Re: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
Phil Taylor wrote: I just checked out the HP site, and it looks as if they don't make their own Mac drivers any more. Instead they say that you should use the Apple Laserwriter 8 driver along with the appropriate HP printer description file. Which is all fine and dandy except that it doesn't give you PDF output. Sorry about that folks. Oh well, PrintToPDF does exactly the same job as the HP driver in any case. And switching printer driver is almost as easy as switching between paper and PDF print with the same driver. PrintToPDF is $20 shareware, though. Frank Nordberg To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
RE: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
A couple sites with information on this are: Producing PDF Files Without Using Adobe Acrobat: http://www.jps.net/bygrace/general/pdf.html and Free PDF Home Page http://over.to/freepdf although I think the last URL was given in an earlier discussion (as complex?) The html2ps site at http://www.tdb.uu.se/~jan/html2ps.html has an interesting concept of converting html web pages to ps (although inline graphics appears to not be supported). I (obviously) haven't used any of this yet, but thought a couple of you experimenters might want to check some of this out based on recent discussions. "Richard L Walker"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pensacola, FL 32504-7726 USA To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
if you have an HP Laserjet 6P, the printer driver can create pdf files directly. [...] I haven't looked to see, but you should be able to download the driver from Hewlitt Packard's site. I just tried and it looks like there aren't any Mac or Unix drivers on their site - Windows and OS/2 only. Maybe Phil has a third-party one? === http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ === To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
Dear Jim, Many thanks for this excellent advice, as well as for your excellent abc2win package. Any other tips which you have will be thankfully received. Best wishes from a grateful registered user. Lewis Jones. --- Jim Vint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The drivers are built in for Windows 98 and ME. Just go to Settings, etc. Jim Vint To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html = The Christian Resources site at http://www.geocities.com/lewiswjones/ The Christian Folk site at http://www.geocites.com/christian_folk/ and the Ferret Publications site at http://geocities.com/ferretpublications/ Bookmark them, and then keep checking for what's new. Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
This sounds great, but I have a problem. Guided by Jim Vint's recent post, I have used my Windows 98 disc to install a "HP Laserjet 6P/6MP - Postscript" as a dumb printer. This does exactly what Jim said it would do. Namely, it produces postscript files. But I cannot find the option to print to a pdf file. What am I doing wrong, or what else do I need to install? I am hoping that I can crack this one, since, as you imply, printing straight to a pdf file would be more straightforward than printing a postscript file and then converting it to a pdf file with Ghostscript. Lewis Jones. --- Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even better, if you have an HP Laserjet 6P, the printer driver can create pdf files directly. You get the option of print to printer, print to a postscript file or print to a pdf file. No special key combinations required, the settings are in the print dialog. Best of all, you don't even need the printer, just the driver. I haven't looked to see, but you should be able to download the driver from Hewlitt Packard's site. Phil Taylor To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html = The Christian Resources site at http://www.geocities.com/lewiswjones/ The Christian Folk site at http://www.geocites.com/christian_folk/ and the Ferret Publications site at http://geocities.com/ferretpublications/ Bookmark them, and then keep checking for what's new. Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
Lewis Jones wrote: This sounds great, but I have a problem. Guided by Jim Vint's recent post, I have used my Windows 98 disc to install a "HP Laserjet 6P/6MP - Postscript" as a dumb printer. This does exactly what Jim said it would do. Namely, it produces postscript files. But I cannot find the option to print to a pdf file. What am I doing wrong, or what else do I need to install? I am hoping that I can crack this one, since, as you imply, printing straight to a pdf file would be more straightforward than printing a postscript file and then converting it to a pdf file with Ghostscript. I can only tell you what happens on a Macintosh, which is that the dialog you get when you tell it to print has a set of three radio buttons under "Destination", labelled "Printer", "File" and "PDF". The "File" option produces a Postscript file, while the "PDF" option produces a pdf file (as you might guess). Phil Taylor To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
How on earth do you create those pdf documents? [...] GhostScript does not support bookmarks and other fancy PDF functions, but it does make good basic PDF documents from postscript files. The problem for most Windows and MAcintosh users is to get postscript files in the first place If you have a laser printer driver for a Mac this is just matter of holding down some key combination when you select "Print". Can't remember quite what, but you get a PostScript file instead of a print job. This has been standard on Macs since the 1980s. Even better, if you have an HP Laserjet 6P, the printer driver can create pdf files directly. You get the option of print to printer, print to a postscript file or print to a pdf file. No special key combinations required, the settings are in the print dialog. Best of all, you don't even need the printer, just the driver. I haven't looked to see, but you should be able to download the driver from Hewlitt Packard's site. Phil Taylor To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
RE: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
That is exactly what I use to send the postscript files to the printer. Free, and it works. "Richard L Walker"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pensacola, FL 32504-7726 USA -Original Message- From: On Behalf Of Toby Rider Ghostscript.. Richard L Walker wrote: Thanks everybody. I just created a postscript printer that I don't have -- and make certain that any print job to it goes to a file. Several folks suggested something like this and it works. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
Lewis Jones wrote: ... However, on the question of how to produce publishable quality sheet music via the creation of .ps and .pdf files, you might care to read my little piece at: http://www.tradsong.freeserve.co.uk/Lewis1.htm ... I posted my thoughts some time ago, with a plea to those more technically proficient than myself to suggest imporvements. No-one has responded yet, so I am hoping this means that what I wrote was basically OK. Yep, I remember it. Basically it looks like a good recipe for Windows users. Just one little detail. All professional publishing programs (including music publishing programs) can output postscript directly, so if you use Finale, Igor, lilypond, MusTex or Sibelius, you don't have to bother with the printer driver. Frank Nordberg To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
Richard L Walker wrote: How on earth do you create those pdf documents? I know this isn't really an ABC subject, but since PDF is becoming the standard format for tranfering a huge variety of different documents, it might be of interest. Laura has already answered how these particular PDF documents were created, here are a few other ways to do it: Adobe of course expects you to buy Acrobat Distiller to create PDF files. This is the most flexible and powerful solution, of course, but the application is rather expensive. That's why most people today seem to use GhostScript, a free postscript reader available for all major platforms. The main GhostScript page is at: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html GhostScript does not support bookmarks and other fancy PDF functions, but it does make good basic PDF documents from postscript files. The problem for most Windows and MAcintosh users is to get postscript files in the first place (I understand postscript is more or less standard in the Linux/Unix environment). This is fairly simple when it comes to ABC, but other documents might be more difficult. Windows users might want to try FreePDF ( http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/freepdf.htm ), although the program's home page says: "Configuration of the programs requires comprehension and some effort on your part." Macintosh users have a very easy way out. PrintToPDF, located at: http://www.jwwalker.com/pages/pdf.html PrintToPDF is a shareware ($20) virtual printer. It works exactly like a normal printer, but instead of printing the document on paper, it creates a PDF file. Unlike GhostScript, PrintToPDF has limited bookmarks and hyperlink support. PrintToPDF is available in English, French, Germanm Italian, Spanish, Swedish and Japanese. Installing and using the program is as simple as it can possibly be, so I'll recommend the program to all Macintosh users. As far as I know, there are no similar programs for other platforms :( but maybe somebody else know of something? Frank Nordberg --- To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
"Frank" == Frank Nordberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Frank That's why most people today seem to use GhostScript, a Frank free postscript reader available for all major Frank platforms. Which is also what I did; ps2pdf is part of the ghostscript package. Frank The problem for most Windows and MAcintosh users is to get Frank postscript files in the first place (I understand Frank postscript is more or less standard in the Linux/Unix Frank environment). I don't know much about Macintosh, and only a little bit more about windows, but what you do in general is install the driver for a postscript printer (such as the applewriter), and then use a "print to file" option from your application. I believe Windows will name the file something other than .ps, but it is in fact a postscript file, which the ghostscript program will know what to do with. -- Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.laymusic.org/ ) (617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
