PDF-files generated with FOP rejected by RIP engines
Hi I have a problem with PDFs generated by FOP. I am generating PDFs that are supposed to be sent directly to a printer via a RIP engine. FOP seems to embed the entire image into the PDF resulting in a huge (size) PDF (depending of image file of course). All RIP engines I have tried rejects FOPs PDF (even Adobes own) files because of theese embedded images. If I run the PDF through the UNIX/LINUX commandline version of Acrobat Reader with the option -toPostScript the resulting .PS file is about the same size as the original PDF. If I then convert the .PS back to PDF using Acrobat Distiller the PDF shrinks significantly in size. This new smaller PDF is accepted by the RIP engines. I have had this explained to me that in the last PDF the image is just a set of instructions instead of the entire image. Now using commandline version of Acrobat Reader is something that is acceptable, but Distiller only works on windows afaik and has no command line interface so this is not a good solution. Open for any ideas, please help. kind (desperat) regards, --- Claes Bergsten Software Development Engineer TJ Group as --Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] +47 91668984 www.tjgroup.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PDF-files generated with FOP rejected by RIP engines
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hi I have a problem with PDFs generated by FOP. I am generating PDFs that are supposed to be sent directly to a printer via a RIP engine. FOP seems to embed the entire image into the PDF resulting in a huge (size) PDF (depending of image file of course). All RIP engines I have tried rejects FOPs PDF (even Adobes own) files because of theese embedded images. Are you sure it's because of the image size ? It sounds like the following bug: http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9054 This is fixed in the maintenance branch and will be in the next release (release candidate should be available soon, hopefully tomorrow) [..] kind (desperat) regards, Claes Bergsten Christian - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PDF-files generated with FOP rejected by RIP engines
Hi Claes Still tracking that ugly problem, I see. I think Christian's idea might be worth tracking down. It could be that you simply have a setting in Distiller that scales images down. But these are not really the problem. The reason that it works after the distiller could really be the fact that the bug constellation Christian mentioned doesn't appear anymore because the PDF is reworked by Distiller. Please download the current CVS version of FOP and try that one. Maybe you can also download a nightly snapshot from http://cvs.apache.org/snapshots/xml-fop/ Good luck! No the size probably has nothing to do with it, the size difference just shows something is done to the image that makes the RIP accept it. Cheers, Jeremias Märki mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OUTLINE AG Postfach 3954 - Rhynauerstr. 15 - CH-6002 Luzern Tel. +41 41 317 2020 - Fax +41 41 317 2029 Internet http://www.outline.ch - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
