>> It's not necessarily a part of SMB. All recent versions of PDF support "linearized
>> PDF" which is a way of optimizing for slower links. Grab the later PDF ref and
>> check
>> out the Appendix for the option:
>>
>> http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/pdf/index_reference.html#5
>
> Wow, thanks, I've got some reading to do... If it is a feature of the PDF file
> format, why would it not work when running over HTTP?
Short answer: SMB/CIFS supports random access files whereas the HTTP protocol does
not. I.e., with HTTP you are limited to requesting the entire file but over a share
you can request a portion of it.
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