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Re: [docbook-apps] how to print a pdf?
- From: "A.R. (Tom) Peters" <tpeters at xs4all dot nl>
- To: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 02:08:17 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] how to print a pdf?
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Lucas Brasilino wrote:
> > I created a PDF file with xsltproc. Most images that it contains are EPS.
> > AcroRead does not know how to display them. According to the FAQ it
> > nevertheless should be possible to print them on a postscript aware
> > printer. However, I have not managed to get the images printed on this
> > system:
> > Win2K
> > AcroRead
> > HP OfficeJet 5si
> > Are there any particular printer settings or AcroRead options that I
> > should use? I have the impression that AcroRead renders the pages before
> > sending them to the printer, and it skips the EPS images.
>
> xsltproc doesn't create a PDF file. It transforms a Docbook XML
> document into a FO document for further a FO processor create a PDF
> file. You should used FOP, passivetex or someone else. Which one?
You are right, I use fop for the final rendering. But anyway, given the
PDF with Encapsulated PS, how do I get it printed? Does anyone know
whether AcroRead does some rendering and skips the EPS it doesn't
understand - so could I turn that off? Or is it a printer setting?
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Tom "thriving on chaos" Peters
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