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> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:04:33 -0700
> From: grg_blls
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Color Separations from PDF
>
>
> Hi all,
> Very interesting thread this one ..
> (even if Leonard said it all in the first place "..Is it easy? No!
> It also depends on whether you are trying to accomplish raster separations
> or vector separations and what you plan to do with the seps when you are
> done...
> and though this wasn't clarified, separations go by one of the two ways
> Leonard said..
>
> And I don't think anyone wants to re invent the wheel and raster dots
> functions. Functions defining things like: Round dot, Elliptic dot, etc.
> Many long years of development and refinement in this field of raster
> generation! A field full of patents for dot shapes for specific purposes.
>
Well, that didn't seem to fix anything. I'm pointing out that
there is an open source renderer available from which an interested
party could intercept the process at any point and do something.
> Then one can think of vector separations..
>
> The real question is: Why one can't have an automated workflow with a
> highend Postscript printer, an advanced PDF compatible RIP and some workflow
> management software? (This is what high end OEMs are selling - higly
> productive workflows)
> I understand someone developing a better (to his specs) workflow management
> software, but I can't see any reason for developing RIP software.. IMO
What is RIP software? Everything I've been suggesting is to make the
PDF related work flow more automated. There is a terrible tendency
to assume humans will be the only readers of documents :)
>
> Thanks all
>
>
> Mike Marchywka-2 wrote:
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