Re: PDF generation

Subject	Re: PDF generation
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
From	T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com>
Message-ID	<cd48f0d552.Broadband@thomas.smith57.virginmedia.com> (permalink)
References	<12e76ed552.Broadband@thomas.smith57.virginmedia.com> <52d5730784alan_calder@o2.co.uk> <52d5ac528asee.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> <52d5b746adalan_calder@o2.co.uk>
Organization	virginmedia.com
Date	2012-09-27 21:22 +0100

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In message <52d5b746adalan_calder@o2.co.uk>
          Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> wrote:

> 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:

[snip]

>>>> 


>> 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
Thanks for the info Alan and Russell.
I have just bought Postcript3 from MW (well it should be coming down 
the wire)and hope that simplifies things since my haed is spinning 
with readme's from Gview, Ghostscript,Printers, PrintPDF and various 
error messages. EG 'cant open printer'

Malcolm Smith


-- 
T M Smith
Using an Iyonix and RISC OS 5.16 in the North Riding of Yorkshire

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  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
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            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
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                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
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                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
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