Notes and Restrictions on SkyPDF V4 MT Driver


Please note the following restrictions and precautions when using SkyPDF V4 MT Driver.

Matters Related to Printer Properties

  1. If the standard OS simplified settings screen is displayed instead of the usual SkyPDF V4 MT Driver settings screen, it is possible that memory is being pressured by processes other than the SkyPDF V4 MT Driver. Close the screen once, wait for a while, and then restart the settings screen.
    Note that the orientation of printing, paper size, and resolution can also be set from the simplified settings screen.

Matters Related to Output Settings

  1. Even when the [Delete Blank Pages] setting is enabled, blank pages in PowerPoint files will not be removed.

  2. Even when the [Delete Blank Pages] setting is enabled, in Word files, only blank pages (created with [Insert]  >  [Page Break]) that do not contain line feed characters will be removed.
    Blank pages created by pressing Enter or by creating blank pages (created with [Insert]  >  [Blank Page]) will not be removed because they contain line feed characters.

  3. If the source document contains a large number of objects such as links, processing related to the [Optimize for Web display] settings may not complete.

Matters Related to Standards

  1. PDFs output as PDF/A may not be properly pre-flighted in Adobe Acrobat XI in some cases if the CID Set assigned for the originally embedded font is incomplete.

  2. If a character code is used that is not assigned to characters in the external character area, PDF output to the PDF/A standard may not be possible.

Matters Related to Quality

  1. The compression option method used may vary depending on the application and environment.
    For example, even when the same TIFF image from the same application is converted to PDF, the Monochrome images compression setting may be enabled on a 32-bit OS, and the Color/Grayscale images compression setting on a 64-bit OS may be enabled.

  2. Even with supported applications, PDF accuracy may be impaired in rare cases due to conditions such as layout and file size.
    When using Visio, any Bold, Italic, or ItalicBold characters that have been entered may be recognized as graphics and converted to PDF instead of text. In some cases (see the example below), even standard typefaces may be recognized as graphics.
    (Example) When using the standard font “MS P Gothic” in Visio, all text and graphics are recognized as graphics if the print resolution is 300 dpi or less. Additionally, all characters with a font size of 86 pt or larger at a printing resolution of 600 dpi, 43 pt or larger at 1200 dpi, and 22 pt or larger at 2400 dpi are recognized as graphics.

  3. When using Visio, due to its specifications, changes made to the paper orientation in the Print Settings will not be reflected.

Matters Related to OS Functions

  1. If you enable the OS’s [Print to file] option and print, the following settings will not be applied:

Matters Related to Hyperlinks

  1. Only 1 hyperlinked character string is possible.
  2. If a hyperlinked character string contains any of the following characters, the rest of the text will not be hyperlinked.
  3. ( ^ \ | ' "
  4. (Example) If “https://msdn2.microsoft.com/ja-jp/library/ms742418(VS.80).aspx” is converted to a PDF, the hyperlinked character string will only contain “http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ja-jp/library/ms742418”.
  5. When using Ichitaro, if there are characters and a space immediately before the e-mail address, the space is ignored and the characters and the address together is recognized as a hyperlink.
    (Example) In the case of “e-mail ii-help@skycom.co.jp”, the hyperlink will not be “ii-help@skycom.co.jp”, but will instead become “e-mailii-help@skycom.co.jp”.
  6. When using Visio, hyperlinked character strings cannot be recognized when creating PDFs because Visio splits text data. However, hyperlinks can be assigned if pasted from other applications (Word, etc.).
    • Font conditions for each item must be met
  7. When using Excel or PowerPoint, special symbols are treated as a separate font, so normal characters and special symbols become separate strings and are not recognized together as one hyperlinked character string.
    (Example) Special fonts: Estrangelo Edessa, Gautami, Latha, Mangal, Raavi, Shruti, Tunga