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From: "Matthew R. Lee" <gentoo@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:25:02
Message-Id: 200706241418.01537.gentoo@matthewlee.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf by Mick
1 On Sunday 24 June 2007 04:36, Mick wrote:
2 > On Sunday 24 June 2007 01:13, Christian wrote:
3 > > Ok, I have found the solution of my problem:
4 > >
5 > > emerge --unmerge ghostscript-gpl
6 > > emerge ghostscript-esp
7 > >
8 > > That solves my problem. Maybe it helps you too.
9 >
10 > It seems that soon they will be merged:
11 >
12 > http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L463
13 >
14 > > Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2007 22:28 schrieb Matthew R. Lee:
15 > > > I'm having problems with printing to pdf, both with kprint system and
16 > > > cups-pdf. The fonts are a right mess, see attached example.
17 > > > Now I know one work-around is to print to postscript than do a ps2ps
18 > > > followed by ps2pdf, but this is a less than perfect solution, though
19 > > > the only one I've come across so far.
20 > > > Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you solve it?
21 > > > Comments greatly received
22 > > > Matt
23 Swaping ghostscript-gpl for ghostscript-esp improved the situation, at least
24 now the pdf is readable. However the fonts are still a little ugly and I
25 can't see any option in the cups interface under set printer options for
26 embeding the fonts. I'm offered pdf-general, pdf-banners, pdf-policies
27 Matt
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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf Urs Schuetz <u.schutz@×××××××.ch>