On Saturday 13. January 2007. 18:15, Tino Schwarze wrote: > On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 07:07:25PM +0200, Riku Leino wrote: > > > I didn't read the full thread, just a quick note: pdf2ps aka ps2pdf aka > > > Ghostscript usually doesn't do a very good job at converting PDF to > > > something PS. pdftops from xpdf is far better and it's output is > > > usually suitable for ps2pdf. I use this regularly to produce > > > mail-optimized PDFs. > > > > One probably could also try acrobat reader and printing to file from > > there. Transparency will be flattened nicely. > > Yes, Acrobat Reader does flatten transparency. I've had little luck with > further processing it's PS files though. E.g. poster, psnup & co > couldn't postprocess them. That's where xpdf shines. It's PS output > seems to be pretty solid. :-)
Jan, could you please give me more specific explanation of how you do it? BTW, I printed to PS from Acrobat and just did a ps2pdf13 from there. I'd have to check the PDF file in Acrobat Professional once I get a chance, but at least it looks alright in Acroread for Linux. TIA Branko
