On Saturday 13. January 2007. 18:29, avox wrote: > Branko Vukelic wrote: > > On Saturday 13. January 2007. 17:58, Tino Schwarze 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. > > > > Well, here's a quick overview. Basically, I'm trying to convert some PDF > > 1.4 > > files with transparency to flattened PDF 1.3 files. So, if I got it > > right, I > > am to use pstops to convret PDF 1.4 files to PS, which would be flattened > > properly, and then convert PS back to PDF 1.3 using ps2pdf? > > > > Or could perhaps gs do it? AFAIK, ps2pdf is a wrapper (is that what it's > > called?) for gs, right? > > Yes, ps2pdf is a wrapper on gs, using the pdfwrite device. While pdftops > will produce nicer PS in many ways, I'm not so sure about transparency. > Ps2pdf can just flatten transparency by rasterizing it, I don't think > pstops will do that. Also note that mail-optimized PDFs will be very > different from prepress optomized PDFs. > > /Andreas
Has anyone heard of pstoedit? How does it work? I think there is an option to output ps files to Adobe Illustrator format or something... using GhostScript.
