This is a gentoo list - nobody here really cares what OO on windows does :)
However, I produce pdf's all the time using standard tools from the linux OO generated postcript files and the doze users seem happy. The postscript is pretty standard it seems, my only beef is that more control (resolution, DPI etc) isn't available. BillK On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 12:28 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > W.Kenworthy wrote: > > >Open the print dialog, tick the "Print to file" box and then print. A > >file save dialog pops up. It prints in ps format. OO has done it this > >way for years ... > > > > > I just wish to further know if this PS file contains anything related to > the printer, anything printer-specific. E.g does it make difference if I > choose printer A or printer B before I click 'Print to fiile' and get > the PS file. > > As far as I know doing things this way on Windows is dangerous. E.g. > print to a random PS printer (a laserject for example) and get the > print-to-file PS file, chances these files are very specific to that PS > printer and opens wrongly in gsview. You have to use the 'Adobe PS > Printer' which produce 'standard' PS file. > > >BillK > > > >On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 19:32 -0800, John Myers wrote: > > > > > >>On Sunday 20 November 2005 19:18, 張韡武 wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hello. So far openoffice is the only application that I know that could > >>>not directly export PS format, or print to a 'generic PS printer'. I am > >>>having a lot of troubles trying to generate PS file for my documents. > >>>Usually I have to go to a Windows computer and print to the 'Adobe PS > >>>Printer', and take the file back in a usb stick to my Linux computer. > >>>The usual gnome 'generic PS printer' simply does not exist as a printer > >>>of choice in the print dialogue box. > >>> > >>>How do you guys manage to make PS files? > >>> > >>> > >>You could try exporting as a PDF, then running pdf2ps (from > >>app-text/ghostscript) on it > >> > >> > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
