Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed0.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Helge Blischke Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: PDF to PDF (gs?): rich RGB black to plain K (CMYK) black? Followup-To: comp.lang.postscript Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:30:45 +0200 Lines: 37 Message-ID: <954h65Fq7bU1@mid.individual.net> References: <208ecf3d-3629-4672-9a3e-135e44701d6b@p13g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="nextPart16552657.4csPzL39Zc" X-Trace: individual.net 868ecEWLoSCsHAVzWnu6tQImtAuYxr4tgL9LQyCIwzdJiaifA+ Cancel-Lock: sha1:xd2xl+nj+vuqtGH2gTI9f4J9MKo= User-Agent: KNode/0.99.01 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.postscript:238 --nextPart16552657.4csPzL39Zc Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit sdaau wrote: [...] If you convert your OOo generated PDFs to PostScript using pdftops (from the xpdf suite) and then prepend the attached forceblack.ps to the resulting PostScript file, RGB colors where R==G==B will be printed as pure black (replaced with the appropriate gray value). Note that this trick won't work with PDF input or PostScript produced using Ghostscript's ps2write device. Helge --nextPart16552657.4csPzL39Zc Content-Type: application/postscript; name="forceblack.ps" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="forceblack.ps" JSEKL3N5c19zZXRjb2xvcnNwYWNlIC9zZXRjb2xvcnNwYWNlIGxvYWQgZGVmCi9zeXNfc2V0Y29s b3IgL3NldGNvbG9yIGxvYWQgZGVmCnVzZXJkaWN0L2lzX3JnYiBmYWxzZSBwdXQKL3NldGNvbG9y c3BhY2UKewoJc3lzX3NldGNvbG9yc3BhY2UKCWN1cnJlbnRjb2xvcnNwYWNlIDAgZ2V0IC9EZXZp Y2VSR0IgZXEKCXVzZXJkaWN0L2lzX3JnYiAzIC0xIHJvbGwgcHV0Cn1iaW5kIGRlZgovc2V0Y29s b3IKewoJdXNlcmRpY3QvaXNfcmdiIGdldCBub3QKCXtzeXNfc2V0Y29sb3J9Cgl7CgkJMyBjb3B5 CgkJMiBjb3B5IGVxIDQgMSByb2xsIGVxIGV4Y2ggcG9wIGFuZAoJCXtzZXRncmF5IHBvcCBwb3Ag KCFcbilwcmludCBmbHVzaH0KCQl7L0RldmljZVJHQiBzeXNfc2V0Y29sb3JzcGFjZSBzeXNfc2V0 Y29sb3J9aWZlbHNlCgl9aWZlbHNlCn1iaW5kIGRlZgolCg== --nextPart16552657.4csPzL39Zc--