I posted a question just a day or two ago about Postscript. Never used it. Never heard of it until I found it in my Linux install. I'm curious why one even *would* convert pdf to ps before printing? Is that just for editing the files, instead? BTW, I noticed tonight that Acroread, the free reader, has a facility for filling out PDF forms built in. Didn't know you could leave an editable blank in a PDF for someone else to fill in later and send back!
-- -j On 10 Jul 2001, Tim Fournet wrote: > Date: 10 Jul 2001 18:04:23 -0500 > From: Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [brluglist] WINE > > Hmm.. I just ran the command: > > pdf2ps inputfile.pdf outputfile.ps > > and got a nice respectable postscript file. Also in the GS package is > the pdf2text utililty that will convert > to text, but lose the graphics. As most of you know, postscript is the > native format of linux printing, and most modern commercial-grade > printers. These capabilities can be easily added to any open source > program just by calling the external programs or libraries. You don't > have to pay for software to be able to manipulate PDF files. Ghostscript > is even available for Windows. > > On 10 Jul 2001 16:49:35 -0700, Chopin Cusachs wrote: > > > > Need to be careful. PDF is a one way street. > > Word Perfect, current version, can export to it, > > but not open and modify a document once encoded. > > To do that you need to pay more than I can justify > > to get the Acrobat program. > > > > PDF documents can take forever to download on > > a slow dialup connection; I tend to avoid them for > > this reason. Even downloading the free reader > > took a couple of hours. PDF format, I understand, > > is very much like a postscript stream enclosed in > > file packaging. It is not to be confused with the > > postscript printer language or the Ghost program > > for replicating hard drives or ghostwriter module > > to print to a Wintel printer. I much prefer plain > > text. > > > > If you just want to read and print a MS Word document, > > you can use WordPad, a part of Windows, or download > > a viewer/printer, free from Microsoft. WordPad has some > > basic editing capabilities, but not the editor of choice > > for Dustin's next book. > > > > Choppy > > > > > > At 01:34 PM 7/10/01 -0700, you wrote: > > >Right, I'm familiar with all the utilities that > > >convert to PDF. I meant the office type apps. Which > > >makes me wonder if Open Office has this capability? > > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ <!-- body="end" --> <hr noshade> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> Tim Fournet: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> john beamon: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>In reply to:</strong> Tim Fournet: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>Next in thread:</strong> Tim Fournet: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>Reply:</strong> Tim Fournet: "Re: [brluglist] WINE" <li><strong>Messages sorted by:</strong> [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] </ul> <hr noshade> <small> <em> This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : <em>Thu Sep 06 2001 - 11:10:54 CDT</em> </em> </small> </body> </html>
