Linux toPostScript produces blank form

Hi there. I've dredged through the Internet looking for a solution, but haven't found any, so this is my last resort
I have a PDF form that has been reader extended and form data is imported into the using the Java libraries. When I generate a postscript file on Windows and send it to Adobe Distiller, everything is fine. However, if I generate a postscript file on our Linux server using the command line -toPostScript with no options, the PDF form is generated, but the fields are blank
I have another PDF form that I created using the same process and this generates fine... all data in the form is populated and the PDF is not editable, as I want it. But it's very strange that this doesn't happen for another form.
Note that the Linux server is running in a semi-headless state. I'm emulating the X server using Xvfb server, which works very well, and I've tried this using Adobe Reader 8.1.4 as well as 9.1 and they both produce the same result. Also, if I import the XML file using Adobe on Windows, send the file to the Linux server to produce the postscript file, then everything is fine.
Would you know what is causing the problem, if there's any security feature in the PDF that I should be enabling/disabling, or how to determine the differences with the forms? Is there a way to compare the different properties of the PDF files to isolate the differences?
Unfortunately, due to security reasons, I cannot provide a copy of the PDF files.
I appreciate any answer given
Thanks

Hi Xenno,
Please add few flags to your command line when using the -toPostScript option.
Try the following command:
acroread -toPostScript -markupsOn -optimizeForSpeed -saveVM a.pdf
Let us know if this helps.
Also try and export the data of the form that you are trying to print and let us know if you are able to export the data to an xml file.
For exporting data, go to Document->Forms->Export data.
Also please let us know of the workflow as to how you import data from the Java libraries.
In your first post you had written :
“Also, if I import the XML file using Adobe on Windows, send the file to the Linux server to produce the postscript file, then everything is fine.”
Does it mean that only when you import the data using the Java Libraries that the problem surfaces?
Regards,
Rishi

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