Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-06-25 Thread Bernard Gray
Hi all, Following this up to close the loop - Kevin Ottens from Enioka has completed the work involved to get this feature request functional. At the time of writing the patches/PRs are awaiting upstream review: - Okular: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/okular/-/merge_requests/764 - Poppler:

Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-06-09 Thread Bernard Gray
Hi Michael, Thanks for the introduction, we are moving ahead with our previous contact for now, but will certainly look to get in touch for any future requirements! Regards, Bernie On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 at 18:46, Michael freer wrote: > > @Oliver - thank you for the introduction and for the

Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-06-05 Thread Michael freer
@Oliver - thank you for the introduction and for the endorsement, both are much appreciated. —- Hello Bernard It is a pleasure to meet you, albeit virtually, for the time being anyway. It would be a pleasure to determine how KDAB can potentially assist you as and when you feel it is

Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-06-05 Thread Bernard Gray
Hi Oliver, > to be honest I think you need professional support for this. > Overprint support is a bit exotic, and you are very unlikely to find > a volunteer with the motivation, the time and the skills to implement this. > In a previous email you mentioned that you write on behalf > of a

Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-06-05 Thread Bernard Gray
> poppler does have overprinting support (to a certain extent). See for example > the manpage of pdftops. Thanks Oliver, that's great information - On Wed, 31 May 2023 at 02:10, Oliver Sander wrote: > ... > > Maybe open a feature request at bugs.kde.org -- that's more easily kept > > track

Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-06-02 Thread Oliver Sander
No problems, I've reached out to a company we've previously had discussions with - if that's not fruitful, do you have any specific recommendations? (Happy if you'd prefer to email me directly/off list) My employer has hired KDAB [CCed] several times for Okular/Poppler work, and we have always

Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-06-01 Thread Oliver Sander
Hi Bernard, Turns out, there was already a bug raised in 2006(!): https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126942 thanks for finding this. I've added links back to this mailing list thread - is there any way I am able to raise the profile of this ticket to get it looked at (beyond having this

Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-05-30 Thread Oliver Sander
Bernard, can you explain more precisely what it is that you need? Without it I don't think you will get a better answer. Sorry for this: I just found your last email which gives more information. Let me digest those first. Maybe open a feature request at bugs.kde.org -- that's more easily

Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-05-30 Thread Bernard Gray
Hi David, Thankyou for your informative reply! On Tue, 30 May 2023 at 05:49, Laura David Hurka wrote: > > Hi Bernard, > > I don’t know exactly what overprinting is, or what your requirements are. > I understand it as a feature similar to PDF layers. I'm afraid I don't exactly understand it

Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-05-30 Thread Oliver Sander
Hi, poppler does have overprinting support (to a certain extent). See for example the manpage of pdftops. Bernard, can you explain more precisely what it is that you need? Without it I don't think you will get a better answer. Maybe open a feature request at bugs.kde.org -- that's more easily

Re: Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-05-29 Thread Laura David Hurka
Hi Bernard, I don’t know exactly what overprinting is, or what your requirements are. I understand it as a feature similar to PDF layers. Okular has a side panel for layers, you can try it with the last page of what a quick internet search gave me:

Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

2023-05-28 Thread Bernard Gray
Hi everyone, We are currently supporting a very old version of 32 bit adobe reader on our ubuntu 22.04/kde desktops, due to the requirement for support for a PDF feature called "Overprint" which is used by our label printing supplier (I work for an Australian winery)