Re: ps and pdf question

[James E. Bailey]

 This would be a bad idea from my point of view, because in order to generate a 
pdf that's on a non-standard sheet of paper, I must use the postscript, so not 
having that file would make it impossible for me to generate a file that prints 
on, say, 9"x12" paper.

On Friday, January 12, 2007, at 02:42PM, "Laura Conrad" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>> "Han-Wen" == Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> writes:
>
>    >> My question is: can one dispense with the Postscript file
>    >> altogether? I just use the pdf and always delete the ps file.
>    >> Is there a way to save a step and processing time by just not
>    >> producing the ps file in the first place?
>
>    Han-Wen> No, the PDF is produced from the PS. The PS uses an
>    Han-Wen> embedded CFF font that is binary data.  You'd have to
>    Han-Wen> check out the Postscript standard to see what printers
>    Han-Wen> can handle this.
>
>But if we aren't going to consider it a bug when the postscript file
>doesn't print, shouldn't we treat it as a temporary file and delete it
>for the user instead of leaving it there?  I used to usually print the
>postscript files, and I still forget and try to do it sometimes, and
>it doesn't work with my current printer.
>
>
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