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> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PDFdev] Curious - PDF printers > > > I'm just curious as to how products that run as PDF print > > drivers work? Are > > they Postscript interpreters that convert the PS output to > > PDF? > > Visual TeX converts LaTeX directly into PDF. No Adobe, no PS, direct. > How they do that, I have no clue, only admiration. There are free (GNU GPL) implementations of (La)TeX to PDF programs as pdfTeX. They are included with full sources in packages like tetex (tug.org/teTeX/) or TeXLive 2003 DVD/CD/distribution (tug.org/texlive). You can have a look. pdfTeX is actually used in applications like high quality database "printing" (application "prints" to high level markup fed to pdfTeX), PDF imposition, database publishing, XML to PDF processing etc. Yours Petr Sojka To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
