On Wednesday 13 February 2002 08:21, christiyono wrote:
> Hi...
>
> Is it any application in linux which  able to make/convert any documents in
> pdf format?
>
> thank u for your info...
>
>
> chris

If you print from a KDE application you will notice there is already a pseudo 
printer ready configured to create pdf documents.
This pdf printer does nothing more than call up ps2pdf which will create a 
pdf file from a Postscript one.

The ps2pdf application in turn uses ghostscript to create the pdf files. 

Hint:-
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In many cases the PDF files  produced by ps2pdf/Ghostscript are fine, but for 
some demanding applications like printing complex speadsheets out of StarCalc 
the output produced is rather 'crummy' (StarCalc columns wander all over the 
place) 

The solution is to visit http://www.ghostscript.com/ and replace your 
ghostscript6.51 with the AFPL-ghostscript7.03 

The AFPL ghostscipt is non GPL hence its non inclusion in Mandrake, but is 
free (as in beer). So far it has handled everything I have thrown at it 
perfectly. 

Also on the site is GSView4.1 which displays pdf files a little more 
accurately than gv, but with not quite such a nice user interface.
 

HTH
derek

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