[softwarelist] Re: PDF import into OPW

On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:04:14 -0000, David Pilling  
<flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <49439062.5000704@xxxxxxxx>, Clive Bonsall <cbonsall@xxxxxxx>  
> writes
>> On the face of it, PDF import seems like it should be useful for filling
>> in forms that are provided as PDF files (where text has to be typed into
>
> I don't "get" what the problem is.

> ... if the bitmap preview and the PostScript original are not aligning  
> that is a bug.

I have uploaded a sample file to the usual place, along with the original  
pdf. If you print the file to A4 paper, you will see the misalignment (the  
apparent "loss" of the white space and enlargement of the form).

> One thought I have is that GhostScript renders to a page size, and it  
> may be possible to change the setting for that in the command line you  
> set up for the PDF transloader. In your original posting you quoted that  
> command line and one can see PAPERSIZE=a4 in it.

As far as I'm aware, everything in OPW/printer driver is also set to A4.
-- 
C.B.
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