I am working on a Java application which is required to do following: - Users will select an image template from the user interface. - They will make certain modifications to it, such as changing the content, colors, font size etc - On the server side we are supposed to generate a PDF file from the user's input in step 2 which can be sent to a printer
In short I am required to develop an online e-card designing application which we shall print and charge user. I request the imaging experts out here to guide me on how to proceed with this problem. So far I have been thinking on these lines: 1) All the text in my templates, will be converted to image before a PDF is written so that white spaces dont appear and print quality PDFs can be generated. 2) In my templates, I can make use of SVG files which will have my custom IDs. For example, where user can insert a text we can put a custom Id. 3) While generating a PDF, we can insert the custom text of the user on the Id using Batik. Please comment on this approach. I may sound complete novice in imaging. Yes I am and that is why I am here with the experts. Regards Nitin
