Hello. I have got a lot (much more) ps files and PDF files since I start to
use Linux. In the past there were mostly doc files but now I always prefer
to have a PS or PDF copy to ease the compatibility pain. And looks linux
people always prefer to send me a PS or PDF document.
Because I always sav
On 10/23/05, Zhang Weiwu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello. I have got a lot (much more) ps files and PDF files since I start to
> use Linux. In the past there were mostly doc files but now I always prefer
> to have a PS or PDF copy to ease the compatibility pain. And looks linux
> people always p
On Monday 24 October 2005 08:33, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
Um, ps is itself proprietary. Technically, adobe still owns the patent, don't
they?
> Take a look at this... PDF is the proprietary modification of ps,
> added some tags and some compression (that can easily be repeated with
> lots of advant
On 10/24/05, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 24 October 2005 08:33, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> Um, ps is itself proprietary. Technically, adobe still owns the patent, don't
> they?
Yeah, my mistake. Still, postscript was always more portable than pdf (IMO).
> > Take a look at thi
On Monday 24 October 2005 09:22, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> On 10/24/05, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Monday 24 October 2005 08:33, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> > Um, ps is itself proprietary. Technically, adobe still owns the patent,
> > don't they?
>
> Yeah, my mistake. Still, postscri
In general, I think it is pretty straight forward to go from PDF
to postscript, and PDF seems easier to access for Windows users,
so if you can store a PDF file as your displayable format then
I don't think you need to also store the postscipt.
There are occasions, however, when PDF output isn't a
Digby Tarvin wrote:
Does anyone know if gs or something similar is available for
windows?
You could try googling for "gs windows". Check out:
http://www.google.com/search?q=gs+windows
HTH,
Dave.
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I am not 100% sure but I seem to recall someone telling me that pdfs
embed any fonts that are used, whereas ps files expect the fonts in
question to be on the machine that you look at the ps file with. This
could be a strong argument in favor of pdf files if you are sending the
files to other
Hi,
Sorry for another tree of answers, but the others seemed a bit "fuzzy"
to me...
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:08:50 +0800 (CST)
Zhang Weiwu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Because I always save two copies of every of my document, one in original
> format (eg. odt) and another in printable format for m
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:58:10 -0500
Chris Gottbrath wrote:
> I am not 100% sure but I seem to recall someone telling me that pdfs
> embed any fonts that are used, whereas ps files expect the fonts in
> question to be on the machine that you look at the ps file with. This
> could be a strong arg
Hi,
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:10:56 +1300
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am not sure if font embedding is possible in a .ps document.
Of course it is. I think people using laser printers would have
complained a lot otherwise...
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:57:31 +0200
Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:10:56 +1300
> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am not sure if font embedding is possible in a .ps document.
>
> Of course it is. I think people using laser printers would have
> complained
Zhang Weiwu wrote:
Hello. I have got a lot (much more) ps files and PDF files since I start to
use Linux. In the past there were mostly doc files but now I always prefer
to have a PS or PDF copy to ease the compatibility pain. And looks linux
people always prefer to send me a PS or PDF document.
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:04:13 +0200
Antoine wrote:
> > So the conclusion: for typical office workers, we can forget PS format.
> >
> > Now welcome for suggestions.
>
> I think the key to this whole story is the second to last line above.
> "for typical office workers" says it all. I think you
Hi Daniel,
on Monday, 2005-10-24 at 11:33:47, you wrote:
> Take a look at this... PDF is the proprietary modification of ps,
> added some tags and some compression (that can easily be repeated with
> lots of advantages in any compressor). And, well, read for yourself.
This is obviously a few years
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