[softwarelist] Re: pdf, ovation, risc oss

  • From: Alan Leighton <alan.leighton2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:50:37 +0100

In message <ee30eb134e.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Martin Wuerthner <public@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <$ZDt6UCGDmNEFwE7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>>My latest printer is a Postscript 3 device, and that seems to be the
>>>norm now.
>> 
>> The point about "level 3" is that PostScript level 3 provides a very
>> simple solution to many of the horrors in the current Acorn drivers -
>> for example rendering sprites with a mask.
> 
> Yes, that would be a relief.
> 
>> Even if you don't have a level 3 printer, you might want to generate
>> better PDFs.
> 
> True. I am very interested in seeing this happen. For obvious reasons
> it would not matter for ArtWorks, but a lot of users embed ArtWorks
> files in OvationPro documents and it would also help with PDF
> generation from EasiWriter/TechWriter.
> 
>> I think such a project would raise enough money to pay the programmer.
>> (500 copies at 30 quid a time?)
> 
> I think that is a bit optimistic - compared to Gimp-Print, whose
> usefulness was relatively easy to convey, it would be a bit more
> difficult to explain to the average user that he needs a PostScript 3
> driver.
> 
>> I was in negotiation with Paul Middleton (necessary because you need
>> access to the source code of RISC OS) and John Tytgat (PostScript
>> expert).
> 
> I have been thinking about such a project for ages and I even got as
> far as obtaining the PostScript driver sources from Paul Middleton in
> 2002. So, I would certainly be interested in joining or supporting
> such a project.
> 
Cash backing from me Martin

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