Re: pdf definition

From	ken <ken@spamcop.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.postscript
Subject	Re: pdf definition
Date	2020-09-28 07:54 +0100
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References	<rkr916$b8j$1@reader1.panix.com>

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In article <rkr916$b8j$1@reader1.panix.com>, ht@panix.com says...
> 
> 	Anyone know where to find a technical definition of PDF?

The PDF Reference Manual is the techincal definition of PDF. Its now an 
ISO specification which costs (IIRC) 250 CHF, however the 1.7 version 
was published fro free by Adobe and is still available from their web 
site. You'll have to Google for it, they move it around frequently.

Unless you need the absolute newset features (which seems unlikely) the 
free version is quite adequate from a technical perspective, easier to 
read and more useful (for example it has an index, which the ISO 
specification lacks)

> I need to convert 
> a text file to ps and then to pdf. Text to ps is simple and complete. The ps 
> to PDF format is the current trouble. Or maybe text to PDF directly. There is 
> no need for compression, so, if that can be omitted it would good. 
>    Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Use Ghostscript ?

		Ken

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