Arthur S. Alexion on Wed, 1 May 2002 21:09:26 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] OT: Publisher 98 to PDF


At 12:22 PM 5/1/2002 -0400, you wrote:
I just used Ghostscript (for Windows since I'm working on a solution
for a Windows user) to convert a Postscript file into a PDF.  The PS
file is 3k, the PDF is 41k!  What's going on?!  Maybe I missed
something, but if a PS file is always that much smaller, why use PDF?

Also, the converted PDF has the same quality as the PS when viewed in
GSview, but it doesn't look as good when viewed with Acrobat Reader
4.0.  Another PDF that I downloaded looks just as good in both
viewers.  I guess I am missing something.


I have never used GhostScript for Windows. Gabriel was right that earlier Linux versions did a much poorer job than the newer versions. that may have something to do with your problem.

The PDF should be smaller than the PS with one exception: the PDF will grow if you embed fonts.

The version of ps2pdf that I am currently using (I think its 6.something for linux) does a reasonably good job creating PDFs. I very much miss the things that I can do with the distiller (windows) that can't be done in Linux at a reasonable price. Seems Adobe has abandoned the Unix desktop (there is an expensive Distiller Server product), and no one picking up the ball has come close to the Acrobat product.




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