> On 26 Aug 2016, at 13:09, Tilman Hausherr <thaush...@t-online.de> wrote: > > Am 26.08.2016 um 21:57 schrieb Clark, Raymond C: >> Hi Tilman, >> >> Thank you for the reply. I don't see how that post was the same as mine and >> is answered. Forgive me. > > I tought you were the same person, some of the code looked identical. If not > - sorry! Some users ask the same question on SO and here. > >> That question was "What do I need to change to create a reasonably sized >> PostScript file?" The only answer that I see is that PostScript files are >> big by nature. > > Sadly, yes. > >> My question was, "Is there a way in PDFBox to have it put the text directly >> into the PostScript file instead of passing it on as part of an image?" >> Seems like a different question to me. Sorry if I am mistaken. > > PDFBox doesn't create PS files itself. If ever, it's the PS printer driver > who does. Btw PDFBox doesn't create images from text, it creates vector > graphics (which gets huge).
Just to add to this, the Java printing API can put text directly into the print output, but only for AWT fonts. We don’t use AWT fonts because of buggy rendering. Instead, we render fonts to vector paths ourselves. It is these paths which are making the PostScript output so large. It’s certainly possible to build a PostScript converter on top of PDFBox using our APIs, but you’re not going get good results with Java’s built-in AWT PostScript driver. — John > Tilman > > >> >> Ray >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:thaush...@t-online.de] >> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 2:33 PM >> To: users@pdfbox.apache.org >> Subject: Re: PostScript files out of PDFBox seem to be bloated >> >> Asked and answered in >> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39109841/printing-to-postscript-with-pdfbox-produces-a-massive-file-why >> >> Additionally, re the comment of Ken Sharp (who is a Ghostcript guy and thus >> has my maximum respect): PDFBox is not a converter, it renders regardless of >> the target format. >> >> In theory, it might be possible to make a converter, by replacing all >> graphics method calls with postscript commands. >> >> Tilman >> >> Am 26.08.2016 um 21:25 schrieb Clark, Raymond C: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am using PDFBox to create PDFs and that is working great. I need to take >>> those PDF files and produce PostScript files from them. I can do that but >>> the file is bloated. I am creating the content streams with compress = >>> true. It seems to be that the following code is producing the PS file as >>> an image of the page instead of extracting the text and images and coding >>> that as a PostScript file. Is it possible to use PDFBox to create a >>> PostScript file with the text in it instead of an image of the page? >>> >>> This is a snippet of the code I am using to create the PostScript file: >>> >>> pdfGenerator.finishFileCreation(); >>> DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.SERVICE_FORMATTED.PRINTABLE; >>> StreamPrintServiceFactory[] factories = >>> >>> StreamPrintServiceFactory.lookupStreamPrintServiceFactories(flavor, >>> >>> DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY.POSTSCRIPT.getMimeType()); >>> if (factories.length == 0) { >>> throw new PrinterException("No PostScript factories >>> available"); >>> } >>> PDDocument document = pdfGenerator.getDocument(); >>> >>> PrintRequestAttributeSet aset = new >>> HashPrintRequestAttributeSet(); >>> aset.add(MediaSizeName.NA_LETTER); >>> // aset.add(Sides.DUPLEX); >>> >>> DocAttributeSet daset = new HashDocAttributeSet(); >>> // daset.add(Compression.GZIP); >>> >>> FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(filePathAndName); >>> Map<Integer, String> pageLayoutMap = >>> pdfGenerator.getPageLayoutMap(); >>> for (int i = 1; i <= document.getNumberOfPages(); i++) { >>> aset.add(new PageRanges(i, i)); >>> if >>> (pageLayoutMap.get(i).equals(PDFGenerator.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)) { >>> aset.add(OrientationRequested.LANDSCAPE); >>> } else { >>> aset.add(OrientationRequested.PORTRAIT); >>> } >>> >>> factories[0].getPrintService(fos).createPrintJob().print( >>> new SimpleDoc(new PDFPrintable(document, >>> Scaling.ACTUAL_SIZE, false), flavor, daset), aset); >>> } >>> fos.close(); >>> document.close(); >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Ray >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are >>> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are >>> addressed and may contain confidential and privileged information protected >>> by law. If you received this e-mail in error, any review, use, >>> dissemination, distribution, or copying of the e-mail is strictly >>> prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and >>> delete all copies from your system. >>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > <mailto:users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > <mailto:users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org>
