Yes, PDF will work, and coldfusion is getting better all the time at manipulating them. As is Java.
I was just pointing out that a background image with text over the top might not give enough fidelity. Although PDFs require additional plugins installed to view it in a browser, where a .jpg does not. And a jpg is easier to embed in a page than is a pdf file surrounded by userinterface. On 9/14/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This would not give you the exact positioning of text, nor > > the color > > and fonts that will be on the final printed card. > > > The idea is to output to the screen basically pixel exact > > representations of the print version of the product. > > > The only sure way to do this is to create a single file > > that will go > > to the printer and can be viewed on the screen. > > Wouldn't that be the case if you used the same PDF to generate the > card (and had the same fonts installed on the computer that prints > them)? I thought that was part of the purpose of the PDF format. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:218294 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
