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Why do printers have resident fonts, and how do I use them?
Many printers specify that they have resident fonts--often dozens of them. I could understand why this was necessary years ago, when perhaps the choice was to use a resident font or to print the whole ...
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Cost of Postscript print driver [closed]
My business leases a printer that does not have PSL. The print company can add PSL driver, but at $37/mo extra! This seems ridiculous. How much does a PSL drive cost? I need some bargaining power with ...
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Printer struggling to properly print documents
The situation is as follows:
There are several printers configured the same way. They are all HP LaserJet 2430N printers configured to use the PostScript driver supplied by HP.
They all get fed the ...
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Postscript to png conversion loss
When converting Postscript files to PNG, is there any loss of fidelity in the converted files? The postscript files are scanned at 1200DPI.
If there is such loss, how can it be kept minimum? I'm ...
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Default zoom for eps file
I have an EPS file that, for whatever reason, looks very small on the screen when I open it with an EPS viewer (gv, in my case... but it looks the same regardless of viewer). I have to immediately ...
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Does Adobe PDF mean that a designer can use a non-postscript printer to proof for fonts etc?
I've had to buy a new printer to replace my wonderful postscript HPLaserjet 4M, because my new mac won't talk to it. I've just realised that the new printer I've ordered is not postscript. (It's a OKI ...
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In gimp, why “save as” ps and “print to file” in pdf?
I want to save an image opened in Gimp in PDF format. But when I click "Save As", the closest format to PDF is PS. I later learned that I can click on "Print", and then select "Print to File" in PDF ...
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Why is my TrueType Font messing up in Acrobat 7.0 Professional
I have a PDF made (500 pages long) of different part numbers for my business, with their descriptions and prices. I'm using a truetype font so that fractions apear as actual fractions and not 1/8 with ...
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Ghostscript: how do I find out what fonts are available?
In Ghostscript, on a windows xp pc with an inkjet printer, how can I see a sample of the fonts available on my system? I need to know what they are called to invoke them, and it would be useful to ...
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How Can I determine the page count from a postscript file (generated by Opera)?
I don't know the postscript language.
I have a duplex printing emulation system written in bash. It prints the odd pages first and then the even pages. It needs to know if there's an odd page count ...
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Old postscript printer, document with big images produces empty pages
I've got a PDF document with very large pictures (high quality, high DPI, filling whole pages). I wanted to print it on my HP LaserJet 2200dn, but instead of the pictures I get empty pages. I assume ...
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Why provide a postscript document?
I have seen many people linking postscript versions of their resume along with the pdf versions.
What purpose does it serve?
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How to print PDF to postscript in OSX?
I have a (legally obtained) PDF that has DRM protection on it.
This particular PDF cannot be opened in Preview.app so I'm stuck opening it in Adobe Reader.app. This is particularly annoying because ...
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Printable A5 booklet on A4 sheets from A5 pages using psutils, pstops and CUPS?
I want to create a CUPS printer queue which accepts books with A5 pages and automatically arranges them as booklets on A4 paper before printing them. Essentially, this is done wonderfully using the ...
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How to convert PDF to ASCII Postscript so the contained text can be searched/replaced?
According to Chapter 3.2 of the PostScript Language Reference, "there are three encodings for the PostScript language:ASCII, binary token, and binary object sequence".
We've been generating PDF files ...
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In Emacs, how does one add custom TrueType fonts to ps-print?
I'm customizing Emacs to print to PostScript with custom faces. I've found this reference, which explains how to add Helvetica. To emacs ps-print.
I'm trying to use Consolas, so I used the following ...
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Why is rendering PostScript much slower than rendering PDF?
I always thought that PDFs and PostScript files are quite similar, even though PostScript is a turing complete language.
Is there a reason PostScript is a lot slower when rendering (tried with evince ...
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Viewing Postscript (or PDF) on OS X: Aliasing issues
I am generating postscript graphics and am trying to find a balance between non-aliasing and over-aliasing.
If I use the raw ghostscript viewer gs on the Postscript, it looks good. The text appears ...
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Printing Invitations
If I want to print invitations to events which are mostly solid colors and text on a range of different media sizes, am I better off getting a color laserjet or an inkjet printer? I'm mostly concerned ...
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How do you import an EPS file in Inkscape?
I'm using Inkscape, and I'm trying to import an EPS file to use it as a vector and eventually save it as an SVG.
This link here mentions several methods:
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LaserJet 4000 and its inferior PostScript interpreter
I have one of HP's older LaserJet printers (specifically, model 4000). It's supposed to understand PostScript, but it will frequently refuse to print things that other printers, evince, and ...
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Mac OS X duplex printing problem: one- vs. multi-paged documents
I like to print on pre-printed stationery using the Preview.app and a duplex-capable HP Color Laserjet 4700 (PostScript) printer. The print dialog handles one and two-paged documents differently: the ...
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Is it faster to print PDF or PS?
for instance i compiled a .tex file into ps and pdf. will there be e difference in printing speed between pdf and ps?
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Why should I choose either PCL or PS when both are supported
Obviously the answer depends to some degree on the various versions supported, but in general terms - is there any reason I should pick one over the other? PCL for art and PS for text? Does one ...
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A better PostScript reader than GhostView
Does anyone know a better PostScript reader than GhostView? GhostView is old and commercial. I don't like it at all.
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Alternatives to gsview/ghostscript for Windows
Are there more user-friendly alternatives to gsview/ghostcript for Windows?
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What is a good program, with PostScript output (for LaTeX), to make circuit diagrams?
I just found out to my dismay that Visio 2007 does not include the ability to output drawings in EPS/PS formats, which makes it unsuitable for my uses.
I wish to create various circuit digrams ...
