Re: [PLUG] PDF read/write

[Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>]

At 09:36 AM 11/14/2001 -0500, Jon Nelson wrote:
> You can print a document to a postscript file and then convert it to PDF
> using ps2pdf.  If you don't have ps2pdf I think it comes w/ ghostscript.

        It does - but make sure you have at LEAST Ghostscript 6.x (7.x 
preferred), as 5.x makes REALLY CRAPPY PDF files...


> Also there is a pretty cool article about setting this up w/ samba shares at:
> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/bright.html

        Excellent article!

        My only comment (which I already sent to the author) is that you 
should NOT use "just any" Postscript driver for Windows (and ESPECIALLY NOT 
the HP ones!) since the printer/PPD that you pick will determines the 
features of the Postscript and therefore the PDF as well.

        (eg. if you select a PPD for a printer that is a Level 1 Black & 
White printer, you will get VERY DIFFERENT PS/PDF files than if you 
selected a Level 3 Color printer).


LDR


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