if someone wants to start implementing it in ghostscript it might be a start to look at this code that does color/monochrome splitting in the itexttoolbox:
http://itexttoolbox.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/itexttoolbox/main/dll/src/javastub.c?revision=98&view=markup You should change the colormodell from RGB to CMYK (DISPLAY_COLORS_RGB) first. Best regards, Carsten Leonard Rosenthol schrieb: > You might want to look at something like pdftops from the Xpdf/Poppler > tool set which can generate separated Postscript (or a limited set of > separations). The problem is complex (especially for vector > separations) which is why not too many do it... > > There are commercial server-side solutions for doing it, including > Adobe’s LiveCycle Output Server among others. You can also try > Ghostscript – it probably does it as well – or Pstill (another excellent > product). > > Leonard > > > On 6/19/09 12:46 PM, "vnug" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You are right ... we could use Acrobat. But, we are trying to > automate the > process of generating print separations programmaticaly. Let me > know your > view. Thanks again for your feedback. > > best regards, > > > Leonard Rosenthol-3 wrote: > > > > Those are also Postscript printers - so it seems like you would be > better > > served by simply using Adobe Acrobat to just print separations... > > > > Leonard > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: vnug [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 6:57 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Color Separations from PDF > > > > > > Thanks, Leonard. > > > > We have non-digital printers from Riso, Duplo and we print wedding > cards. > > For the wedding cards, we have text in multiple colors (at this > point only > > 2 > > colors). For these printers to work if we can generate 2 separate > files > > for > > the colors ... that would help us to get the cards printed properly. > > > > Let me know if you have any more questions or pointers. I would > appreciate > > any information you can provide. Also, for developing this > solution ... > > would appreciate any pointers. > > > > best regards, > > > > > > Leonard Rosenthol-3 wrote: > > > > > > Is it possible? Yes. > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > Given that separated PDFs haven't been part of any workflow formany > > > years, > > > I'd be curious to hear why you are investing in this today? > > > > > > Leonard > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: vnug [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:12 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [iText-questions] Color Separations from PDF > > > > > > > > > Hi: > > > > > > I have a PDF document and would like to create color seperation files > > > from > > > the PDF document. Is that something feasible programmatically? I > would > > > appreciate any information. 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