I created this PDF with the files you sent me and it prints in a jet printer, epson laser printer and postscript level 3 printer. I used Acrobat Reader 5.0.
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
<<PDFConverter.pdf>> <<PdfGraphics2D.zip>>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Ellson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 15:36
> To: Paulo Soares
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] HELP!! PDF/PS printing experts
> needed!!
>
> Sorry, I forgot the watermark....
>
> Also, it doesn't matter if it CCITT or not, as long as it prints....
>
> Thanks!
> Jared
>
> Paulo Soares wrote:
>
> > I can't open itext.pdf in Acrobat 5.0 although I can do it in 4.0. The
> jpg
> > image in both is not the same. Send me all the files required to build
> the
> > pdf (and the code). By the way, if you use a CCITT image or transparency
> you
> > need postscript level 3 to print it.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Paulo Soares
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jared Ellson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 17:54
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [iText-questions] HELP!! PDF/PS printing experts
> needed!!
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I have been working on a printing issue for a while. I currently use
> > > iText to convert scanned .tiff documents to PDFs for a large paperless
> > > application here at Sun. The problem that I have encountered is that
> > > the PDF that iText created from tiffs are not printable, I get a
> > > typecheck-restore error. I have tried from many versions of Acrobat,
> > > and even tried with Ghostscript. If I use Ghostscript to convert the
> > > PDF's to PS the postscript will not print however, if I use
> ghostscript
> > > to "convert" a pdf to a pdf using the following command:
> > >
> > > gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=./itext-gs.pdf
> > > ./itext.pdf
> > >
> > > the PDF becomes printable from Acroread or Ghostscript. I have looked
> > > at the contents of the two PDFs and don't see any significant
> > > differences. The encoding is the same..
> > >
> > > I have attached example PDFs, one that doesn't print - itext.pdf
> > > (created from iText) and the same PDF after the ghostscript command
> has
> > > been run on it and it is printable - itext-gs.pdf. If someone can
> take
> > > a look at these and give me an idea where to start or if it is a
> > > limitation of iText, please let me know as I have about 9000 documents
> a
> > > day that go through this process and need to fix it soon before I have
> > > to run the gs command on hundreds of thousands of PDFs.
> > >
> > > Thank you!!
> > > Jared
> > >
> > > Also, here is the code that converts the tiffs to PDFs:
> > >
> > > public boolean tiffToPdf(String theTiffFile, String theOutFile)
> > > {
> > > Document document = null;
> > >
> > > try {
> > > // creation of the different writers
> > >
> > > File file = new File(theTiffFile);
> > > SeekableStream s = new FileSeekableStream(file);
> > > TIFFDirectory dir = new TIFFDirectory(s, 0);
> > > long IFDOffset = dir.getIFDOffset();
> > > Watermark watermark = null;
> > > PdfWriter writer = null;
> > > PdfContentByte cb = null;
> > >
> > >
> > > while (IFDOffset != 0L) {
> > > dir = new TIFFDirectory(s, IFDOffset, 0);
> > > IFDOffset = dir.getNextIFDOffset();
> > > long h =
> > > dir.getFieldAsLong(TIFFImageDecoder.TIFF_IMAGE_LENGTH);
> > > long w =
> > > dir.getFieldAsLong(TIFFImageDecoder.TIFF_IMAGE_WIDTH);
> > >
> > > if (document == null)
> > > {
> > > if((int)w > 1800)
> > > {
> > > watermark = new
> > > Watermark(Image.getInstance(ConverterProperties.WATERMARKLOC),0,-150);
> > > document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(), 50,
> > > 50, 50, 50);
> > > }
> > > else
> > > {
> > > watermark = new
> > > Watermark(Image.getInstance(ConverterProperties.WATERMARKLOC),0,0);
> > > document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50,
> 50,
> > > 50);
> > > }
> > > writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new
> > > FileOutputStream(theOutFile));
> > > cb = writer.getDirectContent();
> > > document.add(watermark);
> > >
> > > document.open();
> > > }
> > > else
> > > {
> > > if((int)w > 1700)
> > > {
> > > document.setPageSize(PageSize.A4.rotate());
> > > }
> > > else
> > > {
> > > document.setPageSize(PageSize.A4);
> > > }
> > > }
> > > long offset =
> > > dir.getFieldAsLong(TIFFImageDecoder.TIFF_STRIP_OFFSETS);
> > > long size =
> > > dir.getFieldAsLong(TIFFImageDecoder.TIFF_STRIP_BYTE_COUNTS);
> > > boolean reverse = false;
> > > if
> (dir.isTagPresent(TIFFImageDecoder.TIFF_FILL_ORDER))
> > > reverse =
> > > (dir.getFieldAsLong(TIFFImageDecoder.TIFF_FILL_ORDER) == 2L);
> > > int compression =
> > > (int)dir.getFieldAsLong(TIFFImageDecoder.TIFF_COMPRESSION);
> > > switch (compression) {
> > > case TIFFImage.COMP_FAX_G3_1D:
> > > compression = Image.CCITTG3_1D;
> > > break;
> > > case TIFFImage.COMP_FAX_G3_2D:
> > > compression = Image.CCITTG3_1D;
> > > if
> > > (dir.isTagPresent(TIFFImageDecoder.TIFF_T4_OPTIONS)) {
> > > if
> > > (((int)dir.getFieldAsLong(TIFFImageDecoder.TIFF_T4_OPTIONS) & 1) != 0)
> > > compression = Image.CCITTG3_2D;
> > > }
> > > break;
> > > case TIFFImage.COMP_FAX_G4_2D:
> > > compression = Image.CCITTG4;
> > > break;
> > > default:
> > > throw new Exception("Compression type " +
> > > compression + " not supported");
> > > }
> > > byte im[] = new byte[(int)size];
> > > s.seek(offset);
> > > s.readFully(im);
> > > Image img = Image.getInstance((int)w, (int)h, reverse,
> > > compression, 0, im);
> > >
> > > img.scalePercent(72f / 200f * 100);
> > > img.setAbsolutePosition(0, 0);
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > cb.addImage(img);
> > >
> > >
> > > document.newPage();
> > > }
> > > document.close();
> > > return true;
> > > }
> > > catch (Exception de) {
> > > de.printStackTrace();
> > > createErrorPDF(theTiffFile, theOutFile);
> > > return false;
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > } << File: itext-gs.pdf >> << File: itext.pdf >>
> >
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