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Subject: RE: Re: [gs-devel] Ghostscript Brewery - PDF writing fro m Windows - msg#00007List: printing.ghostscript.gsview> >auto configure it. This requires a PostScript Printer > >Description (PPD) file to specify the configuration of the > >driver, and an INF file to install it. > For some versions of Windows (2000, ME, XP) they are > already installed. Yes, that's right. There exist a lot of INF files and they all reference the Windows Postscript Printer driver(s) from the Windows distribution(s), but none that is specifically built for our purpose. What I am working on is a PPD file that enables the user to control most pdfwrite (Distiller) parameters from the printing user interface. Advanced PDF options will most probably require a printer UI "plugin" to have them interactively settable by the user. Nevertheless is should be compatible with all platforms (Windows, Mac, *nix, ...) and with Adobes Distiller. > I would recommend that instead you get permission from DDAP > to release theirs (<http://www.ddap.org/tools/univppd/index.html>) > under those licenses. A LOT of very smart folks have spent a LOT of > time to do one that addresses many issues out there. Thanks for the input. I've had a brief look at it. The Ghostscript Brewery PPD will definitely have to handle more than the DDAPv3.PPD does. e.g. the DDAPv3.PPD only supports 2 (US) paper sizes whereas the the Ghostscript Brewery PPD will support approx. 120 (ISO,JIS,US,ANSI,Extra,...). Where I can see the DDAP specs fit in is a "DDAP job options" profile that will automatically select the distillerparams according to the DDAP specs with DDAP compatible media selectable by the user. This should produce DDAP compatible PDFs. > > We need to use the PostScript printer driver > >supplied with Windows rather than the Adobe driver because the > >latter is only licensed for use with Adobe applications or Adobe > >printers. > How does that effect that fact that the 2000/ME/XP Postscript > driver is a joint development effort of MS and Adobe?? The Adobe PS5 driver license specifically limits its usage to original (Adobe licensed) PostScript printers (RIPs,Interpreters,...) and/or Adobe Software. The Windows version doesn't ... If you do know any place where it does, please let us know. > Do you also want to address the issues of a Word Macro to > generate the PDFMarks for things like links, bookmarks, etc. as done > by PDFMaker from Adobe? Yes, that's in the plans. Stefan Thread at a glance:
Previous Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: [gs-devel] Ghostscript Brewery - PDF writing from WindowsAt 8:52 PM +1100 12/17/02, Russell Lang wrote: We need an easy way to install a PostScript printer driver and auto configure it. This requires a PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file to specify the configuration of the driver, and an INF file to install it. For some versions of Windows (2000, ME, XP) they are already installed. The PPD file must be written from the PPD specification and not modified from an existing PPD because we want to distribute it under the GPL and AFPL licences. I would recommend that instead you get permission from DDAP to release theirs (<http://www.ddap.org/tools/univppd/index.html>) under those licenses. A LOT of very smart folks have spent a LOT of time to do one that addresses many issues out there. We need to use the PostScript printer driver supplied with Windows rather than the Adobe driver because the latter is only licensed for use with Adobe applications or Adobe printers. How does that effect that fact that the 2000/ME/XP Postscript driver is a joint development effort of MS and Adobe?? Some mechanism for setting PDF annotations would also be useful. Do you also want to address the issues of a Word Macro to generate the PDFMarks for things like links, bookmarks, etc. as done by PDFMaker from Adobe? Leonard -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:leonardr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <http://www.lazerware.com> Next Message by Date: click to view message previewBulk Email Sending & Bullet Proof Web HostingDear Sir/Madam, My name is Peter Severa, I am Business Development Director at E-mailPromo Company. Your name was at a business-related website. Do I understand correctly that your activity is related to business? May I know, what industry are you in, specifically? If you may be interested in new customers, our company will be glad to assist you with promotion of your business. We offer databases of email addresses for direct email advertising, we deliver mailing campaigns, offer bulk-email web hosting for advertising projects. Also, we can design an attractive html message and a supporting website. Today, our database includes over 50 million valid and original verified e-mail addresses. It is constantly being updated with addresses from all over the world. We can also create customized databases targeted at your request. By the way, if you would like us to remove you from our database, please send a message to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "Remove" in the Subject line. Usually, mailing of 1 million addresses allows to brings 1000-5000 new visitors interested in your offer to your site. Your advertising campaign will be fully legal. It will include a remove instruction, thus it will be in compliance with the new e-mail bill section 301. Under Bill S. 1618 TITLE III passed by the 105th US Congress. We use our own mailing software which can be ideally adjusted for every customer. We have a high-bandwidth channel and a high power server. The constant demand for our service allows us to keep low prices. Please see all details, FAQ about our service, and references of our customers at: http://www.e-mailpromo.net If you have any questions or a request, please do _not_ reply me just with a Reply button. I will be happy to answer every your question. Thank you, Peter Severa Business Development Director E-mailPromo Company www.e-mailpromo.net Previous Message by Thread: click to view message preview(Fwd) Re: Ghostscript Brewery - PDF writing from WindI was sent the following: ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Hi Russell, I feel very comfortable with ghostword to be found on http://www.et.dtu.dk/software/ghostword It works with word as well as powerpoint and excel. Could this be what you are looking for. Brian ------- End of forwarded message ------- Russell Lang gsview@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd http://www.ghostgum.com.au/ Next Message by Thread: click to view message previewextracting structure from office docshi, regarding the extracting of document info from an office doc, what would the info need to be extracted as. just as some kind of text file, or would it need to be postscript and included in the file sent through redmon. as for what would need to be extracted, i was thinking: contents/index (to build the bookmarks) subject author keywords cheers lukey Loading Comments...
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