Matthew Kuehn wrote: > 1. Can CF server add content to an existing PDF? That is, if we provide a > base PDF > containing all of the static content, can we use CF to *precisely* place the > dynamic > content as mentioned above, and output a finished PDF?
no but the underlying java lib (iText) that powers it can. > 2. Can CF control the resolution and color space of the final PDF? We'd need a > 300ppi CMYK PDF for printing. DPI has no bearing on a PDF (for more info please see http://itext.ugent.be/library/question.php?id=100), but if you mean images, then "yes" but you have to start w/300 DPI & scale the images (all images in iText are 72 DPI) using iText methods. > 3. How about placing images into a PDF? I know I can create an HTML page with > a JPEG > image in it and the PDF will turn out fine, but how about placing a CMYK TIFF > with a > clipping path over a background image? Would it turn out OK, or look > terrible? (I'm > guessing "look terrible".) yes you can add CYMK color & TIFF images. i've similar (not TIFF or CYMK) & it turned out ok. > 4. What about other print-related issues such as n-up layout and registration > marks? i don't know what "n-up layout" is but yes iText can handle registration marks. > 5. Can iText solve these issues? How about another software package? I don't > think > we're dead-set against buying software to maket this project happen, we just > want it > to happen successfully, if it can happen at all in the way we've envisioned. yes ;-) > a road I should even attempt going down to solve the problems above. Should I? yes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:274084 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
