Joerg is right. It's the color profile bug. I don't even have to look at the barcode image because it doesn't matter if there's a color profile attached. FOP 0.92beta will add one anyway due to the bug.
Compiling FOP Trunk is very simple: - Install a Subversion client - Install Apache Ant - Check out FOP - Run "ant" from the FOP's home directory All neatly described on the website: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/trunk/compiling.html http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/repo.html On 02.06.2006 00:39:15 Rick Roen wrote: > I've attached a sample of a png file for the postnet barcode. > > I'm a complete java novice and last time I tried to compile the latest > version I spent hours and got nothing since I don't know the basics. > > Can you check from the attachment to see if it has a color profile? > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: J.Pietschmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 4:27 PM > To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org > Subject: Re: 200K increase for xml -> pdf when using images > > Rick Roen wrote: > > When I add two postnet bar codes, each of which are 1K png files, the pdf > > goes to about 225K. > > > > Why does it grow so large? > > Wild guess: there was a problem with embedding large color profiles > into the PDF if the original pictures didn't contain a color profile. > The problem has been fixed in SVN. Could you grab a recent snapshot > and check whether the problem persists? Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
