[PLUG] PDF vs. PS (was Re: OT: Publisher 98 to PDF)

[Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>]

At 1:39 PM -0400 5/1/02, Paul wrote:
>  >         What version of Ghostscript?   Are you embedding fonts?  Did
>  > you enable compression?   What command line options did you give to
>  > GS?
>
> I have Ghostscript 7.04 and GSview 4.2 for Windows.

	good...


>  >         A PS file is not always smaller than PDF - depends on what is
>  > in the PS.  As to why use PDF - LOTS of good reasons.  Let me know if
>  > you want them listed...
>
> How about the top three reasons? 8-) Wasn't that a thread a while
> back?

	Probably...Here are my top three.

1) PDF viewers are more widely distributed than PS viewers, so that 
more users will be able to view your files "out of the box".  There 
is also the secondary aspect that such viewing is integrated in the 
web browser, allowing for a transparent experience.

2) PDF files are random access, PS is sequential.  This is VERY 
important on the web, since it means that only the first page of a 
PDF file can be downloaded in order to view it - while with PS you'd 
need the ENTIRE DOCUMENT before any portion could be viewed.

3) PDF files provided for non-content elements, that allow for more 
interactive and navigable documents.  Bookmarks, hyperlinks, 
annotations, etc.


LDR

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