Transparant fonts aren't supported in the commercial JPedal version either. :( And the statement that AcrobatReader is crap is maybe a bit harsh, but it doesn't make sense to use a Runtime.exec command in order to print a PDF from java. :) For older versions the JavaAcrobatReader from Adobe would be nice, but it doesn't support new PDF versions, and Adobe seeme to evolve the JavaReader any further. Ghostscript would be nice. Does it come with a java lib? Last time I saw it, there was only a C-lib.
Jürgen -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Leonard Rosenthol Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Mai 2006 14:51 An: [email protected]; [email protected] Betreff: Re: [iText-questions] OpenSource printing lib? At 04:45 AM 5/11/2006, Bernd, Juergen wrote: >I use the PDFStamper in a servlet to insert a watermark (transparent text) >the requested PDF. OK. >Then the client prints this PDF with the OpenSource JPedal lib. Why the open source version instead of the more comprehensive commercial version? >The problem is, that JPedal doesn't support font transparence. Are you using the current version? Is that something only available in the commercial version? >Therefore I have to print using AcrobatReader in order to get a nice >output. But this >AcrobatReader is crap, although fast. Why is Reader crap? It is a comprehensive PDF viewing/printing solution... >Does anyone know of another opensource lib that can print PDFs and >supports transparent fonts? Ghostscript Leonard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> PDF Sages, Inc. 215-938-7080 (voice) 215-938-0880 (fax) ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
