On 15.09.2009 08:52:04 Martin Edge wrote: > Hey Jeremias, > > No, no directly issue so far, the problem is I don't have an appropriate > printer within arms reach and I have to rely on my printer company for > testing, but you pretty much answered my question in regards to the > different printers different rules (that must make it fun for software?)
It wouldn't be fun if it were too simple. ;-) > I have used the example to get the output in the PS file, then next trick is > investigating the intermediate format to see how it sits in there, then I > will try to apply my duplexing and tray tricks in the same fashion that I do > with PCL in the intermediate layer. That shouldn't be too hard. Just put the extensions in FO, produce the intermediate format from it and you'll see where the respective places are in there. > Thanks for the help - surely you're happy you finally got me to try > postscript :-) You bet. :-) I know Australia is PCL land but PCL is just often a bit problematic. PostScript is so much more expressive. > Martin. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 15 September 2009 4:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: postscript sample - duplex/tray selection > > Martin, > the example on the Wiki page [1] should work just fine. If not, they > need to be fixed. Did you run into any problems? AFAICT, the page covers > all the necessary details to make this work. > > However, there is one caveat: There's no single way to do tray selection > in PostScript. HP printers usually work with tray numbers while > production printers usually work with a media map that is triggered > indirectly through hints in the dictionary set by the setpagedevice > command (ex. "/MediaType" or "/MediaColor" entries). You need to consult > the technical reference of the target printer to find out what approach > to use. It's almost impossible to give you a definitive guide to this at > least when we don't know what printers you work with. > > [1] http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ExtensionsForPostScript > > Concerning the limitations in PS output: SVG support is "limited" > because features such as transparency and gradients are not supported. > Some SVG features might result in black rectangles because of that. > Bitmaps are generally working fine. > > On 15.09.2009 06:06:43 Martin Edge wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > > > Have been working through my issues with postscript for tray selection and > > duplexing, and have read the PostScript extensions wiki and implemented > some > > of those suggestions in my FO file, but was wondering if anyone had a > > working example of tray selection and duplexing in a small postscript > > sample? Would save me a great deal of trial and error if I knew exactly > what > > codes I should be sending. > > > > > > > > If there is a reference document anyone knows about that I could read that > > might help, that'd be fantastic too. > > > > > > > > FYI for anyone curious on the font conversion front - I tried the ttf2pt1 > > converter and at first try it didn't work, have used fontlabs font > converter > > from TTF -> Type 1 and that one seems to work marvellously, just costs a > few > > dollars. > > > > > > > > I notice there is comments that images and SVG's don't work that well in > > Postscript, can any one elaborate on 'not so well?' > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > Martin. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeremias Maerki > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
