On Mon 28 Feb 05, 11:02 AM, Dylan Beaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi, > > I have a poster (36" x 48") that is saved in PS format. > > using epstopdf, i can create a PDF file that has the correct page dimensions, > but the JPEG compression makes the images in the PDF look bad. > > even with the --nocompression flag, PDFs from epstopdf still contain some > compression artifacts... > > I have tried using ps2pdf14 like this: > > ps2pdf14 -dAutoFilterxxxImages=false -dAutoRotatePages=/None > -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress poster.ps > > ... in the past this has produced nice PDFs without compression artifacts, > but > for some reason, when i try to use this with a poster sized PS file, the > resulting PDF is clipped to about 8.5" x 11" .... > > any ideas on how to either: > 1. create a PDF from epstopdf without *any* JPEG compression > or > 2. get a full-sized PDF from ps2pdf14 > > ? > > thanks in advance for any ideas... this is a problem that has been driving me > nuts for a while now...
Have you tried using gimp to convert between ps and pdf? Pete -- Save Star Trek Enterprise from extinction: http://www.saveenterprise.com GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech