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This is a gentoo list - nobody here really cares what OO on windows |
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does :) |
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However, I produce pdf's all the time using standard tools from the |
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linux OO generated postcript files and the doze users seem happy. The |
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postscript is pretty standard it seems, my only beef is that more |
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control (resolution, DPI etc) isn't available. |
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BillK |
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On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 12:28 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: |
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> W.Kenworthy wrote: |
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> >Open the print dialog, tick the "Print to file" box and then print. A |
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> >file save dialog pops up. It prints in ps format. OO has done it this |
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> >way for years ... |
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> I just wish to further know if this PS file contains anything related to |
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> the printer, anything printer-specific. E.g does it make difference if I |
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> choose printer A or printer B before I click 'Print to fiile' and get |
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> the PS file. |
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> As far as I know doing things this way on Windows is dangerous. E.g. |
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> print to a random PS printer (a laserject for example) and get the |
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> print-to-file PS file, chances these files are very specific to that PS |
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> printer and opens wrongly in gsview. You have to use the 'Adobe PS |
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> Printer' which produce 'standard' PS file. |
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> >BillK |
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> >On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 19:32 -0800, John Myers wrote: |
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> >>On Sunday 20 November 2005 19:18, 張韡武 wrote: |
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> >>>Hello. So far openoffice is the only application that I know that could |
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> >>>not directly export PS format, or print to a 'generic PS printer'. I am |
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> >>>having a lot of troubles trying to generate PS file for my documents. |
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> >>>Usually I have to go to a Windows computer and print to the 'Adobe PS |
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> >>>Printer', and take the file back in a usb stick to my Linux computer. |
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> >>>The usual gnome 'generic PS printer' simply does not exist as a printer |
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> >>>of choice in the print dialogue box. |
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> >>>How do you guys manage to make PS files? |
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> >>You could try exporting as a PDF, then running pdf2ps (from |
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> >>app-text/ghostscript) on it |
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