Fw: again: PDF size

[Eduardo Vieira]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eduardo Vieira" <address@hidden>
To: "Thomas Scharkowski" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: again: PDF size


> Well I don't have answers, but I replying to keep the subject alive,
because
> it interests me too.
> I also noticed that after version 2.7.17(?) the program Acrobat Distiller
> can't convert Lilypond's ps into pdf:
> It gives this error message:
> %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: Â ]%%
>
> Stack:
> -dict-
> false
>
>
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
>
> ----- Or else:
> %%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: pdfmark; ErrorInfo:
> Border --nostringval-- ]%%
>
> Stack:
> /ANN
> /Link
> /Subtype
> -dict-
> /Action
> [0 0 0 0]
> /Border
> [9.99055 -54.0783 11.0906 -51.0783]
> /Rect
> -dict-
>
>
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eduardo
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Scharkowski" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:25 AM
> Subject: again: PDF size
>
>
> > Nobody answered to my mail from Wednesday (Jan 11), so maybe I am the
> > only one who has this problem?
> >
> > I wrote:
> > --
> > I have noticed that the size of the pdfs produced by lily 2.7.27 on
> > (windows xp) is much bigger than in previous versions.
> > I have tested the same file unchanged with
> >
> > 2.7.18 Win > 44 KB
> > 2.7.23 Win > 44 KB
> > 2.7.27 Win > 1.220 KB
> > --
> >
> > Another example:
> > The pdfs produced by lily 2.7.27 are nearly as big as the ps-files!
> > ps 1.768 KB
> > pdf 1.343 KB
> > Now I tried to convert the same ps "manually" with gs 8.51 and the
> > resulting pdf is 91 KB!
> > It seems there is something wrong with the lilypond gs setup.
> > Any hints?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Thomas
> >
> >
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