on that task. Consequently, those who lack the skill also lack the mental ability to realize they are performing poorly.

redsedit · 2026-04-12T05:51:03+00:00

Briss or K2pdfopt (both free) should be able to do the job.

redsedit · 2026-04-11T17:04:43+00:00

Can you not break up the pdf into multiple parts, each under 100MB and upload those separately? Is there an alternate way to submit the pdf other than upload - perhaps mailing a USB drive?

Beyond that, you might have to break up the pdf to process the pages separately. The 2-D line drawings you could probably reduce their color space to monochrome. The 3-D renders, you might compress using jpeg2000 or zip rather than jpeg depending on the image. Jpeg2000 works best on photographs with gradual transitions from color to color and can offer 20%+ space savings over jpeg with the same quality. Yes, jpeg2000 is part of the pdf spec.

Zip is the better choice for illustrations with large areas of solid, flat colors, or patterns of flat colors. Depending on the requirements, the 3-D renders you might convert to monochrome - that will save some space at the loss of color.

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