[softwarelist] Re: pdf-import

In message <453E9340.6000104@xxxxxxxx>, Clive Bonsall <C.Bonsall@xxxxxxxx> writes
That works ... but the result here is a very low resolution bitmap image. The necessary filters and applets appear to be installed, so what could I be doing wrong?

The way the PDF filter works is to use GhostScript (or similar) to take the PDF file and produce from it a PostScript file and a bitmap preview image (as a TIFF) these are then glued together to form a standard EPS file. For display within OP the bitmap is used and for printing the PostScript.

For the PostScript version to be used for printing you need to have a PostScript printer and for OP to be configured with Direct PS active. If the PostScript can't be used then the bitmap will also be used for printing.

You have control over how high the resolution of the bitmap is, through command lines in the file:

transpdf.txt

Described in:

http://www.davidpilling.info/cd/DavidPilling/Filters/transpdf.html

Obviously the higher the resolution, the bigger the bitmap.

It was whilst loading PDF files (which would not print properly from the Adobe viewer) that I managed to generate documents approaching the memory limits of 32 bit Windows.


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