PDF output: characters overlap

Friends,
I have an issue where, my document output is configured for sending email as PDF attachment. The issue is the PDF generated have some characters overlapping.
When printed directly from the document, the output is as expected. The spool created in SP01 also looks perfect.
But if I convert this spool into PDF using RSTXPDFT4, the PDF generated will have the same issue; 'characters are overlapped'.
Can anyone please guide me to find the cause of the issue? Any kind of help will be appreciated.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Deeps

We are getting right hand side characters truncated for PDF output when Conc Prog is run through EBS.This is the problem.Is it a seeded or custom concurrent program? Does this happen to all requests or specific ones only?
But while saving the file on dektop and printing both left and right hand side characters gets printed well within the margin area.What if you print the same file from the server using the lp command?
What could be the problem here please?Could anyone please share the resolution.
Page size used is: 81/2 x 11 - Letter.What is the printer type/style?
Have you tried different printer?
Also, have you tried to adjust the number of Rows/Columns of this concurrent program?
Please see if (Custom Landscape Reports In PDF Format Print In Portrait Orientation [ID 421358.1]) helps.
Thanks,
Hussein

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