Re: PDF generation

From	Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject	Re: PDF generation
Date	2012-09-27 10:59 +0100
Organization	None
Message-ID	<52d5b746adalan_calder@o2.co.uk> (permalink)
References	<12e76ed552.Broadband@thomas.smith57.virginmedia.com> <52d5730784alan_calder@o2.co.uk> <52d5ac528asee.sig@walkingingermany.invalid>

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In article <52d5ac528asee.sig@walkingingermany.invalid>,
   Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> wrote:
> In article <52d5730784alan_calder@o2.co.uk>, Alan Calder
> <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article
> >    <12e76ed552.Broadband@thomas.smith57.virginmedia.com>,
> >    T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > > Hi group I want to create a document on my Iyo that can
> > > be read on a PC. I believe a PDF document should do the
> > > trick. The doc. will contain diagrams and text and I am
> > > using Easiwriter and draw. I have created a very brief
> > > test document and tried to save it as PDF but and
> > > error box tells me I should create a PDF printer. From
> > > PrintDefs I have put PoScript2 on the icon bar but I am
> > > still unable to save a PDF file.

> > > What should I be doing?

> > Martin Wurthner's really the guy to answer this but until
> > he comes along..

> > What version of Easiwriter are you using? With Easiwriter
> > 9.01 I don't appear to need an active Postscript printer.
> >  It just produces a PDF no problem from the Save
> > dialogue.  

> AFAIR I had to install Ghostscript, from Martin Würthner's
> website, separately. Ghostscript was certainly not part of
> the EW 8.82 install (I cannot speak for later versions).

I think you have probably hit on the solution for Malcolm, Russell.  I have
MW's PostScript 3 printer driver on the icon bar but it doesn't need to be
active.

To quote from the EW 901 upgrade ReadMe:

Changes between 8.82 and 8.83:
- "Save as PDF" uses the WimpSlot the installed Ghostscript requires rather
  than using a hardwired value that needs to be changed whenever the
  Ghostscript memory requirements change

Changes between 8.81 and 8.82:
- The "Save as PDF" feature can be used with the new PostScript 3 driver
(earlier versions reported the error "You need to initialise a PostScript
printer by selecting it in !Printers.")
- When using "Save as PDF" in conjunction with the new PostScript 3 driver,
then PDF export uses at least PDF compatibility level 1.3 (Acrobat 4) to
avoid problems with new PostScript 3 features and Ghostscript's PDF 1.2
output.

Alan

-- 
Alan Calder, Milton Keynes, UK.

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PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-26 21:48 +0100
  Re: PDF generation Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-09-26 22:33 +0100
    Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-27 00:11 +0100
    Re: PDF generation Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-09-27 00:21 +0100
      Re: PDF generation Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2012-09-27 09:34 +0200
    Re: PDF generation Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-09-27 08:59 +0100
      Re: PDF generation Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 10:59 +0100
        Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-27 21:22 +0100
          Re: PDF generation Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-09-27 22:52 +0100
          Re: PDF generation Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 13:06 +0100
            Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-28 21:30 +0100
              Re: PDF generation Dave Wisnia at home <david@wisnia.net> - 2012-09-29 12:39 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-09-29 13:17 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-09-29 17:08 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2012-09-30 23:35 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-10-01 12:33 +0100
                Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-29 20:37 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-09-30 16:32 +0100
                Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-30 21:14 +0100
                Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-30 21:33 +0100
                Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-30 21:19 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-09-30 22:01 +0100
                Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-30 22:58 +0100
                Re: PDF generation Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-09-30 23:10 +0100
                Re: PDF generation T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-30 23:43 +0100
    Re: PDF generation Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-09-30 23:35 +0100
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