PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________
On 30/mar/04, at 18:12, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
PDF -> raster -> printer -> backend
I am not sure what the "printer" in your diagram is, since the hardware itself would be at the end of the process - but otherwise, that's generally the idea.
OK, you're right. The name "printer" comes from the Gimp-Print filter rastertoprinter.
With Panther it is also possible to have Postscript come in the front end of the process, which is then converted to PDF and then continues down the rest of the path.
As to my tests, applications like Photoshop (7 and CS), Freehand (MX), InDesign (2) and so on, follows the way PICTwPS -> raster in Jaguar, and PDF -> raster in Panther. Can you tell me an application that generates PostScript for a raster printer in Panther? Or it is only a theoretical possibility?
Acrobat 6.0, along with the rest of the Creative Suite, will send raster images directly and skip the PDF step.
Acrobat 6.0.1 sends Postscript for the Postscript path...
In my tests, Acrobat 6.0.1 in Panther sends PostScript for the *raster* path also. Can you confirm?
Thank you
Mauro Boscarol
To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
